God visited us...

Pastor Nelson, senior pastor of Bible Believer Church & Ministry of Balagtas, invited PCF Nova to conduct a 2-day Encounter God Retreat in their church. It was our first time to do so. Towards the end of the event, during the testimony time, he declared "God has visited us!" Wow! It's truly an honor to usher the presence of our loving God and be used in His kingdom! It was life-changing to our host, and life-changing to us as well. Let me share what I've written them after the EGR...

Dear BBCM, it's an honor to our church PCF Nova to be of service to you. You don't know how much the event has blessed and challenged us to a different level. We don't belong to the same denomination, yet the bond that the Spirit has formed has made us far more than what a denomination can give. We're truly a family.

Ptr. Nelson, your passion is contagious, your prayers are heavenly, your ambition is God-centered. I declare multitudes of disciplers of Jesus, and a church so exciting and warm that other people will be so attracted. Our journey may be rough and tough, rest assured, Jesus is building His church.

To the leaders of BBCM, never back down, support and honor your pastor, seek and save the lost, let no one be left alone, and you will appreciate the church of Jesus even more. Sow goodness, reap greatness.

I wasn't there in that ministry, and I was happy

Sometimes absence is bliss.

PCF received a significant amount of money for the children, and we told our young youth leaders to provide a summer program for the community children. And they did. With flying colors. About 55 children, ages 5-11, joined. The youth leaders organized everything - from the preparations of the gifts, props, venue and food, to the games and singing and teaching the Word. The leaders even dragged their high school cell group members to provide crowd control and distribution assistance. For one-year old leaders, entrusting an event like this meant a lot to them. And them taking it and doing it, meant a lot to me. The children were happy, the youth leaders were fulfilled, I was proud of them, and our Heavenly Father smiled. Who can ask for more?

Can't get enough of it

I almost pulled out at the last minute. But my heart's desire is to get every opportunity to invest in the hearts of these youth seekers, and perhaps some of them will embrace Jesus. So in spite of coordination mishaps, we proceeded with two buses carrying about 100 seekers, and went to the Zambales Youth Camp (sponsored by MegaCity Ministries).

After that camp, we baptized 10 youth. I see other delegates coming back to our worship services. Some of our new youth members have leveled up. One bus carried 50 delegates from one nearby college, and is now a new target for harvest. So happy we persevered.

Till next year...