Praise God for his provision!

We are so grateful to those of you who have acted upon our need financially. A new family has joined us in our ministry and will support us monthlyWe have also had some friends send 1 time gifts during the last month. Praise God! We are going to trust that God will continue to provide and keep us here through May. We will reevaluate at that point and see how our finances are going. Thank you so much. Faith Academy is happy Sandy can continue on the project and Jake can finish his JR year at Faith!! God is good and takes care of us beyond what we can imagine:) Thank you!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It is Thanksgiving today in the Philippines. We have so much to be thankful for, so be sure and give thanks to the Lord for all he has done for you!
But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of your loving kindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold and a refuge in the day of my distress. Psalm 59:17

Praise the Lord! We have had a couple join our support team! We still need four hundred dollars per month to be able to stay here in the Philippines. We will make the decision December 1 to come home, if we dont have the funds. Please continue to pray with us, that Gods will be done and he be glorified through it! That we would stay faithful and focused on him through this time.

A story about a thief at the Faith work site, from Tad (the Senior Construction Managers wife), Barb Wullaman

Tad had such an interesting experience this week at work.
The chain fence gate at the primitive construction barracks got twisted sometime back and couldn't be locked any more. There have been a couple of instances of theft and I have told Tad that it seems a shame that in a construction context there seems to be no one to repair that gate.
Then 5 days ago Chaplain Pong (the Filipino chaplain to the construction workers) discovered a man from the local squatter village scavenging GI roofing and scrap iron in the barracks area to take back to his house. He confronted him and almost resorted to violence but the man was vehement in carrying off the scrap metal to sell in order to feed his family. There was no way Pong could peaceably stop him (and the gate was still unrepaired.)
Pong reported this theft to Tad, and also reported that the thief is an electrician of sorts and repairs TV sets, etc. but has no work. Clarence Torkelson, Wycliffe Assoc. electrician was standing there and said, "Well, we need to give this man a job. God has brought him to us so we can help him." (We find Clarence so refreshing because he has such a sensitive and simple heart devoid of cynicism or negative thoughts.)
So Pong went to find him and the man worked that very day. Clarence put him on his team and paid him a daily wage to take home immediately.

Yesterday Tad came home and said, "Barbara, You know that thief we hired?"
Of course I knew all about it and just groaned..."Ok, what happened now?" (I am remembering that the gate is still not repaired.)
"Well, Chaplain Pong went down to his shack to help him fill out application papers for employment at Faith Academy."

I am waiting eagerly for the punch to see what new revelation I'm going to find out about the thief.......What new evil or trouble has happened? What has been stolen this time?

"Well," Tad said, "While Pong was helping the man fill out the employment application, he prayed to receive Christ!"

We just laughed, and laughed! How the Lord works! He takes a man bent on evil and exposes him to the Light. And then brings him into His kingdom.

And yes, the gate will be repaired (soon.) I thot you'd like that encouraging testimony! Have a good day in Jesus.

Love, BARBW

#3 of Pastor Pong and Teddys Testimonies

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#1 Pastor Pongs testimony

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Please be praying with us. A week ago we got word that we will not be getting a large amount of our monthly support ($500) worth. We are waiting on the Lord through November, but if at the end of November, we can not get that replaced, we will have to start making arrangements to head home. Today was Dave, the guy Sandy has been working with on the auditoirums last day and it will be hard for Faith to loose Sandy also , here shortly. Jake is into his 2nd Qtr in his Jr year and it will be tough for him as well to leave. We trust the Lord and whatever he has in store for us , we will be ok with. We would have to sell our truck and find a person to rent our house, as our lease goes til August 08. There will be alot to do in a short amount of time.
Thanks for praying with us about this!
Love Sandy, Rhonda and Jake

Jake goes to Sadie Hawkins

A team from 'The World Race'

We met this team at Faith the other day and had them over last night. They are with "The World race", like The Amazing Race, but missions minded. They have traveled the world this year and have 1 more month to go before they head back home. from left to right is Leah, Amy, Linnea, Scott (married)and Josh. Check out the web site for more info. www.theworldrace.org their personal bios are in Jan 2007 participants. What a fun time we had with them, hearing about their trip to all the countries they have been this far. Looks like a great opportunity for people of all ages to be a part of missions!

I was washing dishes and heard a sweet sound out my kitchen window!

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Video of Jake driving in Manila traffic, he got his permit!

Rhondas 2nd grade art class she helps along side Sue as she teaches the class

There are 26 kids in this 2nd grade art class, its been alot of fun working with these young kids, my fingers look deformed, but I have glue all over them! :)

A video slideshow on our way to Church, takes 2 minutes to load once you click the play arrow

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Sandy, Tony, Tad, Clarence and Dave

Sandy works with a great group of men. Here is Sandy ( Construction Manager), Tony ( civil engineer), Tad ( Senior Construction Manager), Clarence(Electrician), Dave ( Project Manager)

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Rhonda meets with other New Tribes ladies

each week for a bible study and prayer.

A picture slideshow of the Campus Team in the tribes

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A picture slideshow of Sandy baptizing Jake in the Itulos river July 20,07 with the team and tribal missionaries witnessing

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A picture slideshow ,Our son Sam and our missions Pastor Matt Cook, brought a team here to the Philippines and we took them to some Palawan tribes.

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A video and picture slideshow of work going on at Faith

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Back view, the bottom floor is class

rooms, then the rest of the building is the

auditorium, the total building is 5 stories high

Front View

Getting further into the foundation

This is from the beginning of the Auditorium

construction, pictures taken January 2006

Faith Academy is an International school for Missionary kids. 2007 is the 50th Anniversary year. Notice all the flags of the different countries that are represented

Looking out to Metro Manila from our home

Hello Everyone!

We are so excited to begin our blog site, in hopes to communicate with you better about whats going on in our family and ministry!