Welcome to the Philippines' Updates

Thank you for taking the time to read about and pray for Team Philippines!

Parents—thank you for supporting your children and encouraging them to want to serve God with their lives. We’re privileged to work with your children and see them grow for God’s glory.

Givers and prayer warriors—thank you for making an eternal investment in the lives of our team members and those they witness to.

We’re grateful for your prayers and support as we experience God’s abundant blessings amidst the many challenges of missions work.

You’ll find that updates are listed with the most recent posts at the top of the page. You can scroll down to see older updates.

Made it safely Home

Made it safely Home

Monday, June 9 Just a quick note that the Fulfers and the Pensacola-based team just arrived back safe and sound into Pensacola. We are also getting feedback that the other team members have made it home as well. Please pray for Ashlyn Campbell as she just boarded her...

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Heading Home and The Boat People

Heading Home and The Boat People

Monday, June 9, Behman Family (Mindoro)/Week 2 Team (somewhere over the Pacific Ocean) Late last night, the team said their goodbyes from the Subic Bay Children's Home and headed down to the Manila International Airport to return to the United States and to meet the...

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The Island and Sunday Services

The Island and Sunday Services

Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8, Subic Bay Children's Home/Subic Bay Baptist Church (Subic Bay) Because the Philippines has entered their rainy season complete with typhoons, we weren't sure that the team would be able to accompany Pastor John Mark to his church out on the...

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Ladies, Teens, and Educators

Ladies, Teens, and Educators

Thursday-Friday, June 5-6, Subic Bay Children's Home/Subic Bay Baptist Church (Subic Bay) Thursday was a busy day as the morning began with a Ladies Fellowship. Mrs. Fulfer spoke on Your Identity in Christ, conducted a Q&A session with Mrs. Cirone, and all the...

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Ministering to the community

Ministering to the community

Tuesday-Wednesday, June 3-4, Subic Bay Children's Home/Subic Bay Baptist Church (Subic Bay) Mike gives us Tuesday's update...this morning started out nice and early for us Americans doing a devotion time with the Subic Bay Children’s Home kids and staff. I was blessed...

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Welcome to Subic Bay

Welcome to Subic Bay

Monday, June 2, Subic Bay Children's Home/Subic Bay Baptist Church ((Subic Bay) Muriel has been a wonderful part of our team and has been a blessing to many as she really conveys her Tagalog well! Thank you, Muriel for our update... Welcome to Subic Bay Children's...

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Opportunities to Serve

Opportunities to Serve

Sunday, June 1, Metro Independent Baptist Church (Quezon City) Sierra gives us a quick overview of today's ministries... Today we finished up our ministry to Metro Independent Baptist Church. One group went to Payatas for children’s church. After a delicious...

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They came hungry–they left with hope

They came hungry–they left with hope

Saturday, May 31, Metro Independent Baptist Church (Quezon City) So glad to also have Mike with us on Team Philippines for a 2nd year as he's been a great blessing and help in everyway. Appreciate Mike taking the time to give us today's update... Today was amazing to...

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Children Everywhere (Part II)

Children Everywhere (Part II)

Friday, May 30, Metro Independent Baptist Church (Quezon City) Ashlyn Campbell gives us the overview of today's ministry opportunities. This morning we were excited to dive into day two of VBS. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast at the church and then loaded up the van...

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Children everywhere (Part I)

Children everywhere (Part I)

Thursday, May 29, Metro Independent Baptist Church (Quezon City) Welcome to Alyssa who has today's exciting update...Today we had an amazing opportunity to serve with members of Metro Independent Baptist Church at their VBS and medical clinic. Early in the morning, we...

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A busy 16-hour day

A busy 16-hour day

Wednesday, May 28, Covenant Baptist Church (Antipolo)/Baptist Bible Church of Christ (Cavite Silang) We appreciate Muriel being on our team as she gives us a detailed overview of our day... Wednesday was a day full of beautiful fellowship with much travel time in...

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Seeking The Living Among the Dead

Seeking The Living Among the Dead

Tuesday, May 27. Manila North Cemetery (Metro Manila) Ashlyn Pope, take it away... Today was another travel day for our team! We loaded the L300, a travel vehicle more durable for large items, and the team separated into two 15-passenger vans. Some of the members of...

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Out in the Jungle

Out in the Jungle

Monday, May 26, Gospel of Christ Baptist Church (Cebu) This year, we have three "veteran" team members who traveled on last summer's team. Sierra Graham is one of those team members and we are so blessed to have her traveling again this year. Sierra gives us today's...

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Our Arrival and Sunday Ministry

Our Arrival and Sunday Ministry

Saturday/Sunday, May 24-25, Gospel of Christ Baptist Church (Cebu) Throughout our trip, several team members will be writing our ministry updates. Brandon Callahan and Ashlyn Campbell have been a blessing to our team and we know that you will enjoy their summaries......

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In the Philippines

Just a very quick note that after a 40-minute delay due to bad storms in Taipei, we finally were able to take off and then land in Cebu around noon. After picking us up with all our luggage, we arrived at our hotel and participated in a Meet and Greet fellowship at...

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Arrived in Taiwan

Arrived in Taiwan

Saturday, 6:00 am - Just a quick update as we just arrived safe and sound into Taiwan and will depart for Cebu in about 2 hours. The group is doing well, and the prayer requests are for continued safety, for all the bags to arrive when we do, and for our body clocks...

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Ready to Go!

Ready to Go!

First of all, welcome to the 2025 Team Philippines updates! God has graciously given us a wonderful team, and 17 of us are about to fly out of San Francisco to Taipei to Cebu in less than two hours. All team members arrived yesterday and we are grateful that all their...

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Thanking God–Stats and Team testimonies

Thanking God–Stats and Team testimonies

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...

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