{"id":206,"date":"2025-03-06T11:10:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/?p=206"},"modified":"2025-03-06T11:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:10:55","slug":"bantayan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/2025\/03\/06\/bantayan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bantayan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We traveled to Bantayan early Tuesday morning. It was a beautiful drive through the mountains followed by a short ferry to the island. Day 1 of our second MTI kicked off on Wednesday in Bantayan. Many familiar faces were present and it was a productive day of teaching and fellowship with the MTI students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-19.06.54_d57db0f8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-19.06.54_d57db0f8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-19.06.54_d57db0f8-300x225.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-05-at-16.35.35_fa0d5fbe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-05-at-16.35.35_fa0d5fbe-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-05-at-16.35.35_fa0d5fbe.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday evening, we attended a youth fellowship night at the church of one of the pastors who attended the MTI. It was a fun evening of worship and fellowship. We organized a few games and a short Bible study and were able to connect with many of the youth in attendance during our short visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_202341-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_202341-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_202341-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_202341-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_202341-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_202341-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_205923_exported_10443-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_205923_exported_10443-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_205923_exported_10443-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_205923_exported_10443-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_205923_exported_10443-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/20250305_205923_exported_10443.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we are wrapping up day 2 of the MTI in Bantayan. It was a joy to spend time with these pastors and ministers and we\u2019re always happy to teach and fellowship with them. Tomorrow, we travel to the city of Toledo where we look forward to hosting the Street Level Summit this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-18.35.37_3952bc05-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-18.35.37_3952bc05-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-18.35.37_3952bc05-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-18.35.37_3952bc05-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-18.35.37_3952bc05-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-06-at-18.35.37_3952bc05.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Please keep us in your prayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We traveled to Bantayan early Tuesday morning. 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