Saturday, June 12, 2010

Worship Under the Mango Trees in the Philippines


In the middle of the rural fields of the provice of Nueva Ecija north of Manila in the Philippines,  brothers and sisters with Harvesters Christian Fellowship worship under the large mango trees that shade their family's hamlet. They have no shelter to keep them dry during the rains which begin in early June and build as the typhoon season rolls in.

On May 26 I joined the growing church to celebrate their 2nd official anniversary as a church. Some of the brothers and sisters testitifed with heartfelt sincerity of healings, of ansered prayer for work, for hopes fulfilled.

As the designated preacher for the day I spoke about Christ Jesus' first mention of the church, and its ultimate victory over the influences of evil. "I Will Build My Church". 

The congregation is excited becasue they own a nearby lot of land and are expecting to build a church building in the coming year.