Joe Campos Vehicle
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Country: Brazil
Amount Requested: $10,000
Amount Received: $4,300 (8/29/07)
Projected Completion: September 30 , 2007
Designate Gifts: Campos Car
Joe & Michelle Campos will be returning to Brazil in September 2007 after experiencing delay in the citizenship process. They will be moving to Natal to establish a Grace church. This family needs a van to live and work in Natal. (Director's note: Due to the delay in the Campos's paperwork, this project has been extended to September 30, 2007.)
Eldoret Church Building
Country: Kenya
Amount Requested: $10,000
Amount Received:
Projected Completion: December 31, 2007
Designate Gifts: Eldoret Church Building
Operation Blessings of Grace (Typhoon Durian) [COMPLETED!]
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Country: Philippines
Amount Required: Love Gifts
Amount Received: $4,000
Projected Completion: January 31, 2007
Designate Gifts: Typhoon Durian
Philippine Director's Thank You (2/2/07)
Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ:
Thank You so Much!
“For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God” (2 Cor. 9:12).
In behalf of the 126 families in the Bicol region (victims of super typhoon “Durian” or “Reming”), our Mission (TCM-RP) would like to express its sincere appreciation for the loving concern that you have shown in response to the immediate needs of our brethren. Truly, our Bicol fellow-believers have experienced and understood what the real spirit of giving meant as shown by the example of the believers in Macedonia (2 Cor. 8:1-5).
Again, thank you so much and may our great God continue to richly bless you!
Sincerely in Christ, Jun Pielago National Director
Update (12/19/06)
Partial report on "Operation Blessings of Grace: 129 families have been served with food items; 25 houses of indigent families were severely damaged (still assessing how much help could be extended); one church bldg buried in mudflows (including Ptr Rosero's house), two church bldgs completely destroyed, and three church bldgs partially damaged. We will give you complete report as soon as we finish the special 'operation'.
Update (12/14/06)
Deb and I have just arrived from our visit to Adiangao and Mampirao here in Camarines Sur. We distributed needed grocery items to 40 Grace families.
The church in Mampirao lost only the pastoral house and incurred minor damage to the roof of the main building, while the church in Adiangao was totally damaged: the whole roof was blown away by the strong winds and the concrete walls were destroyed. I met with the members and they informed me that they have already started gathering building materials to rebuild the church. We are praying that after Phase One of the “Operation Blessings of Grace”, we could squeeze a little amount to help this church and other churches in the area that were damaged by the typhoon.
Phase One of “Operation Blessings of Grace”: Distribution of rice and needed grocery items; Phase Two: Extending financial assistance to indigent church families for their house repairs; and, Phase Three: Extending financial help to churches that are in need of materials for repairs. (These phases of “Operation Blessings of Grace” are in our prayers daily.)
Tomorrow, we will proceed to Bato, Bonbon, Guinobatan, and del Rosario. We hope to cover these places before the end of the week. (Leaders in each church that we visit do help us in the activities that we are doing for their fellow church members.)
Thank you, again, for all your love and prayers for the brethren.
Sincerely yours in Christ, Jun Pielago
Initial Report from TCM-RP Director (11/30/06)
Another super typhoon struck the Bicol region the other day (Nov. 30). As of this writing, 388 were already confirmed dead in Albay alone. Many are still missing. (No reported casualty yet from among our church members.) Pastor Elmer Rosero and his wife were able to evacuate, but lost everything. Our house was under water, too. I lost all my files, my precious books, and the whole computer set. Floods submerged most part of Legazpi City. Near the Philippine National Railway where our church and Pastor Rosero’s house are located, water rose to the roofs of houses. Most appliances were seen floating inside homes.
The Mission has dispatched information to as many as TCM churches could be reached appealing for help. At least 29 families (church members) in the area are directly affected by the calamity.
Pray that our brethren will be comforted from the harrowing experience and the physical suffering that they are going through at the moment. Pray also that they would continue to trust God to provide for their immediate needs (they need water, food, and clothing).
Thanks a lot for usual kind attention and concern.
Sincerely yours in Christ, Jun Pielago, TCM-Philippines Director, 2 Corinthians 9:12
Annabel Maquiling Heart Valve Replacement [COMPLETED!]
Country: Philippines
Amount Requested: $8,000-$10,000 initially plus $1000 due to complications
Amount Received: $11,000
Projected Completion: Surgery was on 1/31/07. Annabel is now recovering.
Designate Gifts: Annabel
Information About Annabel Maquiling
Annabel is the 31-year old wife of Pastor Noel Maquiling, a TCM church planter in Butuan, Philippines. For several years, this pastor's wife has experienced increasing chest pain, weakness and shortness of breath. After tests were done in Cebu City in early June, it was determined that Annabel must have three valves replaced. We praise the Lord that fellow believers here in America raised $11,000 for this surgery.
Update from Pastor Noel Maquiling (2/2/07)
Good signs for Annabel's recovery are gradually manifesting now. I was allowed last night to come inside the surgical ICU and say some words of encouragement to Annabel. Thank you very much for keeping her in prayers. The power of God that saves her from the dangerous operation the same could make her recover. We pray! She now can move her bodies and she is now breathing without the help of the machine. Still this is a critical period but because you are with us in prayer we become more confident each moment. Just please add in prayer that the seizure that happened to her the night after the operation did not give bad effect to her brain. Please! We'll keep you updated!
Yours in Christ, Noel and Annabel
Update from Director Jun Pielago (2/1/07)
Jan. 31 (Tues. AM) - She was brought to the OR. The surgical operation lasted for about seven (7) hours. At 6PM operation was done.
Feb. 1 (7AM) - She was in critical condition inside the surgical ICU. Had seizures earlier.
Feb. 1 (2:30PM) - Still in critical condition at the ICU, but could now move her hands, legs, and head.
Feb. 1 (3:30PM) - Still in citical condition. Still bleeding, but flow slowed down.
Update from Pastor Noel Maquiling (1/31/07)
Dear in Christ,
I was not able to send updates yesterday because I was so busy and very exhausted. I was not able to sleep well the whole two nights because every now and then my presence is called and needed. I have also to go out even dawn times to buy for medicines and just this 2 a.m. I went to Mactan Doctors to buy the ampules for Annabel.
BUT Praise God! the surgery is done successfully yesterday without any complications during the operations . . . But we still need your fervent prayers . . . Annabel is in the surgical ICU right now and still at the critical stage. She has siezure yesterday but it was immediately controled by the surgeons. We see her moving now her legs and hands and even his head but with close eyes. And lately this morning the Doctors were trying to make Annabel breath without the machine. Lord wills! He will bless the body of Annabel to cooperate accordingly and that He will bring Annabel to complete recovery that we could again move on to our ministry together. PLEASE! Thank you very much for all yours prayers. We still badly need your prayers. I will keep you posted!
Yours in Christ, Noel