From the Field

Hello everyone! However much I wanted to just go to bed after a long day, I really need to send out an update.

Over the past three days we’ve mostly had the team working on the Cobb Worship Center, which is what they came over to work on. But we have had some of the team work in the library and some go to a nearby orphanage/birthing center and love on some really cute kids.

The work on the CWC has been trying for the team. The first couple of days was spent running around trying to get the right tools and materials for the job. You need to know that finding the right tool for the job is quite different around here. You can’t just jump into your car and drive to Lowes/Menard’s/Home Depot and pick up what you need. It can literally take a half-day just to get to the right hardware store that may or may not have the item you’re looking for.

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Sorry for not posting an update yesterday. It was quite a hectic day that didn’t end until around 11:30pm. That didn’t leave me much time to write an update.

Yesterday, Saturday, was a work day, but I really need to use “work” loosely.

You see, it was a holiday and we didn’t have any of the local workers with us and we didn’t have the right tools or even all the materials we needed to get the job going. So we spent the majority of the day looking for things just to get started. Very frustrating and poor planning on my part!

To make matters worse, Pastor Wil was carrying some drywall and stepped down funny on his heel and hurt his knee. He didn’t fall, but he could hardly walk after that. We had to help him up the stairs and got him a nice comfortable chair to sit in. He propped up his leg and we placed so ice on it. Our hope was that it wasn’t too serious and that he would be up and at ’em again in the afternoon.

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Wow! I’ve been blown away today. The Lord met with us early and stayed with us the whole day. Thank you, God!

We started out with a strong devotional from Pastor Wil and some sharing time. Then we headed over to Antipolo First Church of the Nazarene to prepare the team for the prison ministry. Pastor Oni briefed us on what to expect and some rules for us to follow. Once we were “trained”, we prayed for the ministry and then headed off to the prison.

We had no idea what to expect. As we entered in to the common area for the women, we were greeted by what appeared to be all 88 prisoners. The room wasn’t more that 20′ x 25′, and that’s where we worshipped!

The women started out by sings a couple of praise songs and then it was introduction time. After introducing ourselves, some of the team members shared a quick testimony. After the testimony time, we sang a song.

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