Podcasting, the newest "big" thing in media communication. Basically one way to describe it is Tivo for Radio. What I am attempting to do is create media content that you would be able to subscribe to ( with a little work of course ) so that any time we post new updates from our travels they would be updated to keep you current. Hey it sounds really great. Wouldn't it be amazing if I could actually figure the whole process out? Let's try it and see what happens...
Listen to Eric's Story by clicking here. The audio file is a 9 minute audio portion of a testimony video Jen and i just finished completing about a young man named Eric Navales. He is from the island of Mindanao, Philippines. He is just such a great story of how youth around the world are reached through the Book of Hope. You will mainly hear the voice of Eric himself as he shares his story with you. The female voice you hear is that of Afel. She is the local Chi Alpha director. Chi Alpha is a campus Bible Club that helps to make the Gospel relevant to students. What a great partnership.
I encourage you to take a few minutes and hear Eric tell you how the Book of Hope was intrumental in chenging his life.
The audio will play through the program "Quicktime." This is a standard piece of software but if for some reason you are unable to play the file follow this link and you can download the newest verion for yourself. Download Quicktime Here
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Friday, August 05, 2005
Dean in classroom presentation
The adventures keep coming.:-)
We had an awesome week of ministry with the team from Mountainview Christian Center from Las Vegas. Most of our ministry took place through classroom presentations where we presented the Book of Hope and did distribution in classes. There are around 45 students per classroom. Classroom presentations are great because you get a chance to interact with the students one on one. But it also makes for busy days. Some of the schools that we were able to go to had over 6,000 students.
We had an awesome week of ministry with the team from Mountainview Christian Center from Las Vegas. Most of our ministry took place through classroom presentations where we presented the Book of Hope and did distribution in classes. There are around 45 students per classroom. Classroom presentations are great because you get a chance to interact with the students one on one. But it also makes for busy days. Some of the schools that we were able to go to had over 6,000 students.
Hopefest
We were able to have one Hopefest in Chinatown. This area is primarily Filipino-Chinese students and it was awesome to be able to minister to them. The children laughed and clapped their hands when they received their gifts. The young people were interested to see what was inside.
University students reading the Book of Hope
We saw some of the college students reading their books for hours between classes.
Angie, Jen, Ryan, Bert, Alvin
Our Book of Hope staff for the Philippines was so good to us. They work so hard and did a great job! It has been such a privilege to know them and work with them. They have strong relationships with the churches and continue encouraging evangelism with the Book of Hope after we leave.
Ryan eating balot
The Saturday night before the team left we had to try the Filipino delicacy of Balot. Book of Hope staff cheered us on as took part in the Filipino tradition. I only ate one. Ryan ate two. To be honest, they tasted like hard boiled eggs and chicken soup. Not so bad, in fact, I think we kind of liked it.
Mountainview Team
All in all, it was a fantastic 10 days of ministry. We will miss you Mountainview!
Eric, Edna and Rodel reached with BoH
After the team left, Ryan and I do as we always do…we looked at each other and thought, “hmmm, what’s next…” Our adventures started right away. We flew to Mindanou and then took a 3 hour bus ride to Nbuntaran to document the stories of three university students who received the Book of Hope and are now serving the Lord.
Erik, Rodel and Edna. We had two intense days of filming from morning until dark. What a privilege it was to revisit all of the places that had been monumental in their journey to Christ, especially visiting the school where they had received the Book of Hope and later going to each of their homes.
Erik, Rodel and Edna. We had two intense days of filming from morning until dark. What a privilege it was to revisit all of the places that had been monumental in their journey to Christ, especially visiting the school where they had received the Book of Hope and later going to each of their homes.
Jen in rice field
To reach Edna’s home we walked through the rice fields. What an experience! We really felt like we were in Asia. The fields are acres and acres of rice patties with little mud paths between the plants. One missed step and you are covered in mud and fertilizer. I missed a few steps as you can see. Ryan did better.
Ryan on Carabou
After filming Edna’s family (most of whom have received the Lord since Edna’s life was transformed through reading the Book of Hope), we rode their family carabou.
Edna's family became Christians as well!
Tears were shared as we revisited and recounted the stories of the three lives that were changed and their family’s lives as well. Wow! We love this work!
Mabuhay from the Philippines!
Then we took the three hour bus back to Davou to head back up to Manila. We’ll have two days of rest and then we’ll start a 12 hour journey to Vigan, in Northern Philippines.
Smith with rice fields behind
Thanks for visiting and accompanying us on this journey through your prayers. We would love it if you could pray for good weather while we are in Vigan. Since it is typhoon season it can be quite rainy up there and we have a few days of filming there before we come back to Las Pinas in the Manila area for the last bit of our work here in the Philippines.
Blessings and love to you!
Continually Reaching,
Ryan and Jen
Blessings and love to you!
Continually Reaching,
Ryan and Jen
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
