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WORLDWIDE AGAPE HOUSE MINISTRIES
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom
for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[f]
Luke 4:18 – 19
Dear Ministry partners, Time flies fast and we are now almost in the closing of year 2015. God gave the verse above to us before the beginning of 2015. We were reminded and assured of God’s anointing and His Holy Spirit upon us as we journeyed with Him all throughout the year. God has indeed shown His faithfulness not only to us as a family but also to the ministry that He has entrusted upon us. We were in the Philippines from January – March, October and later part of November. While there we oversee the orphanage, the Sunday school extension (SSE) ministries (we take care of around 500 children to 8 remote places), youth discipleship, and leadership development and, manage a Christian school (CANDORTCI). Aside from the regular activities of the various ministries we thank God for so many things and to name a few we have the following:
1. Three of our orphanage kids were saved and were baptized; 2. About 10 students at CANDOR were saved, some recommitted their lives to Jesus
and 2 committed for water baptism; 3. Continuing bible studies and three new opening at the SSE sites; 4. One of our staff graduated theology from the Bible School (Oro Bible College); 5. 2 of our Staff are continuing in their social work degree as they minister to their
classmates and being involved in the ministry as well; 3 of our staff are continuing in their education degrees as they also educate our orphanage kids using the Bible based curriculum;
6. God’s provision for our daily ministry needs, the concrete fencing of the children’s playground at the orphanage and painting of the orphanage building and the staff building;
7. Successful hosting of the work Team from West Valley Church, Seattle, USA who came to immerse I the ministry and to paint the two buildings;
We encountered many trials and challenges but we see a great big God behind all these and we hold on to the victory in Jesus. He leads us in triumphal entry in Christ… We were in Japan from April until the 1st of October and returned on December 4th . There are also many things to thank God in His work through Agape house Japan; 1. Dedication and commitment of the Agape house leaders together with our
Japanese pastors who are our fellow laborers in Christ; 2. How the Lord Himself provides people to come and join the worship services and
activities; 3. How the Lord provides and orchestrates circumstances for us to be able to
minister to people (foreigners and Japanese); 4. Agape House hosted the joint sports festival which is participated by our
brethren from the Japan Advent Christian Conference (JACC);
We were in Papua New Guinea from October 28th until November 16th for a medical and literacy missions. We joined with Brother Mondo and Sister Nancy Karmar (our Agape and Care Ministry Coordinators) in touching their people through His love. The entire trip was very fruitful and so many things to thank God, too. We thank God for the construction of the Mankitawa ACM Church. We witnessed the dedication and cutting of the ribbon. This is the hub for the ACM ministry. After the church dedication, the coordinator, together with the Mankitawa tribe leader and the pastor took us a walk to see the piece of huge land given to ACM for the use of God’s kingdom. The coordinators envision to plant 1,000 churches around Papua New Guinea and to establish a Christian community in each of these churches. Christian Community would mean establishing a basic education school, hospitals/infirmary and sustainable livelihood programs for the whole community. We thank God for the positive responses of the people who were served through the medical clinics. In a week’s time, we were able to serve moreover 800 people. Literacy was set and prepared as a tool for evangelism to the families of various ACM sites. Lastly, we are thankful to God for adding another member in our family this year. Rei Anne Charis was born on July 14th this year. Her name means “grateful for the gift of grace”. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him all creatures here below! Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, AMEN! Thank you for partnering with us in this entire journey through your prayers, finances and/or labor in the Lord with us. He knows how to bless His people to continually be a blessing. Looking forward for continuous partnership in the coming year 2016. In His love, Erwin-‐Rowena-‐Shori-‐Zoe-‐Charis (Cabrizos family)