{FECA Vision Choir} Report 10. Day trip to the north of Cebu Island

Wednesday, July 23
We were supposed to leave at 6:30 AM (the restaurant opened at 5:45 for us) but we did not get members from TLCC joining us until about 7:30. We drove in two rented vans plus two SUV's belonging to church members (Pastor Daniel Wong with about a dozen of their members plus David and Norma) to Tabogon, about 85 km north of Cebu City, and with traffic, took us almost 3 hours to get there (and back). As soon as we got there, we met up with Pastor Joe (Joel's father) and Pastor Chris and saw about 40 people waiting in the church for us, but instead of joining them, we went to the high school around the corner to sing. Tabogon is a beautiful community, lush, green, overlooking the sea, and devastated by typhoon Yolanda last year. The roofs of all the school buildings were blown off, so one can only imagine the damage to the natives' nipa huts, but we found a warm and welcoming group at the schools and church, God's Grace showing forth. We sang to about a hundred high school kids, Katherine shared her testimony, and we did the heart skit. What was great was the high school kids chanting as Andrew went through the motions "...give your heart to God", so they really got it. They gave us some sealed snacks and sodas, then we hurried to the elementary school next door and sang to maybe a hundred children, with Gentle and Samantha giving their testimonies, and did the heart skit again. We finally walked back to the church just before noon. All the people were still waiting for us, so we sang a few songs for them, starting with "In His Time", reminding them that even in a disaster, God still loves them and in God's time, He will redeem the situation. They fed us a locally cooked lunch, chicken, soup, pancit, and lots of bananas and mangos. After lunch, we drove to the nearby beach, where there is a walkway bridge across the river and a beautiful bay where Pastor Chris baptizes the new believers. We sang "The Lord Bless You and Keep You" to the TLCC members and left to return to the city, getting back at 5 PM. We ate dinner at the hotel, then did our devotions. Tomorrow, we will sing for the PCGS high school kids which wad cancelled last week due to the storm, go to STAC, a therapeutic center for handicapped people introduced by Lillibeth Say in the afternoon. During the ride, Marshall was texted by his cousin, Betty Cobunpue, who wanted Vision to go minister tomorrow night at a caring center for the poor. This unexpected opening is a new door for us, as Betty is Catholic, so perhaps God wants to use us to do some bridge building to the Catholics. Please pray for this new opportunity.

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