Operation Christmas Child Distribution

Last Saturday, February 20, we started distributing our Operation Christmas Child (OCC) gifts. We divided our lot of 180 boxes into 3 distributions of 60 boxes each time. Last Saturday was for Taligaman (see slideshow). Of those 60 kids who were recipients, around 30 were new kids. A Vacation Bible School will continue our follow-up of these children. We hope to reach 100 new children through these OCC events, increasing our Children Ministry to a total of around 200 children in Butuan church and in our outreaches. The leaders of the church are very excited with the prospect of a consistent ministry to these children for 7 years and see a harvest of youth disciples of Christ afterwards!

Mabel, who heads up our Children Ministry, envisioned a Children's Church two years ago. Now this vision could be within our reach, with the favor of the Lord of the Harvest. Please pray with us in this endeavor.

Our new vehicle was also used for the first time in the OCC distribution for Taligaman.