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Around 40 Excited 6th Graders

Posted by Dave Mogle on

Hello from the Philippines, We have entered Day 2 of the English Camp and have found it smoother going now that we have a day of experience behind us. Yesterday, around 40 excited 6th graders, chattering away in their native tongue, arrived at English Camp at Faith Academy. Our mission had...

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Tired and Jet Lagged, but Excited!

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Greetings to all, After 18 hours in the air, including a flight path that took us over the Arctic Ocean, we're here. Tired and jet lagged, yes, but really excited about what the Lord has called us to do here. Leighton met us at the airport in Manila at 12:30AM with his big smile. It's so nice...

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Philippines Mission Team Launched!

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Our Philippines Mission Team is on their way! Please pray for their long journey and the plans God has for them while in the Philippines.

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Ambassador Team (Day 3)

Posted by Laura Waweru on

View and Like Post on Facebook Tonight, Laura spoke to around thirty people about her experiences smuggling Bibles into Communist Eastern Europe prior to the fall of the Iron Curtain. Her experiences were exciting and life changing but the emphasis of her talk was asking the question, "What is...

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Ambassador Team (Day 2)

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View and Like Facebook Post Monday was a holiday here in Poland, Wet Monday is what it's called. It's a pagan tradition of squirting water on people, symbolic of cleansing the soul. We saw a few kids out with their squirt guns, but otherwise we stayed dry. Because of the holiday, there were no...

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Ambassador Team (Day 1)

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View and like Post on Facebook Wesolych Swiat! That's Happy Easter in Polish! We arrived in Lubin last night around 7:00 after a happy reunion with Bruce and Linda at the airport. We went to church at Lubin Baptist Church at noon because Easter breakfast is the most celebrated meal of the...

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Team Building in the Philippines

Posted by Dave Mogle on

  This has been an English Camp to help 6th grade students improve their English skills. But it has also been an evangelism and discipleship opportunity to point the kids to our Lord Jesus Christ, either for a first time encounter with Him or to encourage those who are already growing in...

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Visiting kids at Makerere Primary School in Kampala

Posted by Kate Duff on

We didn't expect to be able to visit the Juna Amagara children in Kampala that are sponsored by Village Bible Church. Our schedule was tight. The kids were about to break for holiday. And they were busy taking exams. (They have year-round school. So this was the end of Term 1 that began in...

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Dinner with JAM

Posted by Kate Duff on

Today we drove to Kampala. There was a lot of traffic in the city. Ugandans call it "the jam." Well, we were stuck in "the jam" for hours. Rev. Ben & Lillian invited us for dinner on Wednesday evening. After surviving "the jam," we enjoyed a great time of fellowship with Rev. Ben, Lillian...

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Visit with the Kehn Family - Our VBC missionaries

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Lisa & I were able to sneak in a quick lunch with the Kehn family while I was in Mbarara. The kids had been practicing a dance performance before we came, and were SOOO excited for their guests to arrive. Adelynn, Rachael, and Stephen were dancers, while Asher played the music “backstage.”...

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