Mission Blog From the Philippines

January 15, 2010 • By Peter Capili Hansen

Thousands attend Gospel Miracle Street Crusades in the Philippines.
This is my blog about our evangelistic outreach and relief work in the Philippines 09.
 
Fourth blog update Jan. 9. 2010: Sunday service prayer meeting in the Methodist Church.

 I was invited to speak in the United Methodist Church in Bacoor (Philippines) the last Sunday before New Year. I have been preaching in many Methodist churches in the Philippines, but this church I will (almost) consider as our home church in the Philippines. And I know the Pastor from our past crusades and gospel miracle meetings in the Philippines three years ago. I can just add that even though I basically grew up in an evangelical Pentecostal environment, I do not consider myself attached with any strings to a certain church denomination. In my family we have people from many different churches; Evangelical, Salvation Army, Pentecostal, Methodist, Brethren Church, Lutheran, and we all have faith in Jesus Christ and this is the most crucial and important thing. Now back to the Sunday Service! I was told to speak on the subject of intercessory prayer. This was a special prayer Sunday in the church. All the benches in the church were put aside for people to have a place to pray! And from the beginning of the service everybody kneeled down in prayer. Young and old got dirty knees on their nice Sunday clothes in prayer to our heavenly father. It was powerful to witness and be a part of. I don't remember when I last saw a church (whole church) kneeling in prayer like this. It was very humbling to see rich, poor and influential people kneeling side by side. The church attendees were instructed by Pastor Gideon to pray for different areas.

 This Sunday morning I was unusually tired and I mean really tired. (Very late hangout with my wife's family the evening before) and I was physically not ready to preach but I have been taught to "be always ready to preach, in season and out of season! And I could only do one thing and that was to ask the Holy Spirit to take total control of me and empower me and speak through me. I died to myself many times this morning before preaching. I was whispering "Come Holy Spirit". Not until I was standing up on the stage did I feel God's Holy Presence in a very powerful way. I felt a supernatural boldness to preach and was empowered with divine energy! I gave some examples of prayer and mission in the Bible and the importance of having a real deep fellowship with God's Spirit on a daily basis. The Words were on fire and people were touched. After the sermon I gave an altar-call for those who wanted personal prayer for different situations. When people started to come forward God's Holy Spirit fell in a dramatic way on those coming forward. I don't see any fuss in people falling under prayer, but in this service it was kind of different. People started to fall without anyone praying for them and they were falling forward hitting the ground flat on their faces on top of each other! There were no "catchers" behind or in front of any one. God's Holy Spirit was just moving. It was a great time of prayer in a great church full of great people!

Camera healed! (update)

 the way to Dumaguete we had to take a boat and on the boat I dropped the camera on the floor and I immediately checked it but the screen was not working any more. It only worked on one mode. I checked all the functions and checked the "off screen" button but it did not work. So we were pretty sure that our camera was broken once again (last time in Ethiopia!) then in the end of our Gospel Miracle Crusade meeting at Aroma Beach Resort, my wife Abby was checking the camera again and she clicked all the buttons again and suddenly it worked! And the screen was totally sharp and working on all modes. And it still works, really weird. Hmm maybe it got healed! I don't know, but it is definitely a possibility and now it works! I had a similar experience with another item in Kosovo, Europe. You can read that in my old blog posts here on the site.
 
Third blog update Jan. 1. 2010: Early next morning Pastor Robert drove us to the port in Cebu where we took the Oceanjet ferry to Dumaguete City. This week has been unforgettable. We have seen so many things and experienced so much. A thing that was kind of funny was that I was told that I was such a "young evangelist" and they expected me to be old and gray haired! They were very surprised to see a young evangelist hehe. Let me be clear that I have nothing against old gray haired evangelists/preachers, but it is a problem in that there are so few younger evangelists. Well I could write a lot about this issue, but not this time. Later!

We arrived Tuesday at lunch time at the place our gospel miracle crusade would be. It's in a beach resort! We had a meeting with the church board and meeting committee where we planned our outreach in their place. This place is in a very remote place on Dumaguete Island, the town is called Manjuyod. Many small villages are surrounding the beach resort. In the evening we walked to a small village with a lot of small native-built houses among coconut trees, banana trees, mango trees, papaya trees and sugar canes. It was like in a village in the jungle, next to the beach! We ate our dinner in one of the houses of our team-members. The next couple of days we had relaxation in the beach. Enjoying the warm ocean and cold Mango shakes.

 After a few days of relaxation it is now time for the Friday Gospel Miracle Crusade meeting. The crusade was hosted by the "His Life Ministries Church" and was held in an "open church" (no walls!) the name of the church is Aroma chapel in Aroma Beach Resort. This is the first time we are having an evangelistic meeting on the beach! No one were really sure about how many would attend, but 450-500 people attended the powerful service this very warm evening. Before the meeting a Tricycle (Motorcycle) had been driving around in the small village promoting the event. The service started with great worship inspired from Hillsong worship. Then Pastor Jonas welcomed everybody. And now it was my turn to preach the gospel. And as usual we had a "healing time" for the sick and as usual God healed some as well. After healing the sick and prayer I preached the full hard hitting gospel of Jesus Christ. The response was amazing. Around 150 people responded in faith to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord.

Right after the service we gave out rice to hundreds of people and slippers for the kids. Everybody was happy and blessed with the Christmas gifts from Angel Relief.

The next morning we planned to have a day off. So we decided to go to a place called "White Sand Bars" not far away from the resort. It was an amazing beautiful place. See picture! The Philippines has some of the most beautiful white sand beaches in the world. White Sand Bars were located in the middle of the ocean! Great place to relax! In the evening we were invited to eat with the resort owner. By the way we stayed for free in the resort, because the owner was a christian. Our dinner was Malunggay, a special herb soup in the Philippines and one of my favorites. It is very energetic. The next morning I was scheduled to preach in Aroma Chapel at the Sunday service. It was another very powerful service. I was told after the services in this place that I looked like a Hollywood actor....and that I should hire an agent in the Philippines. Hehehe. That must be a joke hehe.

Extra note:
We are using Biblical evangelism principles. Inspiration form Way of the Masters and Elijah Challenge. More:http://www.mastershealing.com
http://www.gospelmiracle.org
http://www.angelrelief.org
 
Second blog update Dec. 26. 2009: Early next morning on Sunday I had to preach in the church of Pastor Robert. The church is located in the "Drop-In Center", Pastor Robert's ministry of feeding the homeless street children. The service started with worship song and testimonies of Dave, Iryn and my wife Abby. Then after I gave a message about the great commission and our relationship with the Holy Spirit and how important it is to stay in a close relationship with God in His Presence. After the service we went to lunch and then time for preparing the last "Gospel Miracle Crusade" night in Lapu Lapu City.

The evening crusade seemed like the other night, just a little fewer with around 3000 attendees at the mall parking lot area this time. However because of the shopping mall, people who were just Christmas shopping would "accidentally" suddenly be a part of an evangelistic gospel meeting! Numbers in the place like this is difficult to count. Most important thing is the salvation of the soul of each individual.

In the first section of the crusade with the "Healing Time" many appeared to be healed from back pain and migraine and other physical sickness that has to be confirmed by a doctor right after I preached the full gospel with boldness! (I will try add the script for one of my sermons later).

I love preaching the gospel, but sometimes it can be a dangerous and difficult task. Because the full gospel of Jesus Christ is a radical messages about repentance and conversion to Jesus Christ; the ONE and ONLY way to God. Salvation is the most important thing for every soul in this world. I have been preaching this radical message in Africa, Europe and the Philippines and without the fire from the Holy Spirit I could not do it! Salvation is the greatest miracle and when I called people up for salvation hundreds of people came up in front. AMEN!

After the gospel miracle crusade meeting we gave out hundreds of kilos of rice once again. This night there were actually more rice because of some friends of Pastor Robert donated 8 sacks of extra rice. This was the last crusade meeting in Lapu Lapu, Cebu and it has been very inspiring, learning and fulfilling to be a part of what God is doing here in Cebu area.

The next day on Monday we were scheduled to visit a public school and speak to all the students. When we arrived some of the church workers were preparing the stage in the school yard setting up loudspeakers and microphones. It was 3pm and 1800 children came out on the school yard in the burning hot sun. The service started with some children worship and then the children workers had a dance. Then all the kids had to repeat bible verses. Then it was my turn to tell Bible stories and I tell you, the kids were alive, alert, awake and enthusiastic! When almost 2000 kids screams at the same time, it is high volume! After the service all the kids got a meal.

 In the evening we had a great dinner at Pastor Robert and Sara's place. We had "Bicol Express" and Filipino style spring rolls among other things. It was great. I ate three portions of original Filipino Express which is very spicy. I love it...

More in a few days.......see you back at our blog of missions:

http://www.mastershealing.com http://www.gospelmiracle.org http://www.angelrelief.org

First blog update Dec. 23. 2009: Thursday morning Abby and I arrived in Mactan International Airport with the airplane from Manila. (Capital of the Philippines). Mactan is part of Cebu. We were about to do ministry in Lapu Lapu City near the airport. We were pretty tired when we arrived and Pastor Robert Cuenca brought us to the Pension House which would be our accommodation for five days. Later this day I was scheduled to speak to the Pastors Fellowship in this city. I gave them a word about the importance to preach and teach the full gospel and preach it with boldness. In the evening we went to Cebu City to pray for a Pastor and church planter from Mindanao. He was in a public hospital in Cebu City due to kidney problems. After meeting with the church planter we ate dinner then went home to our pension house.

The next morning on Friday we drove to the "Feeding the Children Drop-In Center" in central Lapu Lapu City. When we arrived there were already many of the pastors and church volunteers helping with repacking the rice in 3 kg. bags each. We had bought 22 sacks of rice with 50 kg in each. All the rice was to be given in our open air evening crusade by the mall! Some local christian businessmen added 8 extra sacks of rice so that the total give out of rice was 30 sacks. After helping with the rice packing, it was now time to join the feeding program in the "Drop-In Center" for the homeless street children in the area. There came around 50 homeless street children to the feeding program this day. It was great talking to some of the kids and see the compassion for the poorest of the poorest. I gave Pastor Robert some awesome evangelism tracts. They are made like "million dollar" bills with the gospel explained on the back. They look really real! It was great fun. If you are interested you can buy them at Way of the Masters website. Just search Google for Kirk Cameron or Ray Comfort.

 After the Children Feeding Program we went back to our Pension House again to prepare for the evening Gospel Miracle Healing Crusade. It was really warm this first day of the crusade. Prior to the crusade in Cebu it had rained really hard in the days up to this event, but now the sun was hot and the skies were clear. The Evangelistic meetings were held on an open street area behind a mall on a parking lot! This is the first time we have ever had an evangelistic outreach on a public parking lot! This was as much street preaching as it could be. Pastor Robert and his great team of Pastors from other churches and denominations had prepared a big stage with lights, sounds and room for a band there in the middle of the parking lot by the mall. There was also a huge banner that told everyone that this was a Gospel Miracle Crusade.

 Before the crusade meeting we made it almost a "tradition" to drink a very delicious Mango shake from Brutus cafe in the Mall. At 6pm the crusade started with the worship team singing Hill song Worship theme songs. The big speaker were blasting the worship songs all over the area. As expected just around 500 people came to the first outreach meeting. Some people experienced a physical miracle and healing (salvation) to their soul (we got a report the day after). The central gospel message I preached that night was the life of Christ and His Saving power. After the service we gave out a lot of rice to the people and everybody got some. It was a very warm evening, and I was preaching in a full suit! I was sweaty wet after the service! After the healing service we went to Jollibee (like McDonald), to get a small dinner and then after we went to the Pension House very tired.

The next morning on Saturday we went to the dumpsite village to give out food and have a children service. Pastor Robert and his team do this every week. Thousands of children are receiving food every week in different villages in Lapu Lapu. At this time we are already very amazed about all the humanitarian work and evangelistic outreach in the dumpsite area. The whole dumpsite area is very poor. There are trash everywhere and the house are made of plastic, metal, bamboos, paper, wood or anything than can make a cover for the night. When we arrived at the "Feeding Center" , there were 285 kids inside the Native building. It was incredible watching hundreds of kids jumping and singing to the worship. I gave some Bible stories and the kids thought it was fun! Then after the service all the kids were given cans of sardines, noodles and rice for their families and then they all got a nutritional meal for lunch. The children were so happy. These church workers are making a world of difference each day in preaching the gospel and feeding the poor. And this is all what our Angel Relief program is all about. Reaching our to the poorest in this world and this place with this precious kids is a place we definitely want to go back to. We said goodbye to all the kids and went back to Lapu Lapu City to prepare for tonight crusade by the mall.

 The crusade meeting started at 6pm and when we arrived there were already thousands of people there on the parking lot! Before the crusade we had our "mandatory" mango shake in Brotus. According to Pastor Robert, "the best mango shake in Lapu Lapu". The whole parking lot area was packed with thousands standing or sitting. And throughout the service around 5000 people were listening to the gospel message. After the testimony time, I started to preach. First I talked about Jesus Christ as Lord, Masters and Healer of sickness and then made an alter-call to "Heal the Sick". And glory and honor to Jesus Christ people got healed and delivered. After the healing service we heard that some who came from shopping in the mall was there on the parking lot and got healed! After the "healing service" I preached the full gospel about salvation, hell, repentance, forgiveness and eternal life. And hundreds of people responded to the call for salvation. After the crusade we gave out hundreds of kilos of rice like the evening before. Some were crying when they got their rice. Really touching to see the joy in their faces. After the healing service and feeding program / Rice Christmas Give Away we went back the Pension House.
 
More in a few days.......see you back at our blog of missions:
http://www.revelationdaily.com http://www.gospelmiracle.org http://www.angelrelief.org