{"id":590,"date":"2026-06-21T04:25:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/?p=590"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:25:52","slug":"ministry-and-writing-in-cebu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/2026\/06\/21\/ministry-and-writing-in-cebu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry and Writing in Cebu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After traveling back from Leyte to our home base on Cebu Island, we got ready for the next few days. On Friday and Saturday we hosted another MTI class for pastors and ministerial staff from around the Cebu City area. It was great to be able to make some new connections and hear about local ministry efforts. While it was a smaller class than the last two, it made for some deeper conversations, especially on the second day after getting to know each other better since most students were new to us.&nbsp;<\/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=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-9.38.01-AM-771x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-9.38.01-AM-771x1024.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-9.38.01-AM-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-9.38.01-AM-768x1020.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-9.38.01-AM-1157x1536.jpeg 1157w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-9.38.01-AM.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.55.43-AM-1024x769.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.55.43-AM-1024x769.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.55.43-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.55.43-AM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.55.43-AM-1536x1153.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.55.43-AM.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-20-at-11.46.51-AM-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-20-at-11.46.51-AM-edited.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-20-at-11.46.51-AM-edited-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-20-at-11.46.51-AM-edited-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-20-at-11.46.51-AM-edited-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-20-at-11.46.51-AM-edited-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the second day of the MTI was wrapping up on Saturday, our magazine ministry called Word on the Street hosted a creative writing workshop. It was open to any 18-25 year old interested in writing, whether or not they were going to school for it. 11 people attended, along with some Street Level members and a couple from the visiting American team.<\/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=\"771\" data-id=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.14.12-AM-1024x771.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.14.12-AM-1024x771.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.14.12-AM-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.14.12-AM-768x578.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.14.12-AM-1536x1157.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.14.12-AM.jpeg 2040w\" 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=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.13.50-AM-771x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.13.50-AM-771x1024.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.13.50-AM-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.13.50-AM-768x1020.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.13.50-AM-1157x1536.jpeg 1157w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-11.13.50-AM.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a great rainy afternoon learning not only about the craft of writing, but also the reality and purpose of writing. After learning different concepts, we would put that into practice by doing writing exercises, sharing what we wrote with each other, playing a weird word game called Balderdash, and most importantly making some new friends. The latest issue of WOTS even showed up during the workshop just in time to go home with everyone who came.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/20260620_170637-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/20260620_170637-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/20260620_170637-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/20260620_170637-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/20260620_170637-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/20260620_170637-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After traveling back from Leyte to our home base on Cebu Island, we got ready for the next few days. 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