Current- September 3

This morning Benji and I went visiting in our town that we are focusing on -Morenteville. We followed up with two women and one teenager. We shared the gospel with them and all three of them prayed to receive Christ!

As we were doing more visits Benji was stopped by one of the barangauy leaders and they showed us a picture of this baby girl. He showed me the picture and I almost couldn't bare to look at it! Her name is Cristine Joy and she was born on February 11, 2010. She as acquired hydrocephalus, which is an abnormal accumulation of fluid on the brain. The government is paying for their expenses for Cristine to be treated but the family does not have enough money to transport her to Manila and stay there while she is being operated on. We went to visit the baby Cristine and found out she has a twin, Crisel, who is normal and healthy.


Pastor Benji and I immediately started praying and asking God to give us direction in how to raise support. Benji told me they would need 20,000 pesos, which is about $400 U.S. dollars. We started going around town to different people we knew. We've already had an elderly woman give us $2 and the place where we get our lunch gave us $10! This is a lot for Filipinos where the average salary is $2 a day. We are claiming Jeremiah 32:17-Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.There is nothing too hard for You! There's no doubt that God can't provide this and we are trusting in Him alone!

Our goal is by September 15 to have enough money to send Cristine to Manila to be operated on! It is awesome to see how God is already using the local community to get involved and support this baby. please pray.

If you want to donate you can send to :

Trinity Baptist Church

Att: Charles Bogart

800 Hammond Blvd

Jacksonville, FL 32221

and make a note of "Christie's Philippines Trip 2010"

This is Cristine with hydrocephalus ^

This is her twin sister, Crisel, who is perfectly healthy! =)


Yesterday afternoon we went back to the mother and two other ladies to let them know we were going around the community to raise money for Cristine. We shared the gospel with them and all three accepted!