Greetings from the Philippines,

So good to be able to write again and share what is happening in Puerto Princesa City. This past Sunday we had our 2 services for the first time and Praise the Lord it was awesome. Everything went great. No major problems. The presence of God was awesome in both services & to our surprise both services were well attended. Both services were almost full (Remember that we only have a small meeting space - maximum 35 people). If this continues we maybe have to think about starting a 3rd service. God is doing something awesome in our midst. We are just so blessed to see God move.

The leaders in the church are all very excited and very supportive. Praise the Lord for blessing the church with such a faithful people that are willing to help where they can. It is such a blessing to see God raising up people to help out in the church. The work that needs to be done is getting more and more. It would be impossible for me to do it all. However, all the leaders in church are very supportive and help where they can. I am just praising and thanking the Lord for blessing the church with so many faithful people.

This past week the student organization has been accredited and has been approved. This means JESUS INVASION will be permitted to be active on Palawan State University. Praise the Lord! The students didn't want to waste any time. We had our monthly meeting this past Sunday and officially JESUS INVASION is active now. Once a month they will have a group evangelism outreach, 3 bible study groups are up and running every week, next to this from tuesday till friday students will be doing ongoing evangelism on campus and finally they will also cover the whole campus with prayer once a month. Praying for the area, teachers, guards, etc.

At the moment we are preparing and getting ready for other big outreaches that are planned in the future. Praise the Lord for raising up enough students who are willing to claim the campus for God. The students are so excited. It is just great to see how God is raising up laborers. Just this week several students gave their life to the Lord and will be joining bible study groups (HOME churches) that will be done on the campus.

God is doing an awesome work in our midst. Members are excited in the church and are looking forward to see God bring more members to the church. We are looking forward to see our HOME churches grow and reach our short term goal of 30 hopefully this month. However, our goal for April 2009 is to have 50 HOME churches. Praise the Lord! Nothing is impossible with God!

Thanks again for all your prayers and support. You are such a blessing. How I wish you were here with me. It is so exciting to experience and see what God is doing in our midst. Although I believe it is just the beginning. So thanks again for making this ministry possible and being part of fulfilling the great commission. May God continue to pour out His blessings so we will be able to see many more people saved. Hallelujah!!!

This is our short update for now. Please take very good care of yourself and don't hesitate to write me an email. Would love to hear from you.

Oh yes almost forgot. On August 1 our 7th student will join our Discipleship School. This means that God has brought 7 people already to our school who want to be trained for full time mininstry. Awesome!!! Thanks for being part of this ministry and supporting us and making the great commission possible in the Philippines......

                           Lots of love,

                                    Arthur Peter & family 

 Greetings from the Philippines,

A little update from the Philippines. There seems to be an increased hunger for God among the members of the church. Especially among the leaders. God is moving in our midst. This past Sunday we had an awesome service. The presence of the Lord was so strong that people started dancing, crying and shouting of excitement. Awesome! Awesome!

There seems to be an increase in the leaders for more prayer. Although we already have almost every day a prayer meeting, the leaders are asking for more. They are making comments like 2 hours of prayer is not enough. Praise the Lord! This is awesome! This is what we have been waiting for.

For example this past Sunday members of the church had an allnight prayer meeting in a members house. At the moment we don't have an allnight prayer meeting yet, but it looks like it won't be long anymore. I know God is moving when people start praying!! So this is very exciting! Pray that this will continue.....

On the right you will be able to see a picture of our choir. It continues to grow. At the moment about 9-10 members have joined. What a blessing it is to have a choir. Learning a lot about worship!

On the left side you will see a picture of our Trainings course. We finished our Trainings Course this past Sunday and will be starting a new one this coming Sunday. At the moment it looks like about 4-6 people will be joining. This trainings course is designed for people who are interested in becoming a HOME church leader. Takes about 3 months.

Two exciting things are going on. First, we have been able to submit all the papers and requirements for our student organization - Jesus Invasion. All we can do now is wait upon being approved by the University. On submission of papers one of the requirements to be approved for being a student organization is that the organization has at least 20 members. Praise the Lord! As we were taking passport pictures we came to have about at least 29-30 members. God is so good!!! Everyone is so excited about Jesus Invasion and looking forward to see God do a mighty work on campus.

Second, not this coming Sunday but the following Sunday we will be starting to have 2 Sunday services (We call them Celebration services.). Due to our limitation of space (Maximum of 35-40 people) and growing attendance the church will be starting to have 2 services every Sunday. The Celebration services will take place every Sunday at 9am & 11am. Please keep the church in prayer as we will be undergoing this change.

As you hear things are going well with the ministry here. God is raising up more leaders and there is an increased desire for more prayer.

We want to thank you for your continued faithful prayer and financial support. I especially want to take this time to thank you for your continued financial support. Eventhough it is holiday season (normally support declines to almost half) and there are economic problems all over the world our support almost stayed the same this month. We really appreciate you always thinking about us. You are such a blessing to us. Know that God loves you and so do I.

                           Lots of love,

                                    Arthur Peter & family 

 Greetings from the Philippines,

It has been a while that I sent an update of what is happening in the Philippines. We are all doing great here in Puerto Princesa City. Children are running and alive and keeping us very busy. Praise the Lord! This past Monday we were able to go to the beach with boys. They love the beach. Playing in the sand and finding crabs, sea stars and this past Monday we even found some jelly fish.... No worries nothing happened. We had a great time at the beach.

Now a little update on the ministry. The coming week children will be starting school again. Thanks to your support we were able to give away some school supplies to children that have been coming faithfully to Sunday School. Your help is really appreciated and the children and their parents want to say thank you for all your help and support.

Next to this we have also started a choir in our church. About 7-8 people are part of the choir. Although I am maybe not really objective I think the choir does a really good job. Learning a lot as we go along, but it is a true blessing having a choir during our worship service.

Things are going well with the 6 students of the discipleship school and church. Many members are feeling that the Lord is getting our heart in the right place. It is not a problem for the Lord to sent a revival to our city, but the problem is us as people. Our heart need to be in the right place before God can sent a revival.

Lately our prayer meetings have experienced an increase of attendance. With biggest attendance on Friday evening. About 20 people showed up. I love it when many people show up. It is such a blessing and the presence of the Lord is just wonderful....

In closing I would like to thank all the prayer and financial supporters for all your help. As you maybe have noticed our average support level has increased from 50% to almost 55%. Still in need of more support but it is going the right direction. Looking forward to come to TN where some people and pastors have shown interest in the ministry. Praise the Lord! God is just awesome!!!!

Thanks again for all your faithful support and continued help. Know that without your help and support we would not have any ministry here in the Puerto Princesa City. Thanks for being part of fulfilling the great commission in the Philippines....

Lots of love,

           Arthur Peter