Dear Friends,

 Here at Philippine Vision we have been busy working on projects throughout our ministry. We received a call from a desperate father who's child was in  the hospital. He needed to get his child released but had no money. In this hospital you have to pay the bill before you can leave. The bill was adding up by over $10 per day. The longer the child stayed, the more desperate the situation was becoming. At the time we learned of this , we were at the Dream Center in LA with the Lord of Harvest Church. I told my wife some how God would provide the money needed by the time  we leave LA. My wife and I were helping on Saturday with Adopt-A-Block and I was as asked to preach on the street. When I finished they took an offering for us. On Sunday at church one of the leaders gave us a large donation. With these funds we were able to send the money to the father. God is so good. We needed to replace the roof on our large building in the Philippines, and a man we had never met learned of this and decided to pay for it. People from all over have been sending us clothing, we collected over 1200 pieces to send. We are seeing miracles upon miracles.

Our duty as Christians is to be like Jesus. The Bible says we are the body of Christ, if we are the body that means we are Christ's eyes, ears and hands. So we are looking for , listening for, and reaching out to people that have needs. We know we are to be like and act like Him.

That father with the child in the hospital is very common in the Philippines. People take their sick kids to the hospital then they don't have the money to get them released. A lot of times parents abandon their kids because they can't pay. We want to be able to help them when we can. We receive calls from people telling us there are kids at the hospital that have been abandoned and they ask, "Can you take them in?" Right now, we are not in the position where we can we have to say. This breaks our hearts, we have got to build our kids homes soon. We go by the golden rule and it is very rewarding, treat others how you would want to be treated. Friends, if  you just do that it will bring joy that you have never known.

On occasion I'm asked to speak at churches or before groups about what we are doing. I tell about our vision and how I'm just a layman that said yes Lord I will feed the hungry, cloth the naked and give water to the thirsty. I then try to motivate people to do something and love them like Jesus. When I do this something comes over me and I'm happier than I have ever been before.

I've been traveling to other ministries to learn from them. Recently I was at the Dream Center in Los Angeles (www.dreamcenter.org) and attended Pastor Tommy Barnet's Pastor School. During the 3 days you have the choice of over 60 classes on various ministries you can learn how to operate and start them. While I was there I spent time with Pastor Clayton Golliher. His ministry is Hope for Homeless Youth (www. Hopeforhomelessyouth.org). This ministry rescues hundreds of runaway youth from the mean streets of Hollywood and the surrounding areas. These teens come for the lights and glamour but shortly find themselves hooked into prostitution or drug dealing in order to survive. This ministry scours the "squats" and back alleys providing a better way and an alternative discipleship to wayward youth. I learned so much from Pastor Clayton and a volunteer worker named Eric Brockhoff. These are truly great men of God.

I learned about another ministry called Walter Hoving Home (www.walterhovinghome.org). This ministry is a Christian rehabilitation home serving women 18 years old or older who have been involved in drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution, and other life controlling problems. The leader is a wonderful man named John Benton. I was able to take a tour of his Pasedena facility and learn how they help women in California and New York. John has written over 30 books telling the story of women that they have helped. His books and life are truly inspiring. They will make you want to do the same.

Then there is Lord of Harvest Church at the Dream Center. This church is for the Filipino people. This church believes in creating future Christian leaders through their many programs. My wife and I always attend when we're in LA. We love this church. Pastor Benny Aranas is a loving and caring man of God. I consider him one of my mentors.

As you can see I have been searching out ministries that do what we are doing and what we want to do. I have to learn from these great ministries. When I worked for Jim Bakker I was always learning from the ministers that would come to Heritage USA. I learned some great things from Jim. The most important was never give up.

Filipino Ministries

Lord of the Harvest ministry conducts ministry outreaches to the Filipino comunity.
Contact:
Pastor Benny Aranas
(213) 413-9762

Phone: 763-257-0202
Fax: 763-504-2943
Email: info@feedingchildren.com

You can make a difference
in a child's life

• Every $1.25 buys the food necessary to feed 6 children
  (1 bag of food).
• Every $50 buys the food necessary to feed 216 children (1 box of food).
• $1,650 will provide one pallet of food, feeding 7,128 kids.

I'm asking for your prayers and support. We need to pay off the land so we can start building. I know God is going to do great things in the Philippines. We are going to build a food factory. We are talking to Kids Against Hunger ( www.feedingchildren.org) about this project. We will produce their food and distribute it in the Philippines and throughout Southeast Asia. We can feed 7128-7225 people for $1600. This food brings starving kids and adults back to wellness. Please if you can help send a gift to help us, be a blessing to the hurting people of the Philippines and Southeast Asia.

When you send your gift I want to send you one of John Bentons books. It will inspire and challenge you to rescue someone for God.