Saturday, August 25, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Update from the Mission Field!
Just a missions update regarding our missions trip here in General Santos City and Saranggani Province. Currently, we are at the highlands of Saranggani Province ministering to the B'Laan Tribe. Mostly tribal pastors, church members and their families are coming to our meetings.
I have been visiting this tribe for the last twenty (20) years and I am always excited to see what God is doing in the lives of this people. Since most of them are becoming christians and churches are being planted in the area, the muslim community have started to reduce in the area which also resulted to the less trouble and persecution amongst our B'Laan brothers. Praise the Lord!
Our missions trip will be visiting other tribal community in the area until August 20, 2007. Please continue to be in prayer for us. When we come back we will be travelling to Zamboanga City and Basilan. I will be keeping you posted on our travel and meetings.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God bless!
Ptr. Gary & Grace Visitacion
Sunday, August 05, 2007
BUD STANLEY SCHAEFFER
During my trip with the Ventures for Victory/Sports Ambassadors last July 13-26, 2007 at Quezon Province, I had the chance to worked with the living legend Bud Stanley Schaeffer. Bud was a member of the first Ventures for Victory/Sports Ambassadors team that went to the Philippines last 1952 under Coach Don Odle of Taylor University. He was the only non-Taylor University player that joined the team.
Since then, Bud has been coming with the Ventures team to the Philippines almost every year to play our Olympic teams and commercial teams in Manila. One of the players he could not forget was Caloy "The Big Difference" Loyzaga of the Philippines. Bud said that every time Caloy would play his team would always win.
It was really a great experience for me working with Bud. His passion for the game and love for the filipino people encouraged me a lot. I was always excited to hear from Bud the many stories he shared to me during our trip. Bud now is 80 years old and I am not sure if I will have the chance to work with him again. But those thirteen days was very precious to me and I was thankful to the Lord for the time I spent with Bud.
To Bud, thank you so much for coming and most of all loving the filipino people. I would always treasure the time we spent together during the trip.
I salute you Bud & Alice Schaeffer...
God bless you!
Since then, Bud has been coming with the Ventures team to the Philippines almost every year to play our Olympic teams and commercial teams in Manila. One of the players he could not forget was Caloy "The Big Difference" Loyzaga of the Philippines. Bud said that every time Caloy would play his team would always win.
It was really a great experience for me working with Bud. His passion for the game and love for the filipino people encouraged me a lot. I was always excited to hear from Bud the many stories he shared to me during our trip. Bud now is 80 years old and I am not sure if I will have the chance to work with him again. But those thirteen days was very precious to me and I was thankful to the Lord for the time I spent with Bud.
To Bud, thank you so much for coming and most of all loving the filipino people. I would always treasure the time we spent together during the trip.
I salute you Bud & Alice Schaeffer...
God bless you!
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Quezon Province Tour
July 13-27, 2007 together with the Ventures for Victory/Sports Ambassadors Basketball Team we headed towards Quezon Province. Our first stop was Real, Quezon which we played ten (10) games in five (5) days. Our second and final stop was Atimonan, Quezon which included Gumaca, Plaridel and Alabat island. We played fourteen (14) games in seven (7) days. We played a total of twenty-four (24) games in thirteen (13) days. We distributed close to nine (9) thousand gospel tracts and seven (7) thousand Book Of Hope.
We worked with around twenty (20) pastors and churches in the area. A lot of these churches that we worked with are planting churches in the different communities and towns. We are so blessed with the response given by the local people. We look forward for more churches to be planted in Quezon Province.
Please continue to pray for the success of the follow-up being done right now by the pastors and church workers in the area.
We worked with around twenty (20) pastors and churches in the area. A lot of these churches that we worked with are planting churches in the different communities and towns. We are so blessed with the response given by the local people. We look forward for more churches to be planted in Quezon Province.
Please continue to pray for the success of the follow-up being done right now by the pastors and church workers in the area.
Cebu Province Tour
Last July 01-09, 2007, we had another sports trip in the Visayas. Together with my two (2) boys Brian & JJ and the Buhay Sports Basketball Team, we had a trip to Northern Cebu Province. We played eighteen (18) games. We distributed almost seven (7) thousand gospel tracts and gave away six (6) thousand Book Of Hopes.
There was really a great response from the Pastors and churches in the area. Brian and JJ had the chance to share their personal testimonies in some of the games and even distributed gospel tracts and Book Of Hope.
After the trip, together with the boys, we had the chance to visit my mother for two (2) days in Bacolod City. It was a great trip for the three of us because we had the chance to visit my family and Grace's family also.
There was really a great response from the Pastors and churches in the area. Brian and JJ had the chance to share their personal testimonies in some of the games and even distributed gospel tracts and Book Of Hope.
After the trip, together with the boys, we had the chance to visit my mother for two (2) days in Bacolod City. It was a great trip for the three of us because we had the chance to visit my family and Grace's family also.
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