IVCF Praise and Prayer - February 2014

We are a fellowship of prayer. This is

one of IVCF s distinctives. We know

IVCF was born in a student prayer

meeting and we still believe that it will

move forward only on its knees.

Effective prayer might not look easy,

but for IVCF to be used by God

mightily, we need groups of people who

will live out the reality and power of

prayer.

IVCF Philippines today is ministering to sixty

one (61) high school and one hundred ten

(110) college campuses all over the Philippines

in nine regional Units. Currently there are 36

staff workers who are working in these

campuses.

Norhtern Luzon:

Arabelle Morales

Cyreen Dela Cruz

Metro Manila:

Reinstary Arlegui Rafael Magdaong

Ricky Patricio Lanilyn Sagara

Akrisah Helig Sam Redelosa

Southern Luzon:

Emadel Canon

Jackylyn Orlandez

Western Visayas:

Eumir Villamor

Mizpah Villamor

Michelle Casiano

Central and Eastern Visayas:

Laura Pla

Eleazar Canonigo

Faith Harmony Macabenta

Caraga:

Frannie John Soliven

Jocelyn Fernandez

Southern Mindanao:

Darby Aspacio

Fenny Rose Nunala

Gretchen Guilas

Raffy Dela Cruz

Northern Mindanao:

Celgen Aurestilla

Ira Pauline Gabot

National Office:

Ferdinand Juni Dorothy Juni

Di-Riel Fernandez Perlita Ovalles

Jake Abiva Rachel Jentapa

Mark Arnold Jordan Emma Lozano

February 2014

Praise&Prayer

through RVCF in Zambales. They have a newly

formed group called the Veterance . This group

will be serving as the frontline mission group of

RVCF. As we reach more college students in

Zambales, please continue to journey with us

through praying for our graduate volunteers

Robert Jay Aji Sarito, Crisanto Cris Ducos and

Manuel Bags Estrella. Aji and Cris will serve as

counselors for Kawayan Camp 2014 in April to

May. May this camp be also a space for growth

and spiritual renewal for them.

Northern Luzon Regional Unit

has campuses in Pangasinan,

Isabela, Zambales and Baguio

City where their

IV Home is located.

1. Last July 2013, Cy started to be a full-time staff based

in Lingayen, Pangasinan. We hope to re-establish our

Graduate and student ministry in Pangasinan Area.

Currently, we are praying for a more stable and

conducive location that can also be used as Staff

House and Center for IVCF Pangasinan. Cy is currently

living in a boarding house at Maniboc, Lingayen. Pray

with us, as we invite more ministry partners in

Pangasinan who will be willing to support the student

and graduate work through prayer and giving.

2. As we continue to pioneer Inter-School Christian

Fellowship (ISCF) ministry in Baguio and in the other

areas of Northern Luzon, with the support of nine (9)

ISCF Counselors, we plan to have an ISCF mini-camp in

April. Details of the camp are still in progress. We hope

to see and identify ten to fifteen (or more, God willing)

High School students who will be committed in joining

the camp and take the challenge to follow and serve

God. We pray that this camp will serve as a catalytic

event for our high school students who will be joining.

The camp also aims to cater to other High School

students outside Baguio like from Pangasinan area.

Pray with us to have an appropriate venue and date

for the camp. We also pray for parents permissions for

the students and more willing partners who would

love to help us in raising the P22,600.00 estimated

camp subsidy. Currently, we have three (3) pioneering

ISCF works namely in Baguio City National High

School (BCNHS), Pines City National High School

(PCNHS) and Parayao High School (Pangasinan).

3. We praise God for the developing student work in

Ramon Magsaysay Technological University (RMTU)

Northern Luzon Regional Unit

Southern Mindanao Regional Unit

Praise God for the refreshing staff conference last January, we

(Madel and Jacky) attended. It was held at the IVCF building

with the theme Leaning into Change . Pray that God will

continually enable, strengthen, protect and sustain us and

our family.

Thank God for the participation of our chapters in praying for

our country last January 20, 2014, a National Day of Prayer.

The Lord has been faithful in keeping and providing the needs

of each chapter in the four areas.

We also thank God for the successful Sibol Camp planning at

Calapan, Oriental Mindoro last January 31 with the graduate

team and student leaders. This is the first Sibol (evangelistic)

camp of SLRU. Pray for wisdom and guidance to Jacky as

Camp director and the rest of the working committee as they

work for preparations. And also for our high school students

that they will be able to join and raise their funds.

Indeed we praise God for our upcoming 4th Anniversary and

Regional Assembly this February 22, 2014. Please pray that

our graduates and students will be able to join. May this

event be successful and lead to more solidarity as a region.

Praise God for donors that continually support and give. Pray

that that the Lord will continue to touch the hearts of the

graduates to give towards our region s operational expenses.

As of now, only four of them are giving regularly to the

general fund.

Southern Luzon Regional Unit

Southern Luzon Regional Unit

covers campuses in Cavite,

Batangas, Laguna

and Mindoro.

Bicol Regional Unit have

campuses in the province of

Camarines Sur, Sorsogon and

Albay where they have their

IV Home.

Paraises

1. Praise God for His constant Guidance and protection to our student leaders as they continue to meet during their regular meeting every first Friday of the month.2. Praise God for His provision for the Livelihood Program to be done in Tacloban and Ormoc. Praise God for the Local Government Units (LGU) in Tacloban and Ormoc who will provide venue and assistance for this project.3. Praise God for their smooth preparation of the upcoming activities this summer. Prayers

1. Please continue to pray for the safe travel, provision and strength of the Operation Ahon Team and the participants during and after the Livelihood Training.2. Please pray for the preparation of the concert this coming March 5, please pray for the invited students to receive the gift of love from the Lord.3. Please pray for more Graduate Teams, Leaders and graduates who will join the Pili Camp. This will be the first Pili Camp with Graduate delegates.Pray for our activities: Pili Camp on April 14 to 17 and ISCF Camp on April 20 to 25.

Bicol Regional Unit

part of the ISCF chapters. They are non- Christians who were invited by their friends to attend the bible study group.

Praise God for His wisdom and guidance in the planning for the ISCF Sibol and Discipleship Camp this summer. Praise and thank God for the committed ISCF counselors, GT s and student leaders who will be working together with the staff in preparation for the said camp.

Praise God for the increasing number of Small Group bible studies in the College campuses. Many of these are led by student leaders who are trained during the LCDC 13.

Pray for God s Word to grow in the lives of the high school ISCfers in OPRA and ANS. Most of them are non- Christians

Pray for financial provision and parent s consent for students who will be joining KC 14 and the regional ISCF camp this May 2014.

Pray for the preparation for the True Love Waits (TLW) seminar at Cebu Normal University partnered with the student council of the school. Pray for God s favor and God s Word to be declared to the students

Please pray as well for the TLW seminar at OPRA National High School. Pray that they will really understand the essence of waiting as well as prioritizing Jesus as their true Love.

Please pray for the different college fellowships in the region, especially this vibrant pioneering chapter in Cebu Technological University (CTU). The group grows every meeting and they have the burden to invite more. Pray that God will strengthen this group, be grounded with His words and be more prayerful.

Central and Eastern

Visayas Regional Unit

have campuses in

Northern leyte, Bohol,

Negros Oriental and

Cebu where they

have their IV Home

Praise God for the active support of Mrs. Edna Peque and Miss Charity Fuentes, ISCF Adviser in Abellana National School (ANS) and GT volunteer in OPPRA National School, respectively. Thank God for their undying love for High School students. May the Lord bless them as they keep that burden in their hearts.

Praise God for the ongoing Evangelistic Bible Studies in OPRA High School and Abellana National School. Praise God that the Supreme Student Government presidents of OPRA and ANS are both

Central and Eastern Visayas Regional Unit

6. Pray for smooth leadership transition next school year. We will have a new Regional Director and a new set of Regional Advisory Council in the region.

7. Pray for our finances, we have been in deficit for the past many months. Pray for God s leading as to know how to raise our target budget each month.

Northern Mindanao Regional Unit

Northern Mindanao

Regional Unit have their

campuses in Iligan,

Bukidnon and Cagayan de

Oro City. They have their IV

Homes in Iligan and CDO.

1. Praise God for the RAC meeting last Friday, Jan 31. They have been partnering with us for the past three years already. Please pray for the process of the re-election of our RAC members this year. Pray for the right people in place.

2. Praise God for God s working power in the lives of our student leaders. Pray for more Christ-centered leaders who will be submissive and faithful to the Lord in all areas of their lives. Pray also for the needs of our 7 KC delegates this year. Please pray too for Celgen who will serve as the Over- all Director of KC 2014 and Ira who will serveas QT coordinator as well.

3. Praise God for our IV-Home ministry in Cagayan and Iligan. Praise God also that we can extend our contract for another year in Cagayan. Continue to pray for relocation in God s time.

4. Praise God for the loving effort of our BS/SG leaders in each campus chapter, pray for quality discipleship, in cooperation with God s working in producing quality leaders , who will rise soon in the right time.

5. Praise God for the new born souls through the ministry of IVCF here. Let us pray continually for their spiritual growth. May the Lord preserve them and use IVCF to disciple them.

Praises:

1. Praise God for the meaningful Night of Prayer (NOP) in Iloilo (we participated in the National Day of Prayer and Solidarity),

continued meetings in Pascere (Leaders Council) and 2014 Welcome Bash. These were meetings filled with praises to God,

sharing of His goodness, and continued trust in Him as we

continue the journey set before us.

2. Praise God for continuing campus chapter meetings. After the holiday and a long break from school, student leaders were

again busy in trying to keep the ball rolling. New ministry

opportunity was born like the boarding house ministry in Capiz Area.

3. Thank God for Good Shepherd s Fold Academy s (GSFA)

Football Clinic Launching. Uniforms and sports materials were

donated by MEANS. ISCF counselors volunteered in training highschoolers in this sport and at the same time wholistic

coaching and mentoring happened.

4. Praise God for the successful and meaningful relief operation

in Sagay City in partnership with MEANS. Because of this project, students at Buenaventura Mahilum Elementary School

were able to hear God's word, fed with delicious and healthy food, and sent home with hygiene kit.

5. Praise God for a series of graduates' meeting. It was done as

a reunion and homecoming of some graduates. It was also a

time of updating them of the ministry and of expressing their continued support to the movement. We thank God for Tony &

Leah Aguirre who served as host in a number of these

meetings.

Western Visayas Regional Unit

Prayers:

1. Please pray for the upcoming events; True Love Waits campaign in

Iloilo, Roxas and Guimaras, Ladies and Gents Nights, Loving Hugs Stuff

Toy distribution in 3 Areas (Ajuy, Iloilo; Roxas, Capiz; Sagay, Neg. Occ.).

2. Please pray for wisdom for the staff team as they attend to their

responsibilities and as they study their respective teaching

assignments for True Love Waits & Valentines Activities this month.

Also, they are already preparing for their speaking/teaching

assignments for the camps this summer.

3. Pray for Elecil Nisnisan as she heads the exec. com. (Angelica

Pilares, RJ Batangas, Jessica Lucariza) in the planning and preparation

for ISCF Camp in May.

4. Pray for graduates' financial support especially in Iloilo Area. Pray

for the fundraising efforts of our delegates for KC and ISCF Camp. Pray

for parent's permission as well.

5. We continually pray that God will again give us passionate student-

leaders, faithful volunteers in the campuses, dedicated advisers and

generous donors and partners for this school year. Students and

volunteers who are motivated by their relationship with Jesus to

advance the gospel on their campus, someone who is willing to

devote time, resources and take risks for Jesus sake; and have strong

sense of initiative and ownership in leading the campus chapter with

compelling vision.



have campuses in Iloilo City,

Guimaras, Bacolod and Roxas.

They have two IV homes, one

in Bacolod City and another in

Iloilo City.

Caraga Regional Unit

Praise

Praise God for the opportunity to facilitate Seventy (70) students from

Butuan City Comprehensive High School in their recollection day with the

theme Truth Encounter . We are blessed on how the Lord touched the

lives of the students. It s a fulfilled experience to see students accepting

the Lord Jesus.

Praise God for the students initiated to share bihon and bread with the

refugees of ASSCAT (Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and

Technology), Bunawan Agusan del Sur evacuation center last January 21,

2014. Also, through our partnership with OMF Philippines staff ate Jo

Fernandez, IVCF-CRU participated in the relief operations organized by

Taga-Butuan Kaw Kung (TBKK). TBKK is a humanitarian-friendship group

in Butuan City providing volunteer help to the needy while creating fun-

filled experiences. OMF Philippines sponsored the 6th day Pospas (special

Arozcaldo) feeding program and giving of candies to all refugees at two

evacuation centers in Butuan City Capitol (covered court and training

center). Truly, the Lord honors our desire to help out others even with the

little resources that we have and regardless of being flood survivors too.

We praise the Lord for witnessing such heroic acts along with TBKK and

OMF Philippines!

We thank God that through a church partner who lead the Care

Caravan -a relief operation group of Chinese Christian Churches. We will

be giving 300 packed relief goods for 300 Tribal families; whose houses

were submerged to flood by Tropical Depression Agaton.

Caraga Regional Unit have

campuses in Agusan del Sur

and Agusan del Norte. Their

IV Home is in Bunawan.

Agusan del Sur State College of

Agriculture and Technology

Prayer

Please pray for our Love month seminars our fight campaign for purity.

Pray for provision and availability of the students who will attend. Pray

for God s wisdom for more creative ideas on how we can be more

effective in dealing with prevailing issues.

IVCF-Dagitab (PNU) Chapter was again intruded by unknown

individuals last January 28, 2014 while IVHomers, all are girls, were

asleep. No one was hurt and nothing was taken from them,

fortunately. But a knife was intentionally pierced in their door.

Speculations arose that they were just repeatedly threatened by

nearby tenants. The owner of the boarding house and the policemen

were already informed of the incidents and has inspected the area last

January 29. Please pray for immediate and rightful response from the

authorities and protection for our IVHomers.

Please pray for well coordination of care caravan members who will

receive the containers of relief goods. For Vernacular Media Network

(VMN) workers of OMF; to facilitate well the 300 recipients with our

coordination as IVCF CRU. Pray for vehicle to load the relief goods and

good weather. Pray for protection, good health, sensitivity to God s

direction and to tribal people. For us that Christ will be seen in us

through our relief efforts.

Caraga Regional Unit


PRAISE the Lord for:

the provision of a new laptop for the Regional

Director s related tasks. One donor from the U.S.

(Kuya Rolly) surprised us with this gift last

Christmas season.

the region s partnership qualification to Mission

Increase Foundation Mindanao Equipping

Program (MIF-MEP). It s a collaboration of MIF,

Tandon Institute, Compassion, ATS, PCEC, ACDA,

Sacred Harvest and World Vision, to help the

churches and mini stries in Mindanao especially

through its training modules on Governance,

Leadership and Spiritual Formation, Financial

Management, Admin, HRD and People Care, and

Resource Development. Some of the faculty

members are IVCFers. We could also be a

recipient of an infrastructure or program-based

project. The Program briefing, Consultation and

MOA Signing will be on February 12.

the intentional Love Month preparations. 23 student-

leaders from 12 campus chapters and 10 graduates

(Staff, GT and volunteers) from various local areas

have participated the facilitator s training on True

Love Waits campaign (www.wagmuna.com) last

January 25 at Bethel of Praise, El Rio, Bacaca,

Davao City. On February 1, the Staff Team together

with some RAC members, GT members and

student-leader attended the workshop on The

Church and the Homosexual Issue which was

facilitated by John Zulueta of Bagong Pag-asa

Charitable Foundation.

the newly fenced IV-Home in Kabacan, Cotabato.

The local graduates secured the perimeter by their

sacrificial gifts and skillful management. Able to be

paid through self-sustaining rental fees of the IV-

Homers. One GT member even availed of a loan

just to finish this project.


Please PRAY with us for:

more Love Month opportunities. Various talks and

workshops for sexual purity are being set in the

campuses and churches alike. Pray for anointing and

wisdom for all the speakers and facilitators.

a strong and sustained MIF-MEP partnership, that it

would really help, strengthen and equip the regional

ministries.

safe travel and meaningful learning for Fenny, Chen and

Raffy. They will join again the Junior Staff Training

(JST) on February 25 to March 3 in Quezon City.

the preparation of various Summer Camps. Tagum City

and Kabacan will hold its Discipleship Camp and

Leadership Camp respectively. We will also continue to

offer the two separate high school (ISCF) camps, Sibol

(evangelistic) and Leadership/Discipleship. Pray also for

our 15 prospect delegates to Kawayan Camp 2014.






1. We thank the Lord for Ate Di's work in the HR and the

turnover process to Rachel. There are a lot of things that

need to be in place. Please pray for Rachel as she

prepares for the Junior Staff Training, the staff meetings,

the Prayer Retreat (with Emma & Makoy) and the other

tidbits of the HR work.

2. We trust the Lord for how He is calling people to serve Him through the IVCF ministry. We praise Him for the staff team who faithfully serves in the field despite the difficulties. Help us pray for the recruitment of new staff this coming school year. Pray for wisdom and discernment. Pray, too, for those who are taking the call, that they be granted courage to join in the throng of men and women who have given their time, energy and lives in the service of the King through campus ministry. 3. Praise the Lord that many of the HR documents are now online. Still, there is no computer and printer for the HR s use. Help us pray for provision for these two items. These will greatly help the work of the HR in the files and printing of materials.

Human Resource Department

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