This is another video that I have made based upon the song “Here At Your Feet” by Casting Crowns.
13
May
10
What If His People Prayed?
23
Jan
10
LOVE
LOVE
1 John 4:8
God is Love
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 3:11
Love one another
This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
John 13: 34-35
34“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Corinthians 13
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient,
Love is kind.
Love does not envy,
Love does not boast,
Love is not proud.
Love t is not rude,
Love is not self-seeking,
Love is not easily angered,
Love keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
Love rejoices with the truth.
Love always protects
Love always trusts
Love always hopes
Love always perseveres.
Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers,
Whatever is true.
Whatever is noble.
Whatever is right.
Whatever is pure.
Whatever is lovely.
Whatever is admirable.
If anything is excellent or praiseworthy
Think about such things.
03
Nov
09
pumps, mayors and miracles…..
Monday 02/11/09 ….The Lord continues to bring folk around to the house with various physical and spiritual needs. This morning, after breakfast a man called Miguel Pablo, an elderly gentleman that I prayed for last Thursday night came around to tell me that when I prayed for him that night he felt there was power that came upon him and he started to feel better. He asked for further prayer and he gave his life to the Lord and he became a Christian. He was given a bible and tomorrow he will be escorted for an eye check up and he will be given a new pair of glasses. He has begun to go to church to Sunday at Pastor Gabi’s church. This afternoon a woman named Carmen Mejiah, 45 yrs old with ten children and a neighbour to the left side of our house. She came around and told me she was having migraines she often has them. I prayed for her migraines and the migraines left her and she told me after that power come upon her and she was overwhelmed with that power and whilst she was telling me she had goose bumps on her arms. Her house is small and they do not have any bedrooms. They sleep on a bamboo slatsts under a grass roof. I have told her that next time I come back to PI. God willing I will try to help her build a new house for her family. Also another woman named Lody Feliciano, 45 yrs old from Guevara, Lapaz, Tarlac came to visit with her partner. They witnessed me praying for Miguel and they came to hear me preach at Lapaz Spirit Life Church she said she felt the heaviness in herself lift and felt lighter in her spirit.
There is a new water pump installed at the four other houses in E.Castro Street today. Tomorrow me will buy some more materials for the houses and order more hollow blocks, about 1600 blocks and will order more we needed. Tomorrow we will escort more folks for health checks, dental check, eye checks and for new glasses. Hopefully we will see the Mayor tomorrow. Please continue to pray.
Tuesday 03/11/09….Today after breakfast lots of folk started arriving at the house to be escorted to Concepcion for eye check ups, new glasses, health checks and dental extractions. I made an appointment to see the Mayor of Concepcion at 11am tomorrow as arranged by his secretary. I left him the pictures of Mr & Mrs.Cayapan’s and Mr & Mrs.Buwan’s houses for him to look at and a NNTO letter. We did some food shopping, and purchased more materials for the houses and hollow blocks, 1450 blocks, this will be delivered tomorrow. We bought 600 new testaments which cost 12,000 Pesos. We left at 8:30am and we came back at 3:30pm after which I relaxed until 7pm. We then we had a prayer meeting with the folk from E.Castro Street. The people are testifying of the way that God touched them. It’s been quite a good night and the people were very tired. Please continue to pray thanks and God bless…. Merci
Sunday 1/11/09- Extracts from an email sent to me from Merci hi, ……. We did not see the mayor as it was Saturday. I forgot no office. Nine folks have had eye check ups and new glasses including two new lenses. More materials have been canvassed and prices compared. We were very tired yesterday, we left at 8:00am and came at 4:00pm canvassing and comparing prices of wood. We will buy more materials on Monday. Due to All Saints day-some shops may be close on Monday.
We are continuing with more work on building and on renovating houses. Three more workers were added yesterday,whilst the others took a day off. Two workers came back after resting for one day. Thank The Lord for answered prayers. Last night the Lord touched folks with a word of knowledge, plus we prayed for the sick. We met in the houses of some of the folk from E.Castro street where the twelve houses that are being built and restored are, plus folks from further down the street.
Two days ago a lady from where the four houses need to be rebuild, looked ill, sad and quiet. We prayed for her and she gave her life to the lord. Tonight she was much lighter in her spirit and was laughing. She has started reading the bible since I gave it to her the night before. Another man, Bong, the son of Felis Cayapan injured his back by carrying a sack of rice. He is small in build and very thin, the sack of rice is heavier than him. Four nights ago his back was hurting as he had possibly pulled his muscles. We prayed and now he is helping with light work with the workers. I gave him Ibuprofen and Paracetamol. He came with us to Concepcion for an eye check up and had new glasses. I supplied them with fish, meat and vegetables. He is much better.
My thirsty brother. (photograph from NAWASA website)
Hopefully on Monday there will be another water pump to be installed at the four houses in E.Castro street. One of the women there is a widow with four children. She is a classmate of my sister Suey. She came to Concepcion with us for an eye check up as she needs glasses. On Tuesday she will be escorted for tooth extraction. I gave her some fish(cat fish) to bless her. She will need sponsoring of 1,000peso (£10.00) per month. Please continue to pray.
The price for tooth extraction with government help is 100pesos (£1.00) per tooth. Some folk we have been helping have ten teeth that need extracting and some four,three and two needing extraction. They cannot afford 100pesos (£1.00) and tried to ignore the pains.
I was awake at one a.m. I could not get back to sleep. I went to bed after the evangelistic meeting which was 9pm.God bless now I love you very much.
PS. 1.)The water pump plus P.V.C tubes sold in 20ft lengths. We used four tubes for drinking water.
Today the folks in the twelve houses and the family in the village of Bantog are very happy indeed to have the water pump installed. Praise the lord.
31
Oct
09
…All hands to the pumps !…..
Sat.31/10/09
Hi ……….. This morning I will escort folks to Dayrit’s opticians in Concepcion to get glasses for folks who need complete glasses, others for eye check ups and lenses. After that I will go to see the Mayor of Concepcion. In the afternoon Pastor Gabi, Amanda and I will visit Sto.Rosario Full Gospel Centre where Roma lives.
I will try to visit Pastor Rodriguez some time Re-water pump. There is already a water pump installed in Bantog near our house for a family that I promised a pump for last year. Sad news the man who requested the water pump died not long after I returned to England. He has a brother who is an amputee who came to see me to remind me of the promised water pump for his brother.
There will be another water pump installed this morning for the 12 houses in E.Castro Street. This will be used for drinking water. There were proposed plans to have a NAWASA (a pipe) to be requested from NAWASA (http://www.pwp.org.ph) where a tube is installed at the entrance of each of the 12 houses, not 10, where each household will only take their drinking water and will pay monthly dividing the cost for each household. They agreed to this proposed plans but having thought of it carefully, when I am not here and they may not pay the bills so there would be problems. The folks are farm labourers who do not have a monthly income. So, we decided to have a water pump installed with 4 P.V.C. tubes instead of 3-tubes. Wednesday, Thursday nights we have been praying for the sick and other folks. Tonight we will be meeting at one of the houses from the E.Castro Street. On Sunday I am asked to share at the New life Church, Lapaz at 8am. At 10am at Caluluan Church led by Pastora Fe and Sony. Please pray. Thank you.
……. This morning the secretary of Congressman Jeci Lapuz came to see me and dropped of the fifty bags of cement as promised. I gave them refreshment and we had a look at the NNTO housing project and the ten houses we have started on in E.Castro Street with another 4 houses further down E. Castro Street. She took photos and chatted to the residents. I also discussed the on going work of NNTO, example the on going treatment for people with goitre, dental needs, glasses, housing needs, monthly medication, cataract and children with swollen genitals.
I am waiting now for the delivery of two dump trucks of sand, one to be delivered for the work on the ten houses and for Pastor Gabi’s planned church building. We have been praying, asking the lord for a church building with a capacity for over 150 people. Now that I can get cement and sand from the Congressman we can build more homes for the poor. I am hoping for the church to be built for my next visit here. The plans for the church and the other plans for the four houses further down at E.Casto Street should be done before I go back to England. I need to be here to over see all of this work. Praise the Lord for His provision and how we can see his hands at work. Today I’m waiting for the man to install the water pump in village of Bantog the neighbouring village but we need to buy the material first. I am also gathering informing about folks needing glasses and dental treatment and have to arrange for time and transport for them on Friday and Saturday. This afternoon we held a bible study in my mother porch at 4:30pm and tonight we will have prayers and evangelism for the project of ten houses at E. Castro Street. We have also invited the folks from the four houses. Please continue to pray for them they are people who are sick and needing glasses and dentures.
The Congressman’s Secretary will help the two people with goitre and diabetes. Tomorrow we will drop them off at Concepcion and I will go to Clark Airbase, Angeles City tomorrow morning at 8 am to the look at the new treatment discovered from Japan costing 2.7million and 7 years experimentation. I will email more of this tomorrow. Thank you for praying
28
Oct
09
Teeth, Glasses,Sand & Cement
Tuesday oct.27….. Hi I could not keep up with the emails. I hope you understand. I am trying to do as much as I could as I have explained due to rice harvesting-folks are committed to harvesting the rice. The system was arranged that those who planted the rice are the one to do the harvesting. So it’s difficult to get more workers.
I am hoping to get more workers soon. About the floods in the PI seen on the TV before I arrived, they hit Lapaz and Caut the churches and the political parties have given relief to folks affected by the floods. Some folks from Caut had taken shelter at Zeny’s bodega in Caluluan. The lord brings the people to the house with different needs some will come to the house to ask and check when help can be given whether for dental work, glasses, vitamins or help for food or rice or money to buy rice. Others seek advice on infected wounds.
Today we went to see the secretary of Congressman Jeci Lapuz outside of Concepcion. I introduced my self and gave them the letter and presented the housing project with the pictures of the houses we have already completed. They promise us sand and gravel for the housing project. They also promised help for the operation or treatment for the gentleman with a cataract. The folks with goitres were also promised help including those who have diabetes we started praying every night and will continue this pray while I am here. We see gods hand and his favour answering our prayers everyday. So far there are 4 people who have received dental help mainly tooth extractions. Please continue to pray.
Oct.28.Wednesday. Today Suey knocked the door at 5:30am and asked if i wanted some pandesal to be bought so I got up and make my self a cup of tea and had mammon a type of cake until 7am Vicky sent some boiled rice and egg with some fried potatoes. That was my breakfast. After this I got ready and we went back to see the Congressman’s Secretary Myrna Mapiklat. She took us to the clinic of Congressman Jeci Lapuz in Capas about 20 kilometres away. We started to queue for the patient who has the eye cataract. That was at 8am. We were the first ones on the list as I requested from the nurse. There were folks who had been there since 5 am, people who also all had cataracts. There was a 8yr.old girl whose parents could not afford the special lenses for her glasses without which she will not be able to see. We (NNTO) donated 2,000 Pesos for the cost of this special lenses which in total were 2,900 Pesos. Today the Congressman’s secretary had promised 50bags of cement. Apparently the secretary had informed the congressman about the projects of NNTO and he was very much in favour of our work. Presumably he had access our website. The father of the congressman was born in Caluluan, my place of birth. It turns out that they are distant relatives of my grandparents. I came at the right time because it is preparation time for elections which is in May. Pray for folks who are needing glasses that they will receive help and my money will go further. Pastor Gabi and my self went to see the optician in town of Concepcion. We chatted to the optician who said that if we will bring more folks needing glasses and change of lenses she will give us a discount. The cheapest glasses is 800pesos, she will charge 450pesos. To change lenses and grade without frames is 350pesos that is a good discount. This afternoon I was invited to meet the Baptist pastor and his wife in Caluluan near the cemetery. They wanted to meet me and share their work that they doing in Caluluan. We prayed together and I encourage them to keep the contact with NNT0 and asked them to access the website and to pray for us so they have an idea what NNTO does in the Philippines. After my visit from with I was invited for dinner at my brother poy’s house. My niece lea from Japan came home to surprise her parents it was nice to see her again. Tonight we will meet for prayer with the folks and some of the folks from the 10 houses building project. Tomorrow we will visit the Mayor of Concepcion at his house.
…… This morning whilst I was having breakfast Marie,
who has 6 children dropped by to ask my advice on how to treat the
infected wounds of her husband and children. I served her with
breakfast and drinks. She is very thin and looking malnourished. She has
a 9 month old baby who also looks very thin and malnourished she looked more like she is 3 months than 9 months old. I gave her multivitamins with iron, clothing and kitchen wares, some money and a half kilo of Quaker oats. She is a Christian and attends church regularly on Sundays at pastor Gabi’s
church. Her husband is a farm labourer and is due to be hospitalized for
goitre treatment. After breakfast pastor Gabi, Amanda and I
visited the sick that NNTO supports and then we were invited to eat at
a wedding. This was unexpected as the people that we had prayed for in the village of Bantog, their relative was getting married and invited us to eat with
them and we were very grateful as it was dinner time, after we had eaten we
went to the Lapaz Tarelco Electric Company and submitted a petition letter
to the manager of the company. We then we came home, and I oversaw the repairs needed on my mother’s house that the woodworm had destroyed and the cutting of over grown trees overlapping the roof of the house and the barn. At 7pm we had meeting in my mother’s house. My seven nephews, my brother and his common law wife came. Pastor Gabi, Amanda and I prayed with them and shared the gospel. We had a good response, it appeared there was only two who were not baptized and were seriously thinking about their walk and commitment to God. There was a positive response over all and it was a good evening.
Matters for prayer; due to the rice harvest it is difficult to find workers to work in reconstructing and building houses as most of them are folks who are working in the farms. Also pray that I will be able to do the plans I want to do. I have enquired already the about the price of the bibles and new testaments and will know tommorow. Many thanks for your prayers.
Today I deliberately taken things easy and not done much. After a breakfast of pandesal, cheese, banana and a Milo drink, I had the pleasure
of the electrician who came to repair the TV until 10:30am. It was discovered there was something wrong with the tube inside the TV which is not working. It will cost about one thousand pesos to buy a replacement….The TV repairman is the son of the musician (guitarist) at pastor Gabi’s church.
In the afternoon my classmate Jesus Mejia, who has a business in sand and gravel delivered a big dump truck of sand. His son gave us a discount 130pesos instead of paying 2,500.00pesos. He let us pay 2,370.00pesos. I prayed this morning I will have a discount for the sand and it worked out I have only 370 Pesos and the rest was paid yesterday. As that was the only cash I have until will exchange pounds to pesos. I am waiting for a good rate as it is only 75.30 Pesos per pound at present we are waiting until it comes to 79-80 Pesos.
I will take photos of the 9 houses that need renovating and reconstructing and hopefully to install a lamppost in the housing area. Also I will try to get a petition from the residents for the electric company .To put a lamppost in that housing area and get the residents names and signatures. We can only try and ask what their rights are and if there is a discount available for the residents living in that housing area.
Please continue to pray….
