The day started early with most of us wide awake before the sun came up. Jet lag shows partiality to no man or woman. We spent the morning packing for tomorrow’s journey to Bohol for the first round of MTI’s. Walking was an important part of the rest of our day, as we fought off our drowsiness. To the office, the grocery store, and around the neighborhood delivering WOTS magazines. Now we’re back at the house for the final stretch of day one.
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SHOFAR MISSIONS UPCOMING EVENTS
In just a few days, we will be joined by a team from the U.S. and while they are here, we will be hosting several events for pastors, church leaders, youth, and our university ministry! We are looking forward to having them in the Philippines, and for the opportunities that God is allowing us to be part of while they are here. The highlights of what we will be doing are: Ministry Training Institute classes on Bohol, Bantayan, and Cebu Islands, a Youth Leader Summit, and a Street Level Ministries Summit.
STREET LEVEL MINISTIRES CEBU ISLAND
Our university ministry just finished up going verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians, which we have been in for a few months. This week also marks the end of our “New Testament in a Year” reading plan. We set up a group chat a year ago and had several students join in to share thoughts (and hopefully hold each other accountable to reading). While not everyone stuck with it, there were a few that did and made it through the entire New Testament for the first time.
We have continued doing outreaches near universities – giving away coffee, magazines, and fliers. It’s a good opportunity for the SLM members to serve God together and invite new students to be part of what we have going on. Over the last few weeks we have had a three people step up into membership too!
BELIEVERS CHURCH CEBU
We recently had our very first church work day here in Cebu! It was a good time to get some projects done in our space and spend the day together. Like any good church work day, it was complete with an unexpected trip to the hardware store and ended with a good dinner together.
