Saturday Seminar

"Life in the Spirit"Seminar was held at the school where we are staying. There were 80+ adults in attendance and just as many children.

More than half indicated that they would be water baptised. Stay tuned for a report on water baptisms.

Arrived in Santiago City

We have arrived in the target town. The SOS Volunteers have been preparing the ground, opening up Bible Studies. The Filipino team is very welcoming, and Leo has already been learning Tagalog words, and teaching English to fellow volunteers.

A new day starts with team exercises and team deovtional. And now we are preparing for the Seminar on Saturday afternoon where the contacts will congregate.

Team training in Manila

We have spent the last 2 days getting to understand the culture that we are amongst on this mission trip. Pastor Rey Calusay gave us his time to understand the power of Jesus' name to overcome the enemy. We heard the powerful word of the Lord that morning, and we were each touched. Now we have great anticipation to get to Santiago City, meet the Filipino team, and be a part of what God is doing in that city.

Aussie Team flies out on Easter Tuesday

On Tuesday we fly out of Brisbane, and arrive in Manila for 2 days of team training. We will meet up with Pastor Rey Calusay, we will learn more of the Filipino culture, we will plan and and we will pray together.

The 2011 Aussie SOS team needs YOUR prayer support - please pray for us regularly. In the army, I once acted as a forward observer for an artillery shoot. I called in the grid reference of the enemy position on the opposite hill ... and waited. There was an eerie silence followed by the 'whistling' sound of overhead shells flying towards their mark, and then ... the opposite hill was ablaze with explosions, smoke and shrapnel. It would have been suicide to advance on the hill without that fire-power, but with artillery support victory was assured.

Right now we are advancing into enemy territory. These are not just words, this is fact - the enemy is against the planting of churches. We NEED your prayer support, and we will have the victory.

On Friday we fly to North Luzon, a 1 hour plane trip from Manila, and join the Filipino church planting team at Santiago City, Isabela.

VOLUNTEERS IN SANTIAGO CITY TESTIFY OF MIRACLES

Santiago City Team testify of several instances when contacts follow after them in the streets to thank them for miracles. The volunteers have been applying what they have learned during the training: Proclamation with Demonstration, Praying in Faith for Miracles. Evidently, the volunteers do not hesitate to pray for miracles in different situations of the contacts.
One lady thanked the volunteers for the miracle regarding her pregnant sister. The situation before prayer was that the woman’s life was at risk and had to undergo immediate caesarean operation because the baby was not anymore moving in her womb. But after prayer, the baby moved again and was eventually delivered normally. The doctors admitted it was a big surprise to them.
Joses Calusay and his squad testify of God giving them Word of Knowledge regarding specific needs of contacts. They say it was like in the book of Acts.