Way Back to US
Vision for Missions, Inc. A mission outreach to the central Philippines 840 S. George Nigh Expwy. • McAlester, OK • 74501 paul@vfm-philippines.com • 479-936-1413 • www.vfm-philippines.com June 2016 Dear Friends, Our plane will take off in less than three weeks! It has been exciting here the last couple months of our Philippine summertime (April- June)! School has started again and finally the rains have returned. It was a long dry...
Summer in the Philippines
Vision for Missions, Inc. A mission outreach to the central Philippines 840 S. George Nigh Expwy. • McAlester, OK • 74501 paul@vfm-philippines.com • 479-936-1413 • www.vfm-philippines.com April 2016 Greetings again from Negros Island! I apologize for being so late in writing about all the things that are happening here in the Philippines. God is blessing in so many ways and in so many places that we end up being so busy we fail to...
Typhoon Hits Northern Samar Islands
Typhoon Hits Northern Samar Islands of the Central Philippines! (and Masbate Island) Before Christmas on December 14th Typhoon Nona hit the several Islands and they need help. We sent 13 sacks of rice there this week to help at several of the churches. I will be traveling there this week to see the damage and trying to encourage and help some of our brethren there. It takes three days to travel there and back with an overnight in...
Merry Christmas from the Philippines!
December 2015 Merry Christmas from the Philippines! As I started writing this newsletter, a typhoon is coming! We planned to take a ship to Cebu for Mary’s birthday, but thought those plans would have to be changed. However, thanks to our Great God we were able to get to Cebu and visit Cebu Bible College again, where they surprised Mary with a birthday party including chocolate cake. Several miles behind our home in Bacolod is a...
Summertime in the Philippines
April 2015 Dear Friends and Prayer Warriors of VFM, God is doing many great things in the Philippines! Visayas Bible College We have now finished our first year at the VSL Bible College. Our very first semester, we enrolled five full time and two part time men students in the Visayas School of Leadership. Second semester, the students were involved most weekends with the Kids for Christ Ministry which works with local churches...
Happy New Year
January 2015 Greetings and Happy New Year from Negros Island! It was a very fast and furious time during the holiday season, here in the Philippines. The Island of Negros was the host of an annual youth event called YACC! This was the 41st year for the event. Each year, it moves to a different island location or province. In 2014, it was hosted by the churches on Negros and was held on a large public school campus. Over 70...