Happy Healthy New Year to everybody

Greetings to Everybody!

May this 2008 bring more joy and happiness to you and your family.

Grace together with our boys Brian, JJ & Stephen would like to thank you for all your prayers and support for the many many years of ministry partnership.

God bless you!

Ptr. Gary & Grace Visitacion

Sports Evangelists

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Tagum Missions Trip

Last December 29 & 30, 2007 we travelled to Tagum City, one hour drive north from where we lived.

Our mission was to ministered to pastors/chaplains in the area and be the guest speaker for the inauguration of a local church whose members are mostly natives in the coastal area. We had a great time of praise & worship together with the members. Grace and the boys ministered tru songs to the congregation.

I challenged the people to helped built the church in the area. Pastor Toto who we installed as their pastor is also one of the natives in that place.

Because the church is new, they are in need of a sound system, musical instruments, chairs, bibles, etc. Please remember them in your prayers that God will provide what they need.

The Year This Year - 2007

Praise God! - that’s the word we can best describe for the year 2007. The first and second quarter of this year brought about a lot of challenges in our family. We were so discouraged by a lot of things, people and events. If we tell them to you one by one you won’t believe we survived. But HALLELUJAH, God is faithful and walked with us through those tough times. The third quarter brought joy to our hearts when our second son J-j who graduated from nursing school last March, passed the nursing licensure examination. How gracious God is!

We are also thankful, that in our own little way we have blessed a lot of pastors and churches all over the country through our sports ministry and chaplain service ministry. God has been so faithful in providing the people and the finances needed to do the work. All of this was possible because of your prayers and your partnership with us.

As we enter the year 2008, we once again look forward to a continued partnership with you. God knows how truly grateful we are for all your support. May God in His goodness, return the blessings to you pressed down, shaken together and running over!

Wishing you a Blessed Christmas & a Healthy New Year!

Ptr. Gary & Grace Visitacion

Philippine Challenge, Inc.

Missionaries

Brian's Ministry Team to Negros

Brian brought his ministry team partners TJ Caparros & Company from Living Word Christian Ministries, Cebu City for a short missions trip to Negros Occidental last November 30 to December 03, 2007.

Their objective was to minister to the different youth groups of the local churches that they were going to visit. It was a wonderful experience seeing how the Lord tremendously use them in so many ways.

Brian also had the chance to meet his old friends during his younger days when we were still assigned in Negros.

Brian plans to have another short term missions trip this coming January, 2008 in Northenr Mindanao together with the Australian Sports Ambassadors Basketball Team.

Negros Missions Trip

Once again our missions trip last November 27 to December 03, 2007 was a great success. I personal brought the Faith Academy Manila Concert Choir headed by musical director Dan Eyestone for a series of concerts in Negros Island.

We had nine (9) concerts in four (4) differrent cities namely Bacolod City, Talisay City, Himamaylan City and La Carlota City. We sang and ministered to thousands of people in the area.

The local pastors and churches who helped us set up the concerts really did a good job in promoting the concerts. In fact, they were also excited to do the follow up to the people who gave their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Indeed, Jesus Christ is the Everlasting Light which was also the title of our concert.

I personally heard lots of good feedback from the local people that we worked with. They were really blessed with the songs that were sang by the choir and the friendship that was extended to them.

To God be the Glory!