{"id":1420,"date":"2012-04-19T23:21:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T04:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2014-03-02T20:06:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T01:06:30","slug":"camp-in-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/camp-in-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp in Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"

After finally setting up our temporary home in Cebu, Elizabeth and I found ourselves on a plane headed for Manila.\u00a0 Summer is a very busy time here and we were about to experience our first camp in the Philippines! \u00a0<\/strong>Two years ago, we met Pastor Nemual Lesada while we were on our survey trip. \u00a0He and his family were very helpful to us during our stay and soon became our friends. \u00a0It was also during that time that I visited my mother. \u00a0It had been two years since I had last seen her so what a blessing to finally be with her again.\u00a0 When we visited her in her home it soon became clear to me that she needed to move and find a better place to work. \u00a0It just so happened that Pastor Lesada had mentioned to me that they needed a cook for their brand new camp. \u00a0Praise the Lord, only He could time things so perfectly! \u00a0Now, two years later I was returning to speak at that camp and see my mother in her new home. \u00a0Keep in mind that this would also be the first time that my mom would get to see Abigail. \u00a0What a truly special moment for us! \u00a0I was also blessed to see my mom in such good hands. \u00a0The church there in Manila has greatly helped my mom both physically and spiritually. \u00a0Elizabeth and I enjoyed spending our first week of camp with them. \u00a0I preached twice in Tagalog and the juniors seemed to respond well. \u00a0My mind is quickly grasping the language again but I still need a lot of help! \u00a0Sixteen children got saved throughout the week and many more made some great decisions. \u00a0What an encouragement to see God work in the Philippines. \u00a0Elizabeth and I still have two more weeks of camp to go this summer in Cebu so please keep that in your prayers!<\/strong> \u00a0The people here may have a completely different culture but they still have the same spiritual, emotional, and physical needs as people in the States. \u00a0Only God can change their hearts and\u00a0show them a better path!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After finally setting up our temporary home in Cebu, Elizabeth and I found ourselves on a plane headed for Manila.\u00a0 Summer is a very busy time here and we were about to experience our first camp in the Philippines! \u00a0Two years ago, we met Pastor Nemual Lesada while we were on our survey trip. \u00a0He and his family were very … Continue reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2356,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions\/2356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fbbc.com\/chrisbaran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}