Chủ Nhật, tháng 12 28, 2008

“GOD WITH US.” ISSUE NO. 193
December 18th, 2008



Matthew 1:23 “The Virgin shall be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”

Isaiah 9:6-7a “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end,…”

Luke 2:11 “For there is born to you this day in the City of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”

John 3:15 “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”


Dear Friends,
“ MERRY CHRISTMAS”----- we pray the Lord will bless you this Christmas season, New year, and always. Jesus said: “I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” ---John 10:10b AMP
[Many fruitful things are happening in the ministry outreaches of which I will share some about later, but 1st I would like to write about Jesus’ birth.]

The truth is that the birth of Jesus is one of the greatest and most significant times in all of history. In fact today as I write this newsletter, it is December 18th, 2008---in the year of our Lord. The calendar was changed back to “0” in recognition of the year of the birth of Jesus. That is amazing.
Napoleon (1769-1821) was the emperor of France and one of the greatest military commanders of all time ---he had conquered most of Europe at one time. He was a proud and powerful man, but later in life after many victories, he was defeated and imprisoned. He understood history and had impacted history, and as he began to reflect upon history in later life---he had this to say about Jesus: “I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire on love, and at this hour millions of people would die for him.”
“Everything in Christ astonishes me. His spirit overawes me, and His will confounds me…I search in vain in history to find the similar of Jesus Christ, or anything that can approach the gospel.”
[ Quotes from “Evidence That Demands a Verdict. –Josh McDowell]
But today, how many people really understand the significance of Jesus? What does Christmas mean to people today? Well it means different things to different people:
1. To people of other religions such as Hindus, Moslems, Buddhists, and other non-Christian religions---for the most part, they don’t care much about Christmas or the birth of Christ.
2. For Atheists who do not believe in God, for many of them (at least in America), Christmas is apparently one of the most important days in their lives as they devote a lot of their time and energy trying to remove all Christmas mangers and words, etc from all the public places and public schools, etc. Maybe they are just jealous they do not have a special day they can celebrate for themselves and say “Happy go to (?) day”
3. For other people Christmas is a material holiday. It is simply a day when people give and receive gifts. Sometimes it can be a time of a lot of stress, where people feel obligated to buy a lot of presents (they can hardly afford to buy) and give them to people (who for the most part don’t even need them.)
In any parts to the world, people who own retail business are excitingly looking forward to the December Christmas season because it is the highest sales month of the year. The Christmas season will determine whether those businesses will have a net profit or net loss for the year---so they are looking to Christmas for economic reasons.
Personally, I think that there are good things about being able to give gifts (within reason) to one another at Christmas, and being able to give special gifts to the poor, and for the economy to benefit from increased sales, and for businesses to make a profit so they can pay the salaries of their employees so they can in turn support their families. But all those things need to be far back in second place to the real reason we originally & still should celebrate Christmas.
The purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus, Who is God the Son---and He gave you & me our lives---He gave us the ability to breathe every breath that we take---He gave our heart the ability to beat every beat that it makes; and we might take note of the fact that He has the power to take any of that away any second He so desires. God deserves and requires our respect, and always should have 1st place in each of our lives.
Gal. 4:4-7 {At Just the Right Time*God Sent Forth His Son*To Redeem & Adopt Us} “MERRY CHRISTMAS”

On Thursday, Dec 4th, Emie and I and some other ministry friends traveled the 3 hour roundtrip drive to the Abuyog prison to attend a special church service and Pastor Norman’s birthday celebration. I have shared about this prison in the past and every time we go there how we have experienced a special presence of the Lord as these 60 + inmates praise and worship the Lord. Several of these men ( mostly maximum security prisoners)
have given testimonies about how they were thankful to God that they had been sent to the Abuyog prison. The reason they are thankful is because that is where they came to really know Jesus Christ as their Savior & Lord. Had they still been out in society they testified they would still most certainly be lost. Now they look forward to one day returning to their homes as new people in Christ and living productive lives in their communities. I write more about this, and other topics & include some pictures in our BlogSpot: philippine-missions.blogspot.com
In the regional radio broadcast which airs every Sunday morning from 8:30 am to 9:00 we continue to get many positive results from people in various parts of Biliran, Leyte, and Samar. Recently Emie received a text message from a man named Dominic and he said: “Thank-you very much for the word of God you shared through the radio. The word is always encouraging to us and it helps us understand the ways of God. I became a Christian through your broadcast.”
Last Friday-Sunday, I and my Filipino nephew Dennis, traveled to Biliran Island and visited 5 of the churches there and 1 in Palarao Leyte. I was able to give a surprise gift to the pastor in each church---with rice, canned goods, noodles, cookies and candies. Because we were going to have a surveyor come to the Culaba church on Saturday---I ended up visiting the Palaro Church in Leyte starting on Friday afternoon and then I went to Bato, Looc, Cabucgayan, and finally to Caibiran later that night. All the pastors we happy to receive the Christmas gift and were surprised to see me as I did not announce my coming. On Saturday morning we had a special morning meeting with church members in Caibiran and then drove another hour on rough roads to get to Culaba to meet the surveyor. The next Sunday morning was the anniversary celebration for the Culaba church and I was the guest speaker. It was a busy 2&1’2 days and it was nice to fellowship with and encourage the pastors and church members that we met. Most churches are growing and new people are being saved.
In our missions headquarters church here in Tacloban City, this December we have seen 2 new couples and new 6 young people (late teens & early twenties) and they are attending church regularly. Sunday attendance has been averaging 100-120 in the past few weeks.
I have said in the past that: “Effective and fruitful missions that reaches people for Jesus in foreign nations---is the result of a faithful partnership between those who are willing to go and those who are willing to help send. We have been able to reach thousands of people for Jesus, help strengthen and encourage Christians in their faith and service to the Lord, and able to help the poor in a variety of ways as led by the Holy Spirit---as a result of each of you: who pray for us and the ministry outreaches, and encourage us, and invest financially in helping us share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank-you many times over for your friendship and faithful partnership is helping us lead people to Jesus. We regularly pray for God’s powerful blessings upon you.

In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie
P.S. Please continue to pray: for more people to be saved and discipled; for God’s fresh anointing, clear direction, powerful protection, & blessing upon our health; and for new powerful & effective prayer intercessors to pray for us and the ministry outreaches; and for generous provision for all the financial needs of the ministry. Please pray the Lord will touch the hearts of new people to donate financially and for others to give special donations to help us cover all the needs for the rest of the ministry this year and to start out the New Year of 2009 with good financial health so we can move ahead in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in the most effective and fruitful ways. Thanks & God bless you.
[ For those who want to receive tax deduction credit for 2008, donations need to be postmarked prior to midnight 12-31- 2008.]

Thứ Tư, tháng 12 24, 2008

Philippine Missions for Jesus - Christ-mass 2008



“WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS &
AN EXCEPTIONALLY BLESSED NEW YEAR!”
Dear Partner,
I would like to update you on what is going on here in regards to our family. God has blessed us with 6 children not from my tummy but from the heart. Nonoy (his nickname) , his actual first name is Paul, was given to me by my brother when he was 1 year and 4 months old. Now he is 21 years old and has graduated from Foursquare Bible College in Cebu. He is a talented guitar player and is in charge of the music ministry in the church.
Gracia our second child is already in the 3rd grade and recently turned 10 years old. She was given to us right before her mother died, when she was one year and 3 months old and she was very sick at that time with TB, Scabies, Pneumonia, and acute malnutrition (weighed only 10.3 lbs at 15 months old). Now she is very healthy and has no trace of being malnourished. She is learning a lot, she speaks good English and can help interpret to local people for Gordon. She is good also good in math and music. She is beautiful and very helpful to her younger sisters.
Hugh is 7 years old now and he is in the first grade. He desires to be a pastor like Mama and Daddy. Hugh loves to play, sing, and draw. He can become a good artist. Hugh was given to us even while he was in his mother’s womb. The mother was very poor and with 3 kids and had been abandoned by her husband. My husband and I were in the States when Hugh was born. We hired a nanny to take care of him while we were gone. He was one month and 11 days old when we got him.
Faith, Hope, and Joy are our 4th, 5th, and 6th children---they are triplets, the mother died after she gave birth to her last child, Joy. The triplets were left by their father in the hospital of Naval, Biliran Island for one month. The Governor of Biliran announced to the public and asked if somebody or relatives were willing to adopt or foster the triplets. Many were willing to take one child but not all three. The social worker of the hospital did not allow the triplets to be separated as they may never see one another again.
The babies were then brought to the Tacloban City orphanage . It was then that we received a call asking whether we would have more room in our hearts to accommodate the triplets that needed a home and a family. With much prayer we sought the Lord’s guidance if we were the right persons to be the parents of these triplets. We felt God spoke to us receive these children and also gave us the Scripture that helping the orphan and the widow is the real mark of true religion (James 1:27). This is the reason they are here with us. We trusted God to help us and to provide all the needs of these kids…and He is, and will continue to provide.
Faith ,is our future worship leader, she has a very special high range of voice and can easily pick up the lyrics and the tune of a song even at her young age of three. Hope is also a singer but is alto in voice. She loves to try and play the organ, so hopefully she will one day be the organist in the church. Joy always likes to try to play the guitar and she loves to dance. These kids are happy and blessed, we are committed to raise them in a godly way.
Gordon and I are committed to continue the ministry all the days of our lives. The ministry is growing, we are doing a lot of training and discipling members to do the works of the ministry.
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your love, prayer, and help to make this ministry possible. Thank you and the Lord will reward your faithfulness as we serve God continually. May the joy of Christmas fill your heart and mind. JESUS IS THE REASON OF CHRISTMAS. HE CAME TO GIVE US HIS LIFE. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND BLESSED NEW YEAR!
Love,
Emie

Thứ Sáu, tháng 12 12, 2008

Philippine-Missions - for Jesus: Prison Ministry in Abuyog, Philippines

Philippine-Missions - for Jesus: Prison Ministry in Abuyog, Philippines

Philippine Missions for Jesus needs your prayers

All is Possible With God. Mid-Month Blog/Commentary
December 11th, 2008

But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
---Matthew 19:26

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” ---Mark 9:23



Dear Friends,
Once again Emie and I send you our warm greetings and we pray the Lord encourages, strengthens, and blesses you in amazing ways. God says in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” God loves you and his desire is to bless you and help you in all areas of your life. As you are faithful to Him in your life and service---He truly will give you the desires of your heart. The things which seem or in fact are impossible for you on our own---are most certainly possible with God---(as mentioned in the two Scriptures above MT 19:26 & Mk 9:23.)

Last Thursday, December 4th, Emie & I and some other ministry friends traveled the 3 hour roundtrip drive to the Abuyog Provincial Prison (Matthew 25:34-40). We went there to attend a church service and birthday party for Pastor Norman ( who himself is a maximum security prisoner). It is a long drive to go there---but we are always blessed as we join the men there in praising & worshiping the Lord . The presence of the Lord is very strong there as the men worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

Pastor Norman is the son of a Pastor and felt called to the ministry at an early age. However he had backslid and got involved with drugs and ended up with a long prison sentence. In prison he began to fulfill God’s calling on his life and he pastors 60+ inmates, most of whom have received Jesus as their Savior and Lord through his ministry in establishing the Prison Church and his individual ministry one on one.

I have heard a few testimonies during my ministry visits to that remote and dilapidated prison. Maximum security prisoners have shared how they thank God they were caught and sent to prison---because it was at that dirt grounds prison that they came to know Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. They have testified that if they had continued in their criminal ways and not been caught and sent to prison---that in all likelihood---they would already have been dead & in hell. So while they look forward to being responsible citizens in society once again someday in the future, as I mentioned above---they still very sincerely thank God they ended up in prison because that is where they met Jesus and were set free from the spiritual prison they had been in for years. John 8:36 “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” These men are prisoners physically but are free spiritually and look forward to a real future in heaven one day.

There are millions of people however, who are free in society and think they are in good shape but the truth is---they are prisoners of their sins and are they are lost and in desperate need of salvation. There is a song titled: “People Need the Lord.” Part of the lyrics are: “Everyday they pass me by, I can see it in their eyes, empty people filled with care---headed who knows where. On they go in private pain, living fear to fear---laughter hides their silent cries---only Jesus hears.” People need the Lord---People need the Lord---when will we realize---people need the Lord.” That is so true.
We are continuing to see new people saved in our church services, radio broadcasts, feeding outreaches to urban poor children, and other areas of evangelism. This Christmas the best present any of us can give is help share the gospel of Jesus Christ and see new people come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord. We thank the Lord for each of you the Lord as called to help support us in sincere and fervent prayer. The apostle Paul asks for prayer support as he writes in Ephesians 6:18&19 “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints---and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.” Your prayer support is much needed and appreciated.

Thanks also to those who feel led by the Holy Spirit to help the ministry outreaches by making financial investments in the work of God through the various outreaches of Eternal Life Ministries Int’l. 2 Corinthians 9:8 “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.” For those of you who have felt the encouragement and leading of God to partner with us in the ministry outreaches in various ways---- we greatly appreciate it and would like you to know---that both your prayers and financial donations are helping us lead new people to Jesus. It is our prayer that God will always reward you and we trust Him to do so.
In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie

P.S. Please pray for the Lord to touch the hearts for 100+ new people to become faithful and effective intercessory prayer support partners. Also please pray that the Lord will touch the hearts of several new people to give financially to help us reach many more people with the life changing gospel of Jesus Christ. If you yourself feel led by the Lord to make a financial investment in God’s work through the various ministry outreaches the Lord has directed us do---your donations can be sent to: Eternal Life Ministries Int’l, POB 413, Chehalis, WA 98532 USA or to Pay Pal email, elmigordonkalich&yahoo.com Thank-you & God bless you.

Thứ Năm, tháng 11 27, 2008

Philippine Missions for Jesus needs your prayers

GOD IS FAITHFUL. ISSUE NO. 192
November 19th, 2008


Nehemiah 9:6 “You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is in it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship You.”

Psalm 146:5 “Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them---the Lord, who remains faithful forever.”

Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.”

Joshua 23:14 “Now I am about ready to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.”

Dear Friends,
Hi! Emie and I pray for the Lord to encourage and strengthen you, fill you with His joy & peace----and truly grant you the desires of your heart as you faithfully serve Him.
Psalm 17:4 “Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”

THANKSGIVING DAY in America is always a special occasion in our nation. For many it is a time of fellowship and family and abundant food for dinner and snacks. It is nice to be able to do that & remember the founding purpose of that day is to be a special day of thanks to God.
A lady named Mary Fairchild wrote the following Thanksgiving Day prayer:
“Heavenly Father, on Thanksgiving Day
We bow our hearts to You and pray.
We give You thanks for all You’ve done
Especially for the gift of Jesus, Your Son.
For beauty in nature, Your glory we see
For joy and health, friends and family,
For daily provision, Your mercy and care
These are the blessings You graciously share.
So today we offer this response of praise
With a promise to follow You all of our days.”
There is so much in life to be thankful to God for--when we are careful to remember His many blessings to our lives, and maintain an attitude of gratitude to Him--we are the ones who are blessed in our spirit, soul, mind, body, strength, and emotions. God will bless grateful and thankful people. “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” --Psalm 107:1
Emie and I thank God for the privilege of serving Him in the mission’s field for over 16&1/2 years and for the privilege of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. We thank God for each of you who He has touched, to be faithful partners with us and help us reach people for Jesus.
We always pray (and sometimes fast and pray)---for all of you by name who receive this newsletter. When we have received specific prayer requests we pray accordingly and have been happy to receive messages back from several of you of specifically answered prayer. In our general prayers we pray for the salvation of all your unsaved family and friends, for the Lord to bless your health and all aspects of your family, for God to bless your job, career, (and your retirement if you are retired); for His blessings and anointment on all areas of your ministries (ranging from your local church to international missions)---and we pray that God who specifically knows your greatest needs, will (as you faithfully serve Him) demonstrate to you His word in:
Matthew 19:26b “ with God all things are possible.”
The one thing we can faithfully do for you---who are partnering with us through your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments--- to help us in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ---is to offer effective & fervent prayers to God for you. We do this and always will.
Last night Emie and I attended a funeral service for a 4 year old boy. His name is Charles (Chikoy) Uy, and we have known his mother Grace since the early 1990’s when she was in High School. Her son was a healthy, happy, K-1 kindergarten student who was struck down with dengue hemorrhagic fever which is caused by a simple mosquito bite. (Last April I donated blood to one of Eternal Life’s pastor’s son named Elijah and he recovered from this same disease.) I was one of the blood donors for Chikoy but he was just not able to recover.
Chikoy was Charles Sr. and Grace’s 1st born son, and his loss was shocking and tragic. For people of the world who do not know God, there would be no hope. But at the service last night, while there was sorrow---there was hope and an assurance, that the parents and all who knew Jesus as their Savior and Lord---would most certainly one day in the future see Chikoy again. The grief was real and very much to be expected and the sadness will be there for sometime because of the loss---but all the people’s hope and trust in Christ is real and founded upon the truth. Proverbs 14:32b “..but even in death the righteous have a refuge.” Whether a person lives to be 4 or 104, life on this earth is short, and then we enter eternity---and it is where we spend eternity that counts.
Last night the Christians were able to sing---and praise and worship the Lord. There is only one real hope in this world---and His name is Jesus. That is reality. And that is why we are happy to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.” ---Proverbs 11:30
In Ephesians 4:11-12 the Bible talks about how God appointed a fivefold ministry “apostles, prophets, evangelists, preachers, and teachers” for “…the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying the body of Christ.” One of the main purposes of Christian ministers is to train Christians in the church to be able to do the work of the ministry. We would like to share a praise report---that in our local church in Tacloban we are having more and more members who are becoming active in conducting Bible studies, sharing the gospel and leading people to Jesus, and being fruitful in other areas of ministry. Our children’s ministry has grown and improved significantly as a result of increased involvement from committed church members. We praise God for that.
I would like to share a testimony about the pastors of a church we pioneered in Eastern Samar in the town of Canavid. The Pastor’s of the church there are Arnel & Paz Dagami, and they have one young daughter named Micah. They have pastored there for about for about 2 years now and though the church attendance had been down to the low-teens when they took over, and the attendance is now in the upper thirties. They have an extension work on Sunday afternoons up in the hills in a village called Obong which sometimes they hire a motorcycle to go if they have a budget for that, but usually they walk for about 1&1/2 hours for 6 kilometers (about 3.7 miles) to go there. They then lead a service for 10-12 young-people they have led to the Lord and are helping them to grow in their faith.
Arnel and Paz, like many of the pastors in these more remote and poorer areas of the Philippines, work during the week to bring in extra money to support their family. (Many may recall that Paul the apostle worked as a tentmaker and other areas in several phases of his ministry). One of the things that Arnel & Paz do is use their manual sewing machines to make rugs and sell them to the people in Canavid. Eternal Life Ministries also gives them some monthly support that helps them buy a 110 lb sack of rice and some other staples, and we have also helped with medical needs. We have purchased in the past the Church lot, parsonage, and church building there so they have a permanent place to meet. While the apostle Paul worked sometimes, he also was supported by some churches at other times. He wrote to the Philippians about his appreciation for their financial help to one of his ministry outreaches. He thanked them and in Phil. 4:19 he said specifically to those who had helped his mission’s trip: “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus.”
Please pray for the Lord to help and bless Arnel, Paz, Micah, and the Canavid church; and pray also for us and all of the other churches God has called us to pioneer, and for the their pastors and ministry workers.
Thanks again for your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in God’s work for the various ministry outreaches that are reaching new people for Jesus. We pray God rewards you and blesses you always.

In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” ---Romans 1:16
Please Pray: For the Lord to help us to be increasingly effective in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in a variety of fruitful ways * For the Lord to raise up more prayer intercessors to pray daily for us and the ministry * For God’s continued protection, guidance, anointing, and financial provision for all the needs of the ministry outreaches. * And for God to reward & help, all who are partnering with us in the ministry outreaches.

Thứ Tư, tháng 10 01, 2008

Philippine Missions for Jesus - Newsletter #190

GOD IS FAITHFUL. ISSUE NO. 190
SEPTEMBER 20th, 2000


“The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I will have hope in Him.’ The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of Lord.” ---Lamentations 3:22-26 NAS

“For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall my covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord Who has compassion on you.” ---Isaiah 54:10 AMP

“Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.” ---Psalm 36:5

Dear Friends,
Once again, Emie & I send you warm greetings from the Philippines---in the precious and wonderful name of Jesus. We pray that the Lord will bless you, grant you favor, and lead you to victory and success in the most important areas of your life and your service to Him.
There is still more than one quarter of this year left and though you may have experienced disappointment or roadblocks in some primary goals you had for this year---victory can still be achieved. As each of us continue to pray and seek the Lord and apply our faith with appropriate action and perseverance---each of us can experience breakthrough and fulfillment and victory.
“But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”---2 Chronicles 15:7
[GOD CAN TURN YOUR TEST---INTO A TESTIMONY.]
Trusting in God and lifting one another up in prayer are essential in times of spiritual warfare and opposition from the enemy. The apostle Paul was a powerful man of God but he went through many afflictions and trials and in those times he drew close to God and also expressed sincere appreciation for the intercessory prayers of others. He wrote in 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 “For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so we despaired even of life; indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And [He will yet deliver us], you also joining in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many.”


In regards to prayer, Emie and I and all the ministry workers here in the Philippines, greatly appreciate your intercessory prayers for us. Prayers are the foundation for success in all of our lives and ministries. We will continue to pray for God’s strength, wisdom, hope, anointing, blessings, health, protection, rewards, and love---to overflow in your lives and ministries. God bless you always and in special ways that you never expected.

In the last part of August, Emie and I joined 3 other pastors in conducting a Saturday Marriage Seminar called “I Still Do”. It was held at a church located by the seafront, close to the provincial capital Naval on Biliran Island. It was a very nice setting to hold the seminar and most of the couples that attended were pastors from different denominations and some independent churches. The people who attended shared testimonies that they were blessed and helped by the seminar and will be bringing several members of their churches for the next seminar.
In sharing the gospel here in the Philippines, one of the hardest people to reach sometimes are people who come here to live and are from Australia, the USA, or Europe, etc. and who have had a long secular background, or have been backslidden in their faith.
We had an American neighbor named Russell White who just recently died. He was a little bit cantankerous at times with some of the people in the neighborhood, but we had been friendly to Russell. I had visited and given him an encouraging Christian booklet and shared with him about Jesus.
He had some serious lung problems and was eventually hospitalized. When we visited Russell he was in bad shape and we prayed for him and Emie asked him to pray with her the sinner’s prayer. While he had been hard to understand when he was previously speaking that night—when he prayed, he did so--loud and clear,
to ask for God’s forgiveness and ask Jesus to be his Savior and Lord. He was holding onto my hand as he prayed and he maintained a firm grip.
Emie talked to Gena who was his caretaker and she shared that after we left, some tears began to come down the side of Russell’s face, and he looked at Gena and said: “I’m not afraid to die anymore.” Three days later, Russell went to be with Jesus.
We helped with his funeral, as he had no blood relatives here or in the States who were able to be present. We were able to share the gospel at the house where his coffin was at and at the burial service---and several people prayed to receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord, and a few of those people are now attending our church services in Tacloban.

The Lord has opened up doors for us to minister in Bible studies at a local police outpost in Tacloban as well as in a public school downtown. New people are praying to receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord; they are also being encouraged through the teaching of the Bible. Also, we continue to have a weekly Bible study and prayer meeting with the manager and several of the staff of DYVL Radio Station where we have our weekly radio broadcast that reaches several thousand people. The Tacloban Church, Children’s Sunday school outreach is growing and improving since we were able to have one of the church member’s [Beth], who is a public school teacher, to take over as director of the classes. Also Beth and her daughter are helping out with the Saturday squatter area feeding outreach, which after more than 10 years is still reaching the urban poor children with life encouraging messages from the Word of God, and a physical meal they appreciate very much.

Thanks again for your faithful partnership in helping us share the gospel of Jesus Christ. We have said it often but will say it again, as it is an important truth----your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in the ministry outreaches are helping new people come to know Jesus as their Savior & Lord, encouraging and strengthening Christians in their faith and walk with God, as well as helping the poor in a variety of ways. We pray the Lord will greatly reward you.
In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie

P.S. Please continue to pray for us and the ministry workers and team. Please pray for God’s love, power, protection, clear direction, fresh anointing, and for healthy financial & other provisions---for all the needs of the ministry and our personal lives as well. Please pray for the Lord to touch the hearts of new people to become partners in helping support the ministry outreaches of Eternal Life Ministries Int’l. Thanks, and God bless you always.
“The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” ---James 5:16b NLT

Here how you can help the ministry
"For those who feel led by the Lord to help the ministry outreaches in reaching people for Jesus, please send you contributions to: Eternal Life Ministries International, POB 413, Chehalis, WA 98532, USA or through paypal at elmigordonkalich@paypal.com Thanks & God bless you."

Thứ Sáu, tháng 8 29, 2008

GOD GAVE HIS SON. ISSUE NO. 18 AUGUST 19th, 2008

I John 5:11 “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.”

Galatians 1:4 “who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.”

Titus 2:13-14a “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us…”

Romans 8:32 Amp. “He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?”
Dear Friends,
Emie and I send you a warm “hello” to you from the Philippines, in the name of Jesus. We pray that the Lord will edify, exhort, and encourage you in all areas of your life and service to Him. May the Lord’s best blessings overflow in your life as you faithfully serve Him. “I will bless them and the places surrounding My hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.” ---Ezekiel 34:26

All of our lives----you life and my life----came into being by the will of God. The first 5 words of the Bible are: “In the beginning God created”…and in Genesis 1:7 the word of God says: “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed life into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Even the atheist who is spouting off his or her statements of unbelief in God---are unwittingly doing so with the very breath that God Himself breathed into their lives. Every breath they take and every breath we take---is a gift from God. The Bible says in Psalm 136:1 “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” ---and that is a good command to obey because it is His mercy and goodness that sustains our lives. Every good thing in our lives comes from the Lord and He is ever so worthy of our thanksgiving and praise.
The Scriptures at the top of the page share about the greatest investment of all time---that was made that we might have eternal life. In Mark 15:37 the Bible says: “And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.” Jesus breathed His last in order that we could have forgiveness of our sins and eternal life. The day any of us who believe in Jesus---breathe our last---it will not be the end but a new beginning. It will be graduation day and we will spend eternity in heaven with Jesus. That is good news but in the meantime---let’s do the best we can to share the gospel with new people, encourage one another in our Christian faith, and do the work that God put us on this earth to do. God gave us His best—and let us give our best in service to Him. Revelation 22:12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his work.”

Emie would like to share a few words:
Dear Partner,
Greetings to you in Jesus name!
I would like to share how God orchestrates people to come our way. I met a lady in the grocery store, her name is Lina. We exchanged cell phone numbers and texted each other. We scheduled to meet at Duken’s Donut shop for coffee. We both have different intentions---she is an agent of Sun Life Insurance. She offered me a policy for Sun Life Insurance. And I offered to her my “Heavenly Assurance.”
I presented to her the benefits of the Heavenly Assurance. I told her: “You can have joy, peace, fulfillment, and salvation. If you need healing the Specialist doctor will heal you for free. [I also told her] that if you need emotional healing He is there to heal and comfort you.”
As I was sharing with her she started crying…but was trying to hold back her emotion and tears. I found out from her she had been bleeding for a month…and was newly separated from her husband who has another woman. That caused her a lot of pain. I invited her to come to church the next day (Sunday), she came and
accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior.
After 3 days my husband and I visited her store as Lina and I had agreed. She was waiting for us, and came inside my car where we prayed and read the word of God for her. She was crying and pouring out her heart to us. Lina is now a Christian & she asked me to be her friend forever.
I thank God for her life. Please pray for her that God will heal & comfort her.
Love,
Emie
I would like to ask you to pray for the Pastors and churches we are helping to establish.
As I have mentioned in the past, most of these churches we have directly pioneered. A few we have allowed to affiliate with us so they could have fellowship with other pastors and churches and more prayer support. Many of these are the only born again Christian Church in their area. As the per capita income in the Philippines is about 4% of what it is in the states and most of these churches are located in rural areas that have a living standard below the national average, finances are a challenge in many of these churches. As a result of this we help the church pastors with some financial assistance. I have also mentioned that Region 8 where these churches are located is the least evangelized region in the Philippines with only about 1% born again when I first came here in 1992, so every church that is pioneered in un-reached areas is a great blessing. Most churches vary in attendance from 20-50, with a couple 85+, and the medium average attendance is in the mid forties. In the month of July, the total average Sunday attendance of men, women, young people, and children for all the churches was over 770 people. As mentioned in the past, the majority of these people came to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord as a result of Eternal Life Ministries Intl’s: crusades, bible studies, church services, radio broadcasts, and one on one evangelism. These are the Islands, Churches, and Pastor’ names:
SAMAR LEYTE BILIRAN
Catarmen: Pastor Ludring Tacloban: Gordon & Emie Culaba: Pastor TJ Comendo
Canavid: Pastor Arnel Tacloban, Bliss Pastor Jun Comendo Canavid: Pastor Nick
Zumaraga: Pastor Dario Abuyog: Pastor Undo Cabucgayan: Pastora Felly
Calbiga: Pastor Leo Baybay: Pastora Nerry Looc: Pastor Teddy & Pastora Gena
Villareal: Pastor Levi Sinambag: Pastor Roberto Bato: Pastor Roger
* Isidro:Pastor Elpedio Palarao: Pastor Rico
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation,” –Mark 16:15 NAS

The weekly radio broadcast, the children’s feeding outreach, and other areas of ministry are doing well. We continue to pray for God rich blessings on each of you and once again would like to extend our thanks to you for your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments that help us share the gospel and bring people to come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord. God reward and bless you always.
In His love,
Gordon & Emie
P.S. Please continue to pray for God’s blessings upon our health, abundant provision for the financial needs of the ministry outreaches, for His protection, fresh anointing and clear guidance.
Finances: In this area we could use some extra help at this time to cover all the ministry needs. Please pray the Lord will touch the hearts of able and willing people to give as the Holy Spirit leads them. Thanks & God bless you.

Thứ Bảy, tháng 7 19, 2008

Philippine Missions for Jesus

GOD ANSWERS PRAYER ISSUE NO. 188
JULY 18th, 2008
LUKE 18:1 “Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not lose heart,”

COLOSSIANS 4:2-3a “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ…”

EPHESIANS 6:18-19 “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints---and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make know the mystery of the gospel, who which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”

PSALM 66:19-20 “ but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me.”

Dear Friends,
Hi. Emie and I hope all is well with each of you, and pray for God’s loving, powerful, and unique blessings upon you, your families, churches, and ministries. “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” ---EPH 3:20-21
There is no situation or difficulty or challenge, or problem that cannot be touched by the hand of God through prayer. Our God Is Able! What is impossible for man---is most certainly possible with God.
• [Abraham hoped (in what appeared to be hopeless in the natural) and became the father of many nations]
• [Jesus prayed & blessed the little boy’s 5 loaves and 2 fish, they were multiplied & 5 thousand men + women and children ate & were full---and there were 12 baskets full of fragments left over.]
• [Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord divided the waters, and his people crossed over on dry ground to safety.] 1. Rom 4:17-21, 2. Mt 14:19-21, 3. Ex 14:21-22
• [During a time of drought and famine, Elijah visited a widow who was preparing a last meal for her and her son, but at Elijah’s request she 1st cooked a small cake for him; afterwards her oil and flour lasted until the drought stopped.] 4. I Kings 17:8-16
These are but a few testimonies in the Bible about God’s ability and willingness to bring the miraculous into the lives of His people. Abraham, Moses, and Elijah, were all men who believed and trusted in God and they were men of prayer and fellowship with the Lord. When the angel Gabriel came to see Mary and gave her a word from God that she would conceive child by the Holy Spirit and give birth to Jesus who would be called the Son of God, she responded in Luke 1:38 …“Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” She simply believed God.
There were miraculous births, provision, and deliverance for the people---given from the same God we serve today: our God Who Is Able---to do all that he promises to do. Our part is to seek the Lord’s will for our lives, obey Him, fellowship with Him, pray to Him---and believe Him. Then in regards to the areas we petition the Lord for help--God will then bring it to pass.
“For with God nothing will be impossible.” ---Luke 1:37


I just got back yesterday from a good but challenging 3 day trip to Biliran Island. During the typhoon that hit the Philippine several weeks ago, only the building (which is used for parsonage, dinning area, and children’s Sunday school) at the Culaba Church received significant damage. Its roof was destroyed and other areas received damage. I (with 3 other men) took 38 sheets of galvanized roofing (which is much cheaper in Tacloban) on the top of the old multi-cab (the only vehicle we had that was set up to carry the roofing), along with other materials, and drove to Culaba. The mountainside road crossing over to Culaba is pretty rough going and the multi-cab was not running well (somedays it will die right on the road), but we managed to barely make it over the hills and to Culaba just as it got dark. Getting there by dark was important, as there have been robberies on some of the roads recently and two gruesome murders in the past 2 months. The island goes though periods of being pretty safe and then every so often times of a high crime rate. We thanked God for a safe trip.
The next morning, which was Wednesday, I stayed until noon to see the construction started properly. They were digging holes so they could put in 6 concrete pillars on which they will place solid native wood posts on to start reconstruction of the whole building so it will be much stronger and long lasting. There were 3 volunteer church workers and a skilled carpenter and assistant. One of the volunteer workers is Josan, the teen-age boy whose life we helped save a couple of years ago when he was dying in the hospital. He still helps on the praise and worship team also.
We started traveling to another church we have on the island in the town of Caibiran. About 3 miles form town on the rocky road, our tie rod broke and on the left front tire the body collapsed upon it. I managed to get a motorcycle ride to town and found Pastor Nick. He was able to find a mechanic and they went out to where the multi-cab was broke down and was able to get it repaired enough to get to town where we had 5 welding rods of welding done to strengthen the front steering and hopefully make it strong enough to make it back to Tacloban.
We fellowshipped with Pastor Nick and his family that night and helped provide a good chicken dinner for his family of 5 kids (4 sons and a daughter) and us. The next morning we went to visit Pastora Fely at the Cabucgayan church and had breakfast with her. Then from there we traveled a few kilometers to the Church in Looc and visited Pastor Teddy’s wife Gina and their youngest kid. From there we went on to the church in Palarao, Leyte to see Pastor Rico and some of his members who were working to put a concrete floor on their church. We had provided the cement and they were supplying the sand and gravel from a nearby creek via water Buffalo and cart transportation. And finally we proceeded back home to Tacloban. I was able to pray with all the pastors we visited on this trip and the churches. They were encouraged by the visit and it was a blessing to fellowship with them. Most of them are pastoring the only Christian Church in their area
The first part of July we had missionary friends Ray & Suzie Ruddy from Australia come and visit us. They were able to minister to our local church, to the Eternal Life Ministries Int’l monthly pastors meeting, to children at our weekly feeding outreach, and they attended and ministered to The Zumarraga Island Church during their 3rd anniversary. Friends of theirs from Australia had donated enough funds to give ½ sack, (55 lbs) of rice to the pastors of all 16 churches. As rice prices have almost doubled here in the past 4 months, the pastors greatly appreciated the “Rice Blessing”. We were also given some financial help to buy materials for the Church parsonage in Culaba. All their ministry, helps, and the warm fellowship we had with Ray & Suzie---was a real blessing.
We send to you our special thanks for your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in the ministry outreaches. You are helping lead people to Jesus, exhort and encourage fellow Christians, and help the poor in a variety of ways. God bless you always, and may He abundantly reward you for your help.

In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie

PLEASE PRAY: For God to give us the health, strength and wisdom to more effectively serve Him and to do what he put us on this earth to do. Also please pray for God’s continued anointing, protection, provision, and clear direction in all areas of life. Pray also Emie and I can have a nice anniversary celebration and mini-vacation during our upcoming 16th wedding anniversary. Thanks.

Thứ Tư, tháng 4 23, 2008

Philippine Missions for Jesus

He will never leave you. ISSUE NO. 185
APRIL 20th, 2008

“Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” -----Deuteronomy 31: 6

“I have been young, and now I am old; yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendents begging for bread.” ---Psalm 37:25

“…for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] ---Hebrews 13: 5b Amplified Bible

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” --Matthew 28:19-20


Dear Friends,
Greetings once again in the name of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. “Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.” ---Jude 2 We pray that the Lord continues to strengthen, encourage, guide, and bless you, your family, church, and ministry outreaches.
The Apostle Paul wrote many encouraging Scriptures as inspired by the Holy Spirit: He asks in Romans 8:32&33 "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things”? ---and in Philippians 4:13 he states: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” The reality is that God is for us, He gave the life of His only begotten Son so we could have forgiveness of sins and eternal life---He has, does, and will---provide for all our needs as we faithfully serve Him----and He also strengthens us to help us---to do all that he has called us to do in serving Him.
There will be challenges, and issues, and opposition to various degrees in our lives and service to the Lord, but He is always with us and He will always help us. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” ---I CO 15: 57&58 (God is on your side.)
May God’s grace & mercy, love & peace, and joy—touch you today, in a real and special way.
During my ministry trip back to the States, it was a blessing to be able to share with different churches, encouraging messages from God’s word and from some of the ministry experiences in the Philippines and other areas. It was also a blessing to be able to visit and fellowship with some family and friends. I was also able to be at my Mom’s 85th birthday party (only the 3rd time I have been able to celebrate with her in the past 16 years as I am usually in the Philippines). In these relatively short trips back to the States I am not able to fellowship with all of you as I would like to, but hope we can see each other the next trip back to the States, or here in the Philippines if you come to visit.

Emie and I would like to thank all of you once again, for your much-appreciated prayers, encouragement, and help to the ministry outreaches. “Thank-you” for your friendship and partnership that is helping us lead new people to Jesus.

In returning to the Philippines, on my 5th day back here, an event happened that could have ended several of our lives. In the last week before leaving the States I had continued to be busy and was tired. The night before I flew to the Philippines I was up late doing final packing for the about 16-hour flight. Also when one arrives in the Philippine they are 15-16 hours (depending on daylight savings) ahead of us in the international dateline. Because of this I like to when possible keep the first week on a modest schedule to adjust to the time zone, etc. But the first full week back we had an important youth camp and crusade scheduled on Biliran Is.

We were to leave for the youth camp on Wednesday April 9th and on Tuesday night one of our triplet girls, Hope got a fever, diarrhea, and was also throwing up. We were up much of the night and took her to the hospital early in the morning. She had an ameba infection and had to be admitted to the hospital. We had a reliable ministry helper stay with her in the room and had to continue to prepare for the youth camp as many people were arriving at our church to get ready to travel to Biliran Island. We stopped by and visited Hope and prayed before leaving in the afternoon, and were able to keep in contact with the lady in her room and the Doctor by cell phone.

When getting ready to drive to Biliran Island that afternoon to the annual youth camp, I was already fairly tired and still had some jet lag (yet we currently have no one else who can drive the Hi-Ace van). In the front seat of our van were Emie and I and our kids Gracia and Hugh. The back part of the van was filled with many teen-agers who were going to the camp. During the 90 minute + drive there I had gotten drowsy and was going to stop to rest at a church we have in Palarao where the passengers could use the restroom, etc. The road there goes through several large hills, which have some steep drop-offs. There are also trees and some boulders on the sides of the road in places, as well as some deep ditches. Emie and the kids were sleeping in the van and people were quiet in the back, until I heard loud shouts from the back and snapped to attention just as I was veering off the road and about to impact a sign post. It was too late to do anything; we hit the post and came to a stop. Less than a mile before there were drop-offs on the side of the road which were 150-200 yards down. In this case I had fallen asleep at the wheel and driven off the road in a small open field, which had no ditch but used to have a road sign post. None of us were realy hurt and the damage to the van was moderate and after some help we were able to get back on the road and continue. This happened about 4:30 P.M. in the Philippines but 1:30 A.M. back in the States, which my internal time clock had not fully adjusted from.

What happened was potentially very dangerous and fatal. I should have gotten out of the van and walked or stopped and tried to rest earlier, but I thought I could make it the extra 2 miles to Palarao. This was a wake up call and a warning and I receive it as such. It may even be a word of caution in driving for some of you reading this newsletter. I also believe it is a demonstration of the power of intercessory prayer and the mercy and grace of God.
The youth camp lasted through Friday and was a very encouraging time for dozens of youth. On Friday night we held an open air crusade in town of Biliran on the island of the same name and many people prayed to receive Jesus as Savior and Lord of whom 76 signed up to receive Bibles and ministry workers will be visiting and following up with them.
We came back to Tacloban and picked up Hope & Faith who had gotten sick also and brought them home. We had kept in close contact regarding their conditions by using our cell phones. If their health condition had required it we would have immediately returned from the Youth Camp, but thank the Lord, they both got back to good health. These situations are challenging but we Thank God that all things worked out well overall.
All other areas of ministry are doing well. The churches, radio broadcasts, children’s feeding outreach, helps ministry, and discipleship training are fruitful---new people are coming to know Jesus as their Savior & Lord, and grow in their faith in God. Thanks and God bless & reward you always for helping us share the gospel of Jesus.

In Christ’s love,
Gordon &Emie

P.S. Your prayers are very important and helpful. Please continue to pray for us for anointing, protection, provision, and in all areas as the Lord directs you. Thanks. Also, please pray we can soon find for Emie-- a very well taken care of, dependable, nice looking, bargain priced (Red) Toyota Revo Vechicle with a deisel engine .

Thứ Tư, tháng 3 05, 2008

Eternal Life Ministries Newsletter #183

YOUR SAFE IN HIS HANDS. ISSUE NO. 183
FEBRUARY 22nd, 2007
“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise.”
---Jeremiah 17:14
“Then your light shall break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your righteousness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.” ----Isaiah 55:8 Amp.

“They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat. For as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
---Isaiah65:22-24

Dear Friends,
Greetings in the name of Jesus----from about 30,000 feet plus in the air, somewhere between the Philippines and Japan. I pray for God’s heavenly blessings upon you and for His provision, protection, and fresh strength and anointing for you. May you truly long enjoy all the work of your hands that is for the Lord.
God guarantees that your labor for Him will not be in vain. When you faithfully call upon the Lord and seek to fulfill His directions and call upon your life---God will bring it to pass.
We once again would like to express our appreciation and thanks to all of you ,for your (eternal) life changing help to many people. Your prayers, exhortation, and financial investments for the ministry outreaches--- are bringing people to Jesus. We continue to pray and believe that the Lord will always reward you.
I am on my way back to the States today and will be there for all the month of March and be ministering to some churches and ministry teams. This is my 1st time home in 2 years. I am looking forward to seeing and fellowshipping with family and ministry partner friends. If you would like to contact me I can be reached at 360-748-3858 or at gordonkalich@yahoo.com
Emie was with me in Manila for a couple of days and returned to Tacloban today with one of our longtime church members, whose husband is an architect and flew today to the Hongkong where he will be working for a construction firm. Emie will be working in all areas of Eternal Life Ministries’ outreaches in the Philippines and also helping take care of our children. Hopefully she will come over in the next trip to the States and we will have qualified people to oversee all areas of responsibility in the Philippine while we are gone. Emie misses seeing you and is looking forward to fellowshipping with you in God’s timing.
As I am writing this section of the newsletter I am sitting in an airport in Japan. I left Manila at 8:00 a.m. this Friday the 22nd of Feb. and with the flying and the layover, will travel for about 16 hours and am scheduled to arrive in Seattle Friday the 22nd of Feb. at 7:35 am----25 minutes earlier than when I left Manila because of the way the international time zones work. I always find that odd but the one thing about it, if you had a bad day, you get to start it all over again and hopefully it will be a good one the 2nd time around.

We have had a busy and productive in the ministry this month. (By the way, I am now flying from Japan to Seattle, WA.) On February 5-7 the pastors from the 16 churches came to our home and missions compound in Tacloban for our monthly ministry & leadership meetings. New people have received Jesus as Savior and Lord at several of the churches. The same week several people were saved when we held 5 evening evangelistic meetings at the funeral services of a member’s mother.
We are continuing to be contacted by people who are receiving Jesus as Savior and Lord through our weekly Radio broadcasts throughout Region 8. And while it is a secular radio station we are having Bible studies with the manager and many of the employees every Wednesday morning, the regular attendees have all become Christians. Also on Friday, Feb. 8th of that week we drove the 3 hour RT drive to the Abuyog prison where we ministered to a prison congregation of Christian believers, the majority of whom have received Jesus as their Savior and Lord in Prison. These men are mostly maximum security prisoners but they have come to love and worship the Lord. We meet in a dirt floor building there and when they praise God you really feel the special presence of the Lord there. They have shared with us that they really appreciate our sermons and ministry to them.
On last Friday the 15th Emie & I were allowed to have a ministry time with many of the employees at the Tacloban City water department and several people received Jesus as Savior & Lord in that meeting. One lady asked if we would visit her family. We did and on Sunday the family came to our Tacloban church and the husband gave his life to Jesus at the alter call along with 3 other people. God is moving and in the ministry outreaches of Eternal Life Ministries and we praise God for the new people are being saved.

This is truly an intercontinental newsletter as I am now in Chehalis, WA. while finishing the last part of this message. (It is the 1st time I had a laptop computer with me on a flight.) When Jesus said: Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mk 16:15---I think He meant what He said, just like when He said in---Acts 1:8b “..and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
When we work as a team in missions (under the Biblical principle; of ‘some go and some help send’ Rom. 10:13-15---we as a team are helping do our part---to fulfill God’s call for us to preach the gospel and be witnesses for Jesus on the city-wide, nation-wide, cross-cultural, and global areas on this earth. It is our prayer that in the days, weeks, months, years, and decades to come---that God will continue to use all of us as a team---to more and more effectively preach the gospel, make disciples, and help the poor. We will always continue to thank-you for your partnership in the ministry, because your help---is helping us to lead more people to Jesus.
The apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians during his 1st Roman imprisonment many Bible scholars believe. But while he was never there physically, he wrote in Co. 2:5 “For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.” While a few of you have been with us personally in the Philippines, many of you may never be in the Philippines physically---but although being thousands of miles away physically---we have felt you being with us in spirit in many of the crusades, seminars, church services, and ministries to the poor. Thanks again for your faithful partnership. We pray the Lord’s blessings will overflow in your lives as you help us in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
God bless you always.
In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie

P.S. Prayer requests: Please continue to pray fro us and the ministry workers: for God’s clear direction and guidance, for His fresh anointing, powerful protection, excellent health, and abundant provision---and that the ministry will become increasingly fruitful in all the ministry outreaches.
Financial needs: Due to the nearly 30% drop in the dollar in relation to the Philippine Peso in the past 2 years, it has but a strain on many missionaries budget in the Philippines. Also in our ministry we have increased needs due to having more churches which we are establishing and increases in other areas of ministry. At this time we could use some extra help in the financial area. Please pray for the Lord to touch the hearts of able and willing people to give as led by the Holy Spirit some special gifts to the ministry. This would help strengthen the budget for the ministry outreaches and allow us to continue to effectively reach people for Jesus at a good level. Thanks.
2 Corinthians 9:8
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having sufficiency in all things, may have abundance for every good work.”