For this blog, I would like to share a story of my time in Manila with you.
Our host in Manila, KIM (Kid’s International Ministries) has been seeking to expand their Feeding Program to impact more communities. The hope is to find new churches that want
to partner with KIM so that we can reach more children all over Manila. KIM will provide all the supplies, including the ingredients, the pots/utensils, the gas burner, and anything else needed to make the rice stew that is brought to children living in heartbreakingly poor conditions. The importance of this program is to reach out to these communities through the children. Bringing the children food to feed their bodies, but also feeding their souls by loving on them and sharing the love of Jesus. KIM would like new church partners to cook the food and to do a bible study/ministry program to reach the little ones in the churches local area.
to partner with KIM so that we can reach more children all over Manila. KIM will provide all the supplies, including the ingredients, the pots/utensils, the gas burner, and anything else needed to make the rice stew that is brought to children living in heartbreakingly poor conditions. The importance of this program is to reach out to these communities through the children. Bringing the children food to feed their bodies, but also feeding their souls by loving on them and sharing the love of Jesus. KIM would like new church partners to cook the food and to do a bible study/ministry program to reach the little ones in the churches local area.
To help them make connections with more churches, they asked our Squad to pray and let God lead us to new churches. Every Saturday while in Manila we had “ATL Saturday”. This meant on Saturdays we did not have a specific plan, but rather we were to “Ask the Lord” in prayer where He would like us to go that day. This forced us to rely on God. Each Saturday, we went into the community with an expectant heart with our goal to find
churches that were willing and able to partner with us in order to get the Feeding
Program up and rolling in their local communities.
Program up and rolling in their local communities.
Two Saturdays ago the entire Squad went out on ATL. We were all divided up into different areas of Manila. All the groups spent some time in prayer that morning and asked the Lord
to lead our path. My group headed to our general area we were assigned and then started prayer walking. We found a church and decided to head in not really expecting many people to be there as it was a Saturday morning. To our surprise, this church happened to be hosting a big sports ministry tournament and 20 pastors from the surrounding area were all at the church that morning. The pastor hosting the tournament said it was so rare to have all these churches on his campus because they only do this event once a year. We were all in awe at how this truly was a divine appointment, as God had led us there at that exact moment in time in that exact place. I know… it’s crazy true! The lead pastor was more than willing to gather together all the other pastors so that we could tell them about the Feeding Program.
to lead our path. My group headed to our general area we were assigned and then started prayer walking. We found a church and decided to head in not really expecting many people to be there as it was a Saturday morning. To our surprise, this church happened to be hosting a big sports ministry tournament and 20 pastors from the surrounding area were all at the church that morning. The pastor hosting the tournament said it was so rare to have all these churches on his campus because they only do this event once a year. We were all in awe at how this truly was a divine appointment, as God had led us there at that exact moment in time in that exact place. I know… it’s crazy true! The lead pastor was more than willing to gather together all the other pastors so that we could tell them about the Feeding Program.
By the time we left the Philippines, about two weeks later, we had already done two feedings with the new contacts we made from that ATL weekend. God is Good!
-V
Ephesians 1:22a
God has put all things under the authority of Christ…
