Praise God for His goodness as we had a great trip and a great team. The team esprit de corps/dynamics/unity was excellent all throughout the trip as there were absolutely no issues. Everyone was proactive in their approach to ministry opportunities, and it was...
Metro Independent Baptist Church Services, Quezon City (Sunday) Our last update is brought to you by Mr. Fulfer who is our 2024 YOM Team Philippines leader! Thank you, Mr. Fulfer, for everything you did to make this trip most memorable and successful for the glory of...
Bethesda Independent Baptist Church Youth Camp/Payatas Bible Clubs & Feedings, Quezon City (Friday/Saturday) Today's update brought to you by Mrs. Cirone and Cave--thank you for your insights! Friday Friday morning we left Tarlac early for a 2+ hour drive to...
Tulabots Home/Tarlac Christian College, Tarlac (Thursday) Thank you, Cave, for again taking the time to write another update! We were allowed to sleep in a bit with breakfast at 8am - 8:30am. Breakfast consisted of pink hotdogs, Pandesal (Filipinos like rolls),...
Cross Trail Children Refuge Home, Tarlac (Wednesday) Appreciate so much having Cave on the team and writing today's update--this is his 3rd time serving as a member on YOM Team Philippines! Take it away, Cave... Wednesday was a different and emotional day for all us...
Subic Bay Children's Home, Good News Hoops, Local Attractions, Subic Bay/Olongapo (Monday/Tuesday) Thanks to Mrs. Cirone for writing this update! Monday was our day off. We were able to sleep in, however, we were woken up by the children wanting us to wake up and be...
Subic Bay Baptist Church/Music Festival, Olongapo (Sunday) Today's update is from Christine! On Sunday, we had the opportunity to assist Subic Bay Baptist Church in their Sunday services. Each team member was able to teach or assist a Sunday School class. The classes...
Island View Baptist Church/Choir Practice/Funeral, Olongapo (Saturday) Samuel takes us on our Update journey today--thank you, Sam, as we appreciate you! Hi all! Saturday was an eventful day. We started out bright and early at 7am. After driving for a bit, we ended up...
Family Day/ReCharge Youth Rally, Olongapo (Friday) We've appreciated having Christine on our team and for writing today's update, so, Christine take it away... On Friday, we got to spend the whole day at the children’s home with the orphans. After breakfast and...
Just a quick update that the team has just landed safely in Los Angeles from Taipei and will be heading onward to their final destinations. Please continue to pray for their safety and that all members will be able to successfully make their transfers. Also in the...
Ladies Fellowship/Saug Baptist Mission, Olongapo (Thursday) We appreciate Adi taking the time to do today's update! Happy Thursday from our team here in the Philippines! We started today with a delicious breakfast prepared by some of the girls here at the orphanage....
Character Enhancement/Subic Bay Mission Church/San Martin Baptist Church, Olongapo (Wednesday) We started the morning with a devotional service with all of the children’s home children, staff, as well as our group. Logan gave the devotional for this service. We all...
BPAT/Visiting the Mayor/Vice Mayor, Olongapo (Tuesday) Thank you, Sierra, for today's post! On Tuesday, we got to visit two different Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams (BPAT). These teams assist the police in helping to keep the peace among the people in the city....
Subic Bay Children's Home/Jail Ministry/Amagoh Halftime, Olongapo (Monday) After Pastor Hurst prayed for us, we left Antipolo this morning around 5 am and headed to Subic Bay. Besides the morning traffic, one thing we definitely noticed were the maze of electricity...
Metroview Baptist Church, Antipolo (Sunday) Today's post is brought to you by Sierra Graham, so, take it away Sierra! On Sunday morning, the Hursts made us a delicious morning breakfast with bananas, eggs, tocino (pork that looks like beets and tastes sweet), pandesal...
Metroview Baptist Church, Antipolo (Saturday) Welcome to the Philippines! Arriving on Saturday into Manila around noon, BIMI missionaries Chris and Ivy Hurst had their crew of three vehicles pick us up (and our 50-60+ pieces of luggage) to head to their home in...
Just another quick note to let everyone know that we made it safely to Manila AND with all of our luggage too! Praise the Lord, and thank you for your prayers. As of now, everyone has headed to bed even though it was only 8:00 pm Manila time. Will head to bed as well...
Thank you for your prayers for safety as we just arrived in Taipei, Taiwan, and are awaiting for our flight to Manila which leaves in about three hours. Although the team is a little tired and the weather is a little dreary outside, the team is excited as they get to...