See this photo to the right? The house in this photo belongs to Pedro Boyanos, the man on the far left. Ronnie (next to Pedro) just walked to this village, introduced himself to Pedro, and started witnessing to him. After two more visits, Pedro got saved. The new church then began meeting in Pedro's house, with up to 70 people crammed into it.

CURRENT STATUS
OF CHURCH

Pastor Andres and Perla Boyanes, with four of their six children.

The pastor for the Campamanog church is Andres Boyanos, Pedro's son. Ronnie Tacatani led Andres to the Lord in early 1997 and began discipling him to maturity. We commissioned Andres to pastor on February 9, 1999, the same day we baptized almost 20 new believers from the Campamanog and Bogo churches.

The "Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Campamanog" is growing rapidly. It now has about 100 members (all brand-new Christians, many of them former brawlers, drunkards, and NPA officials). The church also has daily Bible studies meeting in different homes, the only light coming from a kerosene lantern or candle (no electricity); often, 20 or 30 people will walk one or two miles by torchlight on six-inch wide dirt pathways through muddy rice fields late at night, just to hear more of God's Word.

BLESSINGS THAT
WE'RE STILL THANKFUL FOR!

The Campamanog church building is a grass nipa hut. Eventually, we hope to replace it with a larger and more permanent hollow-block (cinderblock) building.

The Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Northeast El Paso (Texas) graciously provided funds to purchase a small parcel of land for the church, and as of June 1997 we now have our very own nipa hut — no more Sunday services sitting outside in the rain! Thank you, El Paso Vineyard!

In April 1998, we held our first "Summer Youth Camp" at the Campamanog church. The camp's theme was "Commission for the Great Mission." Attendees included youth from the Dimiao, Sikatuna, and Campamanog churches, as well as some visiting youths from neighboring churches. The kids began wanting to share the love of God with others.

Prayer requests

Pray for the people's livelihood. Due to the local economy, some are leaving the island to work in Cebu.

Also pray for the spiritual growth of the new believers, as some of them have violent histories that God is still in the process of transforming.

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