Philippines

Date: 29th April 2008
Venue: Jill's house

We were glad to have Carolyn came to share with us about Philippians.
She has been working with OMF among the poor community in
Philippians for about 8 years.

More info about Philippines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines


Philipino's traditional hat


Don't know what is this..... hehe....


Handmade container (normally are for tourists)


Handmade bags, containers (normally are for tourists)


Handmade bags, containers (normally are for tourists)


Handmade tissue holder (normally are for tourists)


Local food (pineapples, dried pineapples, mango, dried banana
peanuts, and OREO)


Traditional costume


Traditional costume


Carolyn was explaning about culture of Philippians


Carolyn showed the location of Philippians on the map


Rural area of Philippians


Mayon Volcano
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon_Volcano


Philippines' taxi


Dried fish - Daing
http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/buwad-daing-dried-fish


Iglesia Ni Cristo Church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo

According to Carolyn, the poor people in Philippians are so poor that
they cannot afford to buy groceries in larger packet. So, all their
groceries are in mini packet.


Shoe polisher & hair styling gel


Black pepper


Coffee powder - just 2.0 g???? Even lesser than
what we have in the hotel!!!!!!!!!


Chewing gum


Pepper


Vicks


Coconut is used as medicine to cure some disease in some
rural area in Philippines


We were tasting the mango


This hat is actually for man and not for woman....


You may think that it's just a normal umbrella.....


Well... it's not!!!!! See !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



How to pray for Philippines:
The church faces critical challenges:
- how to give a biblical response to the gross inequalities and corruption
in society
- Rapid growth with inadequate discipling. The proliferating of new
groups, often led by those with minial training and almost no
accountability, has given rise to doctrinal, fanciful interpretations and
problems such as corruption
- Praise God for outstanding Filipinpo leaders, but their numbers are too few.
Pray for the theological and bible colleges
- The lack of spiritual unity across denominational lines.
- Pray for a humbe sensitivity on the part of Western missionaries as
Filipino Christians are seekign an identity on their own.
- Pray also for safety. Missionaries have been threathened, kidnapped
and even killed by guerrillas and criminal gangs.

People who have not heard the gospel:
- Muslims: 5 millions in 14 ethnic group
- Mindanao: The 18 Manabo tribal peoples are isolated and outreach to
them is limited by warfare and intimidation
- Settled central mountain people in Luzon
- In Manila 3 million people live in squalid shanty-town slums, some
living on and from the city rubbish dumps. There are 900 depressed
areas in the city, 400 of which have no church. Most of the churches
are in the more influent areas.