Jenny’s Bibles

Dear friends and special prayer partners,

NAME OF STORY: From Street to Elite with Jesus

RE: PHILIPPINES  Missionary Training

  God has done great things for us during the short time of December school break time.

FAST TAKE:

  In the Villa Pagasa church, on the island of Mindoro , in the Philippines , we just completed a successful 10 day effort. That effort involved evangelistic meetings plus a daily 3 hour curriculum of classes training for mission service. The missionary to be trained was 8 year old Natalie, the little girl who gave her heart to Jesus in Jenny’s evangelism meetings in the Medical Center and Sanitarium in Manilla. Natalie was placed in school at AUPE after Jenny collected funds and prayed for her studies. Now Natalie can read and write in English so we can communicate enough to train her. She has studied 2 years at AUPE. She has difficulty in singing on tune, so we did what my brother’s wife, Elana suggested in asking her to make the same note we were singing. It took hours of patient work and it seems progress was made. We took her through Blalock’s voice training CD.

DETAILS:

  Our goals in training Natalie in mission service were met. We had daily music classes in voice support and resonance. Daily the flute and harp lessons were given till she had 10 hours. Natalie is a good learner. She tried hard. Cooking classes were presented, as well as Bible story presentations.

  Natalie really wants to learn to cook. She loved this part the most. She asked who taught me to cook. I told her that my mother did. My mind then remembered how her mother lives on the street. There is no kitchen, no home, no food. How can she learn such things except we are careful to teach her. Jenny was careful to teach her manners in eating so she can never be ashamed to eat with kings. 

  There were lessons on how to be an effective missionary. Many in the church wanted to join the classes so we hauled all the equipment to the church and projected things on the screen. During music voice training, we had the big speakers amplify the sounds they were to copy. Each day involved 3 hrs mission training.

  In the afternoons we did free medical clinics. During this time we trained Natalie to use the digital blood pressure unit, and how to screen eyes. We saw about 160 people in clinic. Some walked 4 hours to get seen in clinic. Mountain people came. People came from villages we had treated in 2005. One man walked all the way from Bonabon. It took him 3 hours.

Natalie learned her lessons quickly. God was blessing as we prayed for this. You see, when you follow Jesus, He promises things will only get better. There is the text in Psalms 37:25 that “I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging for bread. So you see—She is going from Street to Elite with Jesus. May God keep her as she unlearns the lessons of the street and fills her mind with the ten commandments.   One home we visited had a little girl with no hands. She was born without them. Her feet had toes that were deformed. The grandpa in that home had swollen legs and feet and could not walk up the hill to clinic. I had him soak his feet in charcoal while he waited till the next day to be seen after clinic. He was surprised that his feet improved so much that he could walk. He was thrilled to get a pair of glasses so he could read his Bible. Such a simple thing can bring so much joy.  

  On Dec. 25, we chose to do the class in the home we stayed in so we could have a native cooking class on espasole. It is sticky rice and coconut fixed up in a delicious way. Each day we repeated the cooking class information from the days lessons before.

  Natalie helped Jenny by holding the Bibles for Jenny to give at the baptism of 30 people. She did so many good things like sweeping the sanctuary, covering and uncovering the furniture, and lighting candles. The bad things learned on the street were dealt with and Natalie is trying to overcome them.

  It is common to steal on the street to live. With that sin goes lying. The Bible promises in  Psalms 119: 9, wherewithal  shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto to thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”  So many that she is growing up with are lying and stealing and consider it the only way to live. Now we are telling her it is the way to be lost and kept out of heaven. (Rev. 21:8) God has given us the responsibility to show her the right way. He has asked us to take her on more mission training sessions.

  That’s what happens when you take Jesus as your friend and follow His way. It always gets better. From the street with cardboard as your bed to walking with Jesus in saving souls you stop begging and stealing and start giving. As you give, things multiply in your hands and you do not run out. You stop lying and  instead, tell the truth that Jesus saves from sin. You go from street to elite.

  Something to ponder: I wonder how many of the millions of economically hopeless and homeless could become evangelists and missionaries if just given a chance. Or if just trusting in Jesus to help it happen.

  This was the first time we did missionary training sessions. It is amazing how people treated Natalie as an elegant little girl dressed in the new modest dresses Jenny gave to her.

 We enjoyed doing the training sessions.  It was enjoyed so much, it seems good to continue this training in other locations. We will do more on each mission from here on. Doing the work is good but if while doing it, there is someone trained, it can result in thousands more being reached.

  The trainee needs to be willing to receive all advice and follow it faithfully in order for this project to continue. Many are called (to mission service) but few choose to give all their talents and time and life to it. Though trained, it does not guarantee that the individual will serve. We pray these trained ones will give Jesus much service. She will be the 5th one  trained since a young age.

  Gideon was a man in the Bible God called to stop the Mideonite invasions. There were 120,000 of the enemy and he started with 32,000 but God said it was too many. Those afraid and with new wives were sent home. Then there were 10,000. God said it was too many. They would next do a drink test. He was to send home all who lapped up the water like a dog. He was to keep those who kept eyes on the enemy and scooped water up in their hands ready for battle. This involves the same principal for missionaries. Our eyes must be on the work of rescuing souls from Satan’s grasp. We cannot play and go on vacation and pleasure hunts but keep eyes on the task. We can not run to the store to buy candy. Natalie had to learn that she kept her mind on the lessons presented and on what she could do to help. She could not be running about outside or going to the river during meetings. She had her own chair right up front at the edge of the platform where Jenny sits. She learned there is to be no talking or distracting audience. She had to always have hair combed and her nice dress on and welcome people.  At the time of altar call,  where they promise to give their lives to Jesus, she learned to  be quickly out there with pen and book of life to help people sign up.

  Jesus promises “He that overcometh shall inherit all things.; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son/ (daughter) Rev. 21:7

Sincerely,

Your fellow co laborers in the Master’s Vineyard,

Dr. Rose & Jenny