We are switching to a different missionary care organization. We love everyone at our previous one, but I have heard from some of you that their fees were too high. In fairness, they do good things with the money from those fees. But we don’t need some of the things they do. So we found a more basic one that does a great job at fewer things.
Giving to our mission should be done through Modern Day Missions now.
MDM is an interdenominational organization that serves over 1100 Christian missionaries. To visit their site, please click MAKE A DONATION above.
I know this means our regular donors will need to stop donations at the old one and sign up at the new one. We are really thankful for your efforts and your generosity.
At our donation page, I put the link to stop donations to the previous agency, and to start with the new one.
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I’ll be in the USA Oct 15 – Nov 14 for…
–Giving mission reports to Bible studies and hopefully churches
–Getting some possibly pre-cancerous skin growths burned off
–Getting surgery on my prostate gland (benign growths)
And best of all, to bring my son Isaac here!
I’d love to speak at any gathering about our mission, or on the topic of missions in general. I’m waiting for your invitation!
God has graciously provided a vehicle for me during that month, but I’m homeless as of now. 🤣 I know the Lord will provide, because I have some super-generous friends! 🙂
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In this very Catholic country, it is expected that when you move into a home or a business, you should have a member of the “clergy” come and “bless” the facility. Well, I’m not Catholic, so I don’t sprinkle “holy water,” and I don’t charge a fee. But what we do is to simply pray for the facility (in this case, a home), and we pray for the new occupants. I also wanted to preach the gospel, because Vincent and Susan invited all these guests, and our hosts were kind enough to allow me that. (Gina translated.)
BTW, this event led to us having weekly evangelistic Bible studies there!
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The Indian church where the father of our friend Ebi pastors is bold despite threats of persecution. On the left they are praying before street preaching. The men take turns preaching while the ladies hand out tracts. If you’d like to invest in their ministry, I’d be thrilled to introduce you. If you’re not able, please consider praying for them.
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These young men in our Buhangin, Davao City church are following the example of Paul in Acts 28:31, where it says,
“ᴘʀᴏᴄʟᴀɪᴍɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢᴅᴏᴍ ᴏꜰ ɢᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏʀᴅ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀʟʟ ʙᴏʟᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪɴᴅʀᴀɴᴄᴇ.”
People’s Park in Davao City is a great place to evangelize.
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It’s always our honor to minister to teachers at San Isidro Elementary School. Gina and I go there twice every month.
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The guy on the left has been hanging around the window above my desktop. How big is he? Well, the horizontal bars are 7 inches apart. He got that big because there are always plenty of bugs around here.
I think the lizard being munched on is not the same guy, because he looks smaller. So the carnivore got… carnivored…?
The dark mama cat looks sad because she caught that lizard, but her daughter stole it from her. Kids these days!
I tried to explain to the cats that they should only catch mice, rats, and snakes, because lizards eat insects for us. But the cats only understand Ilokano.
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𝓞𝓤𝓡 𝓣𝓦𝓔𝓛𝓕𝓣𝓗 𝓐𝓝𝓝𝓘𝓥𝓔𝓡𝓢𝓐𝓡𝓨 as missionaries!!! 
Two rookies arrived in the Philippines on 8/9/2013. Since then, by the grace of God—and with a lot of help from our supporters—Gina and I have started three small churches, fed the needy, helped train many workers for ministry, supported many Filipino missionaries in UPGs, provided everything from clothes to appliances to roofs after natural disasters, helped people start small businesses, ministered in various jails, spent many hours in schools, and sent out our first missionary from one of our churches.
When I say, “by the grace of God,” I mean it. Imagine me, not having any college degree, teaching in seminaries for a total of 11 semesters. No college degree yet pastoring three churches.
I don’t say any of this to brag, but to encourage everyone reading this: You do NOT need to be a Christian superstar to be a missionary. Ask Gina! I’m a regular guy. I hope to inspire other regular folks to offer their lives to Jesus in any way he sees fit.
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Because it’s rainy season (July to February), it’s hard for Gina to ever hang laundry on the line outside. So sometimes we drop our laundry off at a place run by a long-time friend of Gina’s. I took a load, and I forgot to leave my name. I had gotten used to not needing to say it, because the lady who’s usually there knows us. But a guy was there at that time. So he simply wrote “Cano” on our bundle, which is slang for
Americano.
Well, at least they won’t get our stuff mixed up with anyone else’s, because surely I’m the only Cano who ever goes there.
In a town of about 30,000, I think I’m the only foreigner who lives here.…
Aida was bedridden with cancer. We visited and prayed for her months ago, and she became well enough to start coming to church on most Sundays. But her illness became worse recently, so she was bedridden again.
We visited Aida to comfort and pray for her… and she brought up the topic of baptism. She had heard me teach about how important it is. Aida insisted that she wanted to be baptized! Her family approved, so we did it. We’re so glad we did, because Aida passed away a few days ago. We miss you already, Aida!
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I started a Bible study in the Yonsons home several years ago. Then Bee took over teaching duties there. Now a Yonson family member teaches there every Saturday. Passing responsibilities to others, as they learn and grow, is an important part of discipleship. God bless the Yonsons for their years of hospitality!
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Gina and I have Filipino friends who are serving as missionaries on an island that’s over 99% radical Muslim. They are doing amazing work. Because of their situation, I can’t reveal their names or their location. But if you are interested in supporting them financially (as we do), I would be thrilled to introduce you to them. Ask me at jgapinoy@gmail.com
PICTURED: Some of the team when they visited us in Davao City a few years ago.
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Our Buhangin church in Davao City celebrated its 10th anniversary two months ago. What a joy it was to visit them again. During the celebration, I sat there for a while looking at everyone, thinking,
He is a new man in Christ now… She has a home in Heaven now… He was miraculously healed… She was stubborn and argumentative, but now she’s humble and wise… He was saved from a destructive lifestyle… She is a missionary now… On and on, so many wonderful trophies of God’s grace.
A big THANK YOU to those who pray for us and who support us financially! Some of you have for 12 years.
Of course the missionary I just referred to is our own Mara Joy. I should not share details of her ministry publicly, but ask me at jgapinoy@gmail.com and I’ll give you a report.
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Marc and I did a lot of visitation while I was in Davao City. One lady was healed of foot pain that she had since 2021. We have about 20 Bible studies throughout the city, and I visited as many as I could.
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While in Davao City, I was riding jeepneys again. (There are no jeeps in Luna.) Either I’m bigger than I was before, or the jeeps are smaller than they were before.
Not only is my head bent over; my knees are blocking the ‘aisle’ in between rows of passengers.
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Lord, forgive me for the times I complained about some of the jobs I’ve had. I can’t imagine following this contraption through the mud all day, every day. It’s self-propelling, but it takes muscle to turn it or to pull it backwards.
The man on the left is actually a skilled worker–he can do all kinds of construction jobs, including driving a backhoe. But his boss needed him in the rice fields then.
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A new evangelistic Bible study group associated with our Catalunan Pequeño church in Davao City. Good job, saints!
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In all three of our churches, if a member hosts a party, and if they have a significant number of unchurched guests, and if they allow me or one of our leaders to preach the gospel, we will provide a cake.
Apple did a great job translating for me—only her second time. The Lord is raising up disciples.
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Here are some of our Davao City churches’ youth who participated in a city-wide youth camp with many churches participating. The leader of that camp ministry told us that he was very impressed by our youth. In fact, our very own Manuel won best camper. All this testifies to the excellence of the leaders God has given us in Davao City. They are making excellent disciples.
A total of 45 youths were baptized at the camp!
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