Outreach Update # 3

(borrowed from Tom & Lisa Maxwell's blog)


Besides ministering in many of the area villages, here is a glimpse of some of the ways our team ministered within the central barangays of Bontoc.

Making a presentation to the municipal government employees during the Monday morning flag ceremony

Kids' Club in the plaza

Ministering to the Police Officers for the Moral Recovery Program

DTS with the Students at the YWAM Mt. Province Base in Bontoc

Visiting sick children at the hospital

Taking Blood Pressure at the Friday morning Health Clinic

Ministering to local congregations

Outreach Update #2

(post borrowed from Tom & Lisa Maxwell's blog.)

One of our first adventures was to take our team to Maligcong.  This gave most of our team our first opportunity to have a truly Filipino experience - riding a jeepney.  Some even enjoyed the natural beauty of the area by riding on top of the jeepney (Shane rode on top and I am hiding behind Eli's head inside the jeepney).

Brothers Zack and Breck taking a moment for a photo-op

Because our team is large we were able to divide, with part of the team staying in the village of Favuyan and the other hiking through the wonders of the rice terraces to the village of Fang-orao.

In Favuyan...

Michelle and Reuben leading worship

Eric giving testimony of how God saved his life

In Fang-orao...

Photo-op while hiking through the terraced mountains to Fang-orao
(I am in the pink skirt and Shane is the 4th person up from the bottom)

The team shared "cardboard testimonies" like Eli is showing here:  one side showing a struggle the person faced and the other side showing how God brought them through it.

Darren and Krista presenting the sermon together

The sermon was followed by a time of prayer.

After service, both teams enjoyed sharing a meal with the congregation they spent the morning with.  It was a good and exhausting day.

Outreach Update # 1

The 2011 Am-Among Festival was once again a colorful visual and cultural experience for all who participated in and observed the activities.

Lisa (our YWAM contacts who live in the Philippines) snapped these photos as the street dancers were queing up for the parade.

In years past, these young ladies may have been comparing actual tattoos covering their arms.

The dances and cultural represented aspects of traditional life among the Bontoc people.  All of these presentations were made through the medium of traditional gong music and dancing.  Many depicted the agricultural background of the people here.

The girl on the left is Casey, used to be part of YWAM's SSM program.

Other Igorot historical practices such as courtship were highlighted as well.  But perhaps the most exciting was a presentation of a war dance where two combatants struggled against each other using traditional weapons.  The dancers showed intensity as the gongs played and they alternately danced for position and charged, clashing shields as they leaped through the air.

The festival was a great opportunity for our visiting team to experience the sights and sounds of the culture of Bontoc.  While enjoying the festival, the team distributed water bottles, as we have done in the past, to spectators in an effort to share the love of God with others.

(post borrowed from Tom & Lisa Maxwell's blog)