Monday, March 27, 2017

LIFE LIVING TESTIMONY!

LIFE LIVING TESTIMONY!
Thru the years serving in the Lord's vineyard, together -Ely and Zeny- have been consuming their lives raising children, sharing and teens, youths, men and women for the Lord.
 
Ely Sarmiento was just a little boy when he lived with us; grew up with us until he was a young man, taking up engineering; only one semester to finish in early 1980s he felt the call of God in his life.
     
Not long in1973 after I left my job in Makati Supermart, I bumped to Zeny in the Christ to the Philippines under the dedicated tutelage couple Harold and Dayan McDougal. She with others left their young college years, went to Harold and Dayan McDougal rigorous 'Hard Knocks' short-term 'Christ To the Philippines' Bible training (My wife and I with our young children, owed our lives to that training). This training sent them to all parts of the Philippines and to some foreign lands; Zeny went to the US and came back after years steering churches once again to the Lord.











  

Borrowing Paul's words "that in great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded," they abandoned the glittering worldly potentials and opportunities, (I bear as eyewitness,) "that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they willingly, yes more than willingly have been giving themselves to reaching the 'Neglected Masses of the city of Metro-Manila Philippine,' raising them up for the Light of the Lord; together they are raising their only son, Jeremiah (RN) and wife, Annmarie with their two grand kids in serving the Lord.

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Phil Unnumbered Children; Who Will Reach These Kids For Better Tomorrow?

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Ely and Zeny Sarmiento distributing used clothes in the squatter areas in Metro-Manila

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Children Evangelism in one squatter area
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Food is great tools in bringing the children to Jesus

Yesterday March 26, 2017, in an overflowing wall-to-wall congregation, my beloved wife gave her moving life's testimony in financially supporting for thirteen solid years her parents and her siblings. Through the years, several went to college because of her love and sacrificial financial support; two (Joel and Ely) are pastors of local churches.
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SIBLINGS OF ELSA
The air-con was not enough to cool the overflowing crowd, yet the people stood the heat so eager to hear the word of God; and the worship was so awesome.
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We ask you for prayers!!!!




Sunday, January 1, 2017

HOPE THE WORLD WILL DARE FOR BETTER WORLD IN 2017

Besides all the global advance development in knowledge in social-political-human science, in economics and finances and in greater more efficient food production, the world today we live in is not better than in the days of barbarism of the past centuries.



More in the world are hungry and starving; political war deadlier; innocent helpless civilians by millions are driven to cross deadly oceans an continent in terror of civil war, mass execution, religious persecution and cleansing the world never witness before! With more members nation, the UN world organization to find world peace is no better but worst, it's more dead than the beginning after WW2.

HOW CAN OUR WORLD FIND PEACE? THE MORE ADVANCES THE DEADLIER!

I believe all can humbly agree that advancement in science, in education, in ideology, in technology are not a bright light for hope to hang on and hope to greater peace for humanity; the world only gets worst! Satellite communication, speedy and larger land/air/sea transportation only make bombs and ammunition deadlier and difficult to avoid.

WHAT IS IT THAT MAKE THE WORLD HARD TO ACCEPT THE PATH TO PEACE?

LOVE & RIGHTEOUSNESS are the only ingredient to peace; THERE IS NO OTHER WAY!

No doubt, true love to God will lead without doubt to loving our neighbor, even to those that oppose and differs. We hope 2017, the world will give a chance!

"God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever will believe in Him will not perish but have everlasting life." "Love, for love is the fulfillment of the law."

 BELIEVE THE LORD JESUS!

  

     







HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 
 
Above all feats abilities, anger, pride, vanity; concern worries & fears; RECALL Meditate and from your lips repeat the promises of God, His love and His kindness.

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!... Beloved, we are children of God; and although it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him: We shall see Him, our LORD AND SAVIOR!

Job 19:23-27 ...
“Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!

For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;

And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,
That in my flesh I shall see God,

Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me! 
 
 

Friday, December 30, 2016

US FAILED AGAIN PHILIPPINE AS REAL FRIEND

President Duterte's, words that "The United States should be to bear the blame for failing to thwart China’s expansion in the South China Sea" yesterday, looking on the mutual agreement between the Philippines and the US, it's really the US - GREAT - failure not stopping China’s island-building. WHY?

The US knows quite well that her ally, the Philippine has no capability to prevent giant China, as an ally with commitment to defend, why didn't US came to stop China island building, when it's clear an attack against her ally and the Philippine had made a great sacrifice in World War 11! Millions of Filipinos had been killed and tortured by the Japanese Imperial Army for fighting for America. But after the Filipino loyalty and sacrifices defending America, what did the American Congress did to the Filipinos WW11 veterans? America excluded the Filipino WW11 veterans!

The best move as President Duterte did was "... avoid confrontation with China.... in pressing it to abide by a July ruling by an international tribunal on its South China Sea claims that went in favor of the Philippines."