pilgrim's progress (may 2012)
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I met with Ahia James and Achi Keren mid January of this year for small group everyThursday.Wewoulddiscussandstudyversesanditsdailylife implications. Itisagoodwayfor me to keep grounded in my faith and not to compromise to the things of the worldbecause asa student,one goes through manytrialsand temptationsthatare difficult toovercome without proper guidance.This was especiallychallenging forme because myfamilyisintheprovinceandIwouldonlygettoseethemeverysooften.Itis importantforChristianstudentstohavesomeonetotalktoaboutthingsthatwearefacingsothatwemayberemindedofkeepingourfaithstrong,andthisiswhoAhiaJamesandAchiKerenaretome.TheyopenedtheirwonderfulhousetomeandIalwayshavegoodafternoonsessionswiththem.Itisverycomfortingtoknowthattherearepeoplewhoareprayingforyou indifficulttimes.Theyare indeedGodsblessingtomeandIpraythattheymaytouchthelivesofmanyotherstudentsandnon-studentsalike!CiarraKing
CiarraisamemberofUnitedEvangelicalChurchofGeneralSantosandiscurrentlyasenioratAteneomajoringBSLegalManagement.Sheintroducedustooneofherclassmates,Aloy,whohappenstohaveattendedthesahighschoolasJameshad!Aloyiscurrentlyseekingacommunityoffaithwherehecan growspiritually.Whileidentifieshimselfasa RomanCatholic,Aloyis verykeen and eagertostudytheBible.It isourprayerthatasmeet him to read the BibletogetherthatJamescansharethegospeltoh
andintroducehimtotheLordJesusChrist.
We are thankful that in our ministry we have topportunity to minister to and train young peowho come from otherchurches and also topartwith them in reaching their unbelieving frienCurrently we have Bible studies everyday froTuesdays through Saturdays. Though these ausuallygroupsofoneto oneoronetotwo, weahoping that in the coming monthsthe peopleare meeting with would invite more of thunbelievingfriendstojoinusaswell.
Last March, we started a Midweek PrayMeeting, which meets at our home eveWednesdaysfrom7-8 pm.Theaim ofthispray
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meeting is to have a regularly scheduled event that ispe n f or a ll , b el ie ve rs a nd u nb el ie ve rs a li ke .onsequently,wehave tried knocking onour neighborsoorstoinvitethemtopraywithushowever,withlittleuccess.Theonlyonewho hasassented tojoinusis our
ranian neighbor, Houman, who is currently doingoctoralstudiesincivilengineeringatUP.Hecameand
oined us on two occasionsbefore he went back to Iranorholidays. Jamesgave himan EnglishBible, whichhe
wasveryhappytoreceive.Ontheaverage,wehavelesshan fivepeople attendingour PrayerMeeting although
weareexpectingthisnumbertoincreaseasthesummerermlendsto thenewschoolyearinJune.We havealsoeen able to successfully invite our vegetablerovider, Charlene to join us. She came once onlyecauseitturnsoutthatherCatholicPrayerGroup
lso meets on Wednesday evenings. We areurrently working out whether we can do a joint
meetingwithhergroupsometime.
ast May 8-11, James and Keren participated inhe 3rd CCOWE-ETF Conference held at HarborightsinCagayandeOroCity.This yearstheme
was All of Grace and saw the participation ofver 80 delegates from different Chinesehurches across the Philippines. James anderenserve onthecommitteeof CCOWE-ETF
hilippines and helped organize this trainingvent.
Prayer Points PleasepraythatthepresentBibleStudiesmayhaveawider
reach as we challenge the students to invite their friends
and classmates.Wehave found that the best wayto
reachnewpeopleinoursettingisthroughreferralsas
people tend to be suspicious of strangers, even if
thesearetheirneighbors.
James and Keren are participating in a number of
activitiessponsoredbytheGoodFoodCommunity(our
vegetableprovider!)in thecoming weeksandhope to
be ableto meet newfriends.Jamesis actuallydoing a
cookingdemoinanupcomingcommunitykitchenand
request that you pray that he can cookto Godsglory
and alsohelptheattendeesto learn howto cook anew
d is h. Ple as e pray t hat we might e st ab lish good
relationshipswiththepeoplewhoareattending. We thank theLordfor theblessingof Kerenspregnancy.
Sheis currently on her fourth month. Morning sickness
has subsided but we would like to ask you to cont
prayingforherhealthaswellasthatofthelittleonesh
carrying.Please pray also that the Lord mayprepar
welltobeparentstothechildwhomHeisgiftingusw James has had the opportunity to be invited to
upcoming International Intensive church plant r a i n i n g o f R e d e e m e r C i t y t o C
(www.redeemercitytocity.com). This is a special
immersivetrainingforchurchplantersscheduledforJu
27 to July 24 this year. We thank the Lord for
opportunityandwearealsogratefultotheUECPMiss
BoardforapprovalofJamesparticipationinthistraini
As hewillbe away forclosetoa month,pleasepray
theministryofPilgrimCommunitymightnotbehinde
by his absence.We thank God that a former semi
classmate hasagreed tohelp outwhileJam
awayfortraining.
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