{"id":612,"date":"2026-07-13T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/?p=612"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:21:07","slug":"summer-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/2026\/07\/13\/summer-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer so far…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summer vacation definitely doesn’t exist in ministry, and thank God for that. We have been blessed to be busy with what God is doing in and around Cebu these past couple months. Here’s a little recap of what has been going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June a team from Believers City Church in Wisconsin joined us for an intensive few weeks filled with Ministry Training Institutes, a Youth Leader Summit, a youth group night, church, a creative writing workshop, a university pop-up Bible study, and Street Level Ministries in Cebu. It is easy to focus on the events, but interwoven through all of it is the relationships that form before, during and after. We met many new friends during these events, and grew deeper in the relationships that have been forming over the years. It is a joy to spend time with pastors, church leaders, and youth who are seeking to serve God and to have that bond together, no matter what side of the planet we are from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition to those scheduled events, we have also taken time to just hang out with those who are part of our church and campus ministry in Cebu – celebrating birthdays and graduations, playing games, and even learning some new art skills! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In July we officially kicked off Street Level Ministries Tagbilaran, which is an exciting new chapter to open. A few members from Cebu joined with a regular attender of our pop-up studies and we spent the morning inviting students – and people showed up! We will now be meeting on the 1st Thursday of each month for dinner and Bible discussion and are looking forward to seeing what God does on Bohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n