This month, guest ministers from International Foursquare denomination led by Pastor Joe Danganan of PCF-Los Angeles conducted a 3-day conference for ministry revival and equipping of leaders in PCF-Tondo. Working with the guests behind curtains, I was particularly amazed on how they intently listen to the Spirit's guidance. That made me decide, I don't want to die knowing that I have read enough, or I have surfed the net enough, or I have studied enough, but that I have listened enough to the Spirit's leading.
PCF-Nova was blessed with the presence of Dr. Linda Oakland, one of the guest ministers and senior pastor of The Well, a Foursquare church in Northridge, California. She graced one worship service in PCF-Nova where attenders were touched by her powerful preaching and prayers.
PCF-Nova's worship center is actually beside a 550-sqm unused warehouse. Dr. Linda received a leading from the Spirit to use this warehouse for the Lord as future conference site. She would like to see this place air-conditioned by 2008. It may be too expensive to be used for 3-day conferences, but I tried to listen this time to what the Spirit was saying. For this to be a practical project, it could be that God is planning for PCF-Nova to be big enough to make use of that warehouse in worship services as well! For a 5-month old church, I was a bit overwhelmed. But I've always told our church, DREAM BIG! For "no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." (1Cor 2.9) 
First thing in our agenda this month, I conducted Membership Class (CLASS 101 of Rick Warren) to 35 prospective members. It took us 4 hours to complete the course! I didn't realize it was this long. Good thing I have icebreakers in between lessons. (Maybe I need to adjust some of the topics next time.) We'll sign membership covenants after their baptism.I am excited to see how God will make use of them as His soldiers to conquer the enemy's territory, to prove once more that the Gates of Hades will not prevail against the church of Jesus.
A neighbor in the Filipino culture will give a bowl of cooked viand to another neighbor to establish friendship. At times, this bowl will be returned with cooked viand from the other neighbor. People seem to be saying "come and have a taste of my presence." As a new neighbor in Greenfields1, PCF-Nova did not give viand, but a potent deworming medicine. We have distributed 250 pieces of this medicine to our neighbors in the community. We invited the staff of Bgy. San Agustin, including their resident doctor who gave a lecture as well about worms and dengue. We had lunch with the staff afterwards. In our world where Jesus is peddled in so many ways, we feel that our neighbors need to know first that we care, before they care for what we know. Today, we trample on worms. Tomorrow, we trample on snakes and scorpions and overcome all the powers of the enemy (Luke 10:19).
PCF-Nova was blessed with the presence of Dr. Linda Oakland, one of the guest ministers and senior pastor of The Well, a Foursquare church in Northridge, California. She graced one worship service in PCF-Nova where attenders were touched by her powerful preaching and prayers.
