June 2013 Council Agenda - International Pentecostal Holiness ...

PHILIPPINES
• Allen Mayo ministered at the 14 th anniversary celebration of Church of Our King in
Cebu. Allen continues to be well received wherever he ministers.
• Douglas Barton was invited to present his vision for the School of Ministry program to
the superintendents of the eight conferences of the Philippines. Several showed interest.
Al Argo attended the national youth
conference held by the Philippine
PHC, called Youth Challenge 2013.
He sends this report: “There were
approximately 550 teens & young
adults present for this event. The
worship, word & activities were first
class, while the venue reminded me
of a true camp from my teenage
years. I really enjoyed delivering a
message challenging the group on the
grace of God and extending His grace
through outreach, evangelism &
missions.
LAOS
• Jeff Willhoite reports on his visit to national missionary Emmanuel Ndiho in Laos: “The
situation in Laos continues to develop well. It was good to be with Manu in Vientiane
and see how he has adjusted to living there on his own. I believe he has done very well.
He needs to continue his language study, cultivate the relationships that the Lord has
given him, and look for other opportunities to expand the work in that country. I do feel
we need to move forward in some way that will give us a more permanent status and
platform to work and remain in that country. I am reminded of how the Hands of Hope
has been that facility here in Thailand. Manu is looking into several things including
starting a language school or a foundation as a response to this need. We need wisdom,
guidance and provision from the Lord in this matter.”
CHINA
• Ben West reports on the visit of a ministry team he hosted: “Rough estimates for the
15 or so days they spent in our unevangelized region:
- 50 thousand+ Gospel booklets
- 52 unique locations
- 35 towns and 7 universities
We are already receiving more responses than ever before from the Chinese social
media link we included in the literature.
Each of the teams met with police resistance at one point or another. One team was
detained for two days and their literature confiscated. Another team was searched (but
their tracts were not found), and two other teams were refused entry to towns and
interrogated.
Pray for God to send more teams, and to continue to work through the literature and
social media.”
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