Last week, a group of pastors from Bohol Island gathered for a 5-day, seminary level training. The course was “Bible Study Methods and Rules of Interpretation” and is the first of many courses Shofar Mission will offer on this level. We enjoyed the time spent together in fellowship and learning, and are blessed to know this group of pastors who are committed to furthering their biblical education to be better ministers for God’s Kingdom.

The next Pastoral Training Institute will be taking place in Cebu City in July. Stay tuned for details coming soon!

We enjoyed our time with the pastors and church leaders who attended the MTI class in Toledo. It was a good couple days of training and fellowship together.

While the MTI was finishing up, Pete, Abby and Chelsey went back to Cebu for Street Level. We are currently working our way through the book of James, so Pete led the discussion on that, and we broke into small groups too. The rest of the team wanted to say one final goodbye, so they all surprised us with one last appearance (and sweet treats) before they got on the plane back to the U.S.

It has been a great few weeks of ministry, and we are looking forward to the next team already. In the meantime, we are continuing on in reaching out to the universities and are planning to do some pastoral level training soon too. Thanks for your prayers.

On Sunday, Pete and Abby were able to join a church on the west side of Cebu island for Sunday church. Afterwards they got to know the youth group and had a short teaching and fellowship with them.

For Believers Church Cebu, Pastor Justin taught from Colossians 1, explaining how we are part of a much bigger story and encouraged those attending to not let the spread of the gospel end with our generation. It was a great night of fellowship over dinner after, sharing stories and forming deeper connections with our extended church family.

Now, we are all back in Toledo, and had a busy day of ministry. Pete, Abby, and Chelsey along with some Toledo Street Level members gave away coffee at a local university with a Street Level information table set up. Over the course of yesterday and today’s outreaches we were able to tell and invite over 300 people to Street Level!

While the outreach was happening, others started the MTI in Toledo which is our final MTI location. We are thankful to all the pastors and church leaders that gave up their time and committed to be a part of all these classes. Please pray we finish well and there is fruit that remains.

We arrived in Toledo yesterday afternoon to kick off our time with Street Level. We enjoyed a members meeting on Friday evening with those from Cebu & Toledo at our office space in Toledo. Members from both cities were able to spend time getting to know each other alongside our team from America.

This morning the summit was at Gall’s with a topic focused on commitment versus empty promises. A total of 19 students attended the summit and had the opportunity to learn thru teachings and small group discussions. The team (minus Pete and Abby, who will be doing some ministry with a church in the Toledo area) headed back to Cebu for church tomorrow, and got to spend some additional time with students on the ride back. We’ll head back to Toledo early next week to finish out with one final MTI class. Thanks for the ongoing prayers!