Operation Care Philippines Project - Great Success
Operation Care Philippines Project was no doubt a GREAT SUCCESS! Every part of the event was indisputably marked with God’s hands! Indeed, He is able to do EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY above all that we could ever ask or think! He had provided all our needs beyond our imagination. God did everything HIS WAY, testing our faith along the way. As what the song goes, “My faith still holds unto the Christ of Calvary…”
The theme for this event is “Changing Lives, Changing the World”. Impossible, it may seem, but God did change thousands of lives!
In the first few days of my arrival, every time we had a meeting, we spent time praying. That was the foundation of the whole event. In the three regions where I have spoken, people laid hands and prayed over me in the altar and even in the plaza. The event was basked in prayers. On that memorable day – July 5, 2008, committee members knelt at the altar, prayed, and cried out to the Lord.
I praise God for the great success He had given us in this project. I am so blessed to be a first hand witness to many of the wonderful things He had done during the event. Allow me to share these things to you.
• Two thousand T-Shirts and backpacks got wet and were buried in mud after typhoon Frank hit the city of Iloilo. These smelly stuffs were washed by hands by the Muslim women who were new converts. After the flood there was not enough water to wash the backpacks and T-shirts so they asked one of the members of Pastor Edwin Araña’s church (Co-Chairman) to send two fire trucks from another area. Two fire trucks of water were not enough though. So we prayed. The next day the water system was restored. God is our Provider!
• In the morning of that Saturday of the event, it rained! Don (Operation Care Board Member) and I prayed, trusting God to favor us with a good weather! Well, He did! Several minutes after we prayed, the dark clouds disappeared and were replaced by the bright, beautiful rays of the sun. It was the most beautiful day of the week! Someone said, he was glad it rained that Saturday, or else it would be so dusty and would have made the kids sick! God knew what He was doing!
• More than 2,000 kids came. Since foot washing is the trademark of our ministry and Prayer and Evangelism its heart, that day, we washed over 4,000 feet!!! Every single one of them also received a prayer and was evangelized! As a result of all these, 1, 790 kids accepted the Lord!!! They will be discipled by 13 churches which participated in that event. Four churches have AWANA Program and more have registered in the said program so they could disciple the kids!
• 625 volunteers came and served lovingly and joyfully in spite of their own personal needs. (Some of them were practically homeless brought by Typhoon Frank!)
• My cousin, Mr. Ricardo Yanson, who owned a bus company, provided two air-conditioned buses for the kids. Jeepneys were added because the children will not all fit in just two buses.
• The children went home and I was told some slept with their backpacks and shoes on. They were mesmerized with their new shoes especially the shoes that were lighting up. Some kids did not know how to walk because they NEVER had shoes before. Eating hamburgers from Jollibee (like McDonald’s) was also a first for some!!
• Over 2,000 Bibles got wet and were ruined during the flood but Gideons Bible Society made available 39,000 Bibles for us. GOD IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!
• Thirteen churches and three big organizations joined forces to help make Operation Care – Philippines Project a success. They did not speak to each other before. But Operation Care got them together. Denominational barriers were broken and now the churches are united. Praise the Lord!
• Because of the flood, our original venue (the school’s gym) became a “camp” for those whose homes were damaged. We ended in a smaller area and did not pay the Gym fee of 55,000 pesos. So, we bought 50 sacks of rice for the kids!
I know for sure that the experiences I had in Iloilo will forever leave an indelible imprint in my heart! Thank YOU very much for all your SUPPORT! All of these would have not happened had it not been for your HEART for the NEEDY! To God be the glory!
In His Service until He comes,
Susie Y. Jennings
Founder/President
The theme for this event is “Changing Lives, Changing the World”. Impossible, it may seem, but God did change thousands of lives!
In the first few days of my arrival, every time we had a meeting, we spent time praying. That was the foundation of the whole event. In the three regions where I have spoken, people laid hands and prayed over me in the altar and even in the plaza. The event was basked in prayers. On that memorable day – July 5, 2008, committee members knelt at the altar, prayed, and cried out to the Lord.
I praise God for the great success He had given us in this project. I am so blessed to be a first hand witness to many of the wonderful things He had done during the event. Allow me to share these things to you.
• Two thousand T-Shirts and backpacks got wet and were buried in mud after typhoon Frank hit the city of Iloilo. These smelly stuffs were washed by hands by the Muslim women who were new converts. After the flood there was not enough water to wash the backpacks and T-shirts so they asked one of the members of Pastor Edwin Araña’s church (Co-Chairman) to send two fire trucks from another area. Two fire trucks of water were not enough though. So we prayed. The next day the water system was restored. God is our Provider!
• In the morning of that Saturday of the event, it rained! Don (Operation Care Board Member) and I prayed, trusting God to favor us with a good weather! Well, He did! Several minutes after we prayed, the dark clouds disappeared and were replaced by the bright, beautiful rays of the sun. It was the most beautiful day of the week! Someone said, he was glad it rained that Saturday, or else it would be so dusty and would have made the kids sick! God knew what He was doing!
• More than 2,000 kids came. Since foot washing is the trademark of our ministry and Prayer and Evangelism its heart, that day, we washed over 4,000 feet!!! Every single one of them also received a prayer and was evangelized! As a result of all these, 1, 790 kids accepted the Lord!!! They will be discipled by 13 churches which participated in that event. Four churches have AWANA Program and more have registered in the said program so they could disciple the kids!
• 625 volunteers came and served lovingly and joyfully in spite of their own personal needs. (Some of them were practically homeless brought by Typhoon Frank!)
• My cousin, Mr. Ricardo Yanson, who owned a bus company, provided two air-conditioned buses for the kids. Jeepneys were added because the children will not all fit in just two buses.
• The children went home and I was told some slept with their backpacks and shoes on. They were mesmerized with their new shoes especially the shoes that were lighting up. Some kids did not know how to walk because they NEVER had shoes before. Eating hamburgers from Jollibee (like McDonald’s) was also a first for some!!
• Over 2,000 Bibles got wet and were ruined during the flood but Gideons Bible Society made available 39,000 Bibles for us. GOD IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!
• Thirteen churches and three big organizations joined forces to help make Operation Care – Philippines Project a success. They did not speak to each other before. But Operation Care got them together. Denominational barriers were broken and now the churches are united. Praise the Lord!
• Because of the flood, our original venue (the school’s gym) became a “camp” for those whose homes were damaged. We ended in a smaller area and did not pay the Gym fee of 55,000 pesos. So, we bought 50 sacks of rice for the kids!
I know for sure that the experiences I had in Iloilo will forever leave an indelible imprint in my heart! Thank YOU very much for all your SUPPORT! All of these would have not happened had it not been for your HEART for the NEEDY! To God be the glory!
In His Service until He comes,
Susie Y. Jennings
Founder/President
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