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The Philippine Immersion team spent time eating, fishing, cooking, talking and ministering to the Aete people of Mapwing. During their stay they were able to use their newly acquired and growing skill at speaking Tagalog. The Litson on the bamboo pole served over 70 persons. There are Aete peoples living in the mountains throughout the Philippines. Many of the Aete around Olongapo were displaced because of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. |
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| Pictured above some Aete men and Sarah and Julie |
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Philippine Immersion Team 2007 |
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 Pictured is the Philippine Immersion team. Ty is taking up the rear and packing the medical supplies. The team nurse Jaimee Novak is in front and leading the way. They are in the mountains of New Cabalan just outside of Olongapo City. The tribal people known as the Aete live in these mountains. Jaimee and the team ministered love, prayer, and medical assistance. Others were working with interpreters and teaching from the bible. While we were with the Aete people we gave them both food and clothing.Read More Click Here |
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| Read about our Trip to the Philippines in 2006 and my interview with Nobel Peace Prize nominee Shay Cullen click here   Purchase Shay's book from his website. Click Here |
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Lapu Lapu City Philippines 2006 Parents in Lapu Lapu prepare food for the many children living in their Barangay.See pictures and read about some of the people we help click here |
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The irreplaceable uniqueness of every individual human being is a reflection of God and his creative power. The inestimable value of every human being is weighed against the sacrifice of God himself upon a barbaric instrument of torturous death. To bring humanity to a close is not an event that God anticipates void of loss.......... Meditations is a Growing Collection of Thoughts click here Recent Papers and Essays When God meets Pharaoh A study of God's mercy and Pharaoh's self defeat Read entire paper in PDF They are a group of displaced immigrants who were multiplying in a land where they were but powerless peoples. They were People of a different language and culture. They are perceived by the nations leader as a threat to the continued power of the wealthy landed citizens over the displaced growing minority. The Pharaoh’s solution (insight) to this dilemma is to preserve existing power structures by oppressing the rapidly multiplying minority. The oppression is accomplished through turning the displaced kinship peoples into slaves. As slaves the peoples ‘build’ the buildings that centralize and represent the power of the citizens of the land.
Re-establishing Metaphor A Study of John 3:1-15 Read entire essay in PDF The metaphor of birth used by John is to draw us into the birth event. Birth is a truamatic event, an event that all of us have experienced. From the warmth of our mothers womb we emerge into this world. We enter this life from a place of resting; a liquid world where all our needs are met by the one that carries us. Suddnely our liquid filled chamber breaks and... |
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responsibility for oppression in society the book Casting Stones has the potential to awaken the reader. The globalization of the sex industry reaches all of our lives. As the people of God we must help the oppressed and halt the systems that are responsible for their oppression. Human Trafficking is not some one elses problem it is ours. The American Military machine has produced and supported the sex industry across the globe. This book will challenge your faith.