Philippine-Missions - for Jesus "Serve God Faithfully"

SERVE GOD FAITHFULLY Issue No. 224

GENESIS 17:1 NLT [ Abram Is Named Abraham ] When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.

HEBREWS 12:28 NKJ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

I TIMOTHY 5:12-14 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. 14 Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

PSALM 92:14 AMP 14[Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment].
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Dear Friends,
Greetings to all of you in the amazing name of Jesus. Emie and I pray for God’s custom-made blessings for you. May He strengthen & encourage you and bring fresh anointing on all your service to Him. The apostle Paul said in Philippians 4:13 AMP, “I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].” Each of us, (whether younger or older) through God’s power can do all He has put us on this earth to do.
This last part of a song written by Evangelist Bud Chambers, I believe well describes one of our major purposes in life: “I was made in His likeness, Created in his image, for I was born to serve the Lord. I will not deny Him; I will always walk beside Him, for I was born to the serve the Lord.” In Psalm 100:2 NKJ, the Bible
states: “Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with thanksgiving” The greatest honor & privilege any of us can ever have is to love and faithfully serve the Lord. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” I Corinthians 15:57-58
Thank-you and God bless you for partnering with us in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

On the 1st Sunday of June I was in North Samar to visit our church in Cartarman. It is a 11 hour RT drive from Tacloban. Our Missionary friends Ray & Suzie Ruddy joined us. The congregation there was very happy we were able to visit and minister to them. I noticed they had some holes in their native Nepa (reed) roof and was able to give them a donation which helped them solve the leaking problem during rainy days. Pastor Ludring and the members were very happy about that. As we have shared in the past, many of the churches are smaller and located in rural areas that are poor and some extra help is greatly appreciated by them. Through the years at various times, different individuals and ministry groups have been led by the Lord to help us assist some of the churches in Region 8. Recently we have been able to begin to supply various help to several churches in such ways as new chairs, musical equipment, or roofing materials, etc. We thank the Lord for all of you who are helping now and all who have helped in the past. We pray that God will bless you a lot. In Philippians 4:10-20 the Apostle Paul thanks the Philippian church for their generosity in being a help to Paul’s mission work. In regards to receiving what they sent he wrote in vs. 18c-20 “…a sweet smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.”
Jesus continues to change lives. Our above Missionary friends work with us each year and usually spend 1 week ministering to our pioneering church and outreaches on the island of Zumaraga. Last year when Ray was speaking to a youth group in an outside area, a young man stood way in the back and tried to be disruptive. He had his arms folded, a scowl on his face, had long hair, and ear rings in his ears, nose, lips, etc. Ray stopped speaking to the youth for awhile and walked back to where this young rebel was at and shared with him that Jesus loved him. Ray prayed for him and he was touched by the power of God in a dramatic and life changing way and began to cry. One year later this young man who is called by his nickname “R-R”; is an active member in the Eternal Life Ministries church there, and the assistant to the pilot of our mission’s boat there that travels to the various villages on the island for Bible studies and evangelistic outreaches. He has a nice haircut and the rings that used to be all over his face are gone. He loves to serve the Jesus who transformed his life. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
On June 7th we had a missionary named Joseph Kack come give an excellent seminar for pastor’s and church leaders at our regular monthly meeting for the 21 churches held here in Tacloban. Emie traveled this month to 2 churches where she was the guest minister, one of these was the anniversary of our church in Palarao, Leyte.
In last month’s Newsletter there was a picture of “Baby Noreen” . I had originally intended to have that picture in this newsletter with some more background information. Noreen is the daughter of Emie’s niece Joanne who is not married and unable to raise this baby girl. Joanne was going to give her baby out for public adoption but Emie and I prayed and felt led to take in this baby girl and raise her. Noreen is now 7 months old and is loved and being well taken care of. We thank God for her.

A little over 13 years ago a mother’s dying request was for Emie and me to take care of her baby. This mother had severe tuberculosis and was malnourished. We had tried to take her to the hospital a couple of weeks earlier but she would not go. On the day she asked us to take care of her baby, the mother died.
We then took the little girl to the hospital where she received intensive care for 8 days and was on special medication for many more days. She was 1 year and 3 months old and weighed 10.3 lbs, the doctor said she was 3rd degree malnourished. She had Tuberculosis, scabies, worms, and Phenomena. We named her Gracia, and we prayed for her a lot during this critical time and have prayed for her ever sense. I found an old picture of Gracia as a baby and I took a new one last week, and I hope to include them in this newsletter. We serve a miracle working God.

THANK-YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL----FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP, PRAYERS, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS IN HELPING US REACH PEOPLE FOR JESUS. (Every month we are leading new people to come and know Jesus as their Savior and Lord.) We continue to pray for you all---that the Lord will bless you and help you in all areas of your life and service to Him.
In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie

Philippine Missions for Jesus # 221

God is always Faithful. Issue No. 221
March 21st, 2011

Psalm 89:8 AMP O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You [an essential part of You at all times].

Deuteronomy 32:4 NIV He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

Deut. 7:9 AMP Know, recognize, and understand therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations,

I Thessalonians 5:23-24 NLT Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. 24 God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful.
{ GOD HONORS HIS PROMISES AND HE IS FAITHFUL TO YOU }


Dear Friends,
Emie & I once again send our greetings to you from the mission’s field in the Philippines. “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” ---I Thess. 1:b NKJ
We continue to pray for you and ask that the Lord will strengthen and encourage you, and give you new hope and an extra measure of faith that will bring you surprising victories in your life.
No matter what struggle you may be facing---God is with you, He is for you, and He will help you. “For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.” –Luke 1:37 AMP
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Two weeks ago I traveled to Naval on Biliran Island with two (ministry assistants in training) my kids, Gracia (13) and Hugh (9). We traveled then by boat over to a coastal village called Villalon on the peninsula of Leyte I was the guest preacher there for a monthly joint church service of the members in Calubian & Villalon which are pastored by Chris Majait who is one of the pastors working with us in Eternal Life Ministries Int’l. We had a good time of fellowship, praise & worship, and the people shared they were encouraged and blessed by the message I shared that day. Hugh and Gracia enjoyed the trip as well, even though it was a total of 4 hours roundtrip of driving and 45 minutes of boating.
For the past 3 months we have had higher than normal rain. Even though it is supposed to be part of the dry season now, last week we had very heavy rains and the most flooding we have ever seen in Tacloban. Some houses were half filled with water. Pastor Dodong & his wife Ising (who work with us in Tacloban and have their own E.L.M.I. church work here) had to leave their house in above the waist deep water. Their church building was also flooded and they met last Sunday at our Astrodome ministry area for their service. Several hundred people were evacuated to government properties for shelter & food until the waters receded. We were able to distribute some clothing to several people that was sent to us by Timothy II Ministries in the States. People are still cleaning up from the results of that flooding.
In mid-May it will be 19 years since I came to the Philippines in simple obedience to God’s direction to come here and preach the gospel wherever He opened the doors, and to share messages of encouragement and exhortation to Christians here and other nations the Lord directed. During these years many people have come to know Jesus as Savior & Lord of their lives; people have been strengthened and encouraged in their faith and service to the Lord, and the poor have been helped with food, clothing, medical, and other ways.
Emie & I are grateful to the Lord for the privilege of serving Him and we are very thankful to each of you who are partnering with us in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent?” –Romans 10:14-15a. We pray the Lord will continue to bless & reward you for your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in helping us share the gospel of Jesus Christ and see new people saved every month.

I am scheduled to be back in the States this April and part of May. I will be ministering to some churches and home groups, and visiting family & those of you who would like to spend some time in fellowship. If you have meetings you would like me to share to and/or would like to spend some personal time together, please contact me. My contact phone number is 360-748-3858 and my email is gordonkalich@yahoo.com . It is always nice to spend time together.
Please pray for Emie as she will be “holding down the fort” so to speak here in the Philippines. She will be taking care of the church, ministry outreaches, and the kids. Also please pray that the Lord will bless my time of ministry and fellowship in the States. May He strengthen both Emie and me, freshly anoint us, and schedule our daily meetings and times of fellowship---and help us to be a blessing to many people. Thanks.
As we look at the events in the world today, it is obvious that there is a shaking of things that can be shaken currently going on in this world. Rather than focus on what is shaken---let us focus on what cannot be shaken: Hebrews 12:28 NKJ “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.”
Let’s continue to faithfully serve the Lord---to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; to share the gospel of Jesus Christ, to make Disciples, and to help those the Lord leads us to help. One day when each of us stands alone before God—may we hear the words: “well done, good and faithful servant.” We pray the Lord will greatly bless you all for helping us bring people to Jesus. In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie
Hebrews 6:10 NIV “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.
P.S. Fervent prayer gets positive results. Please pray for the Lord’s wisdom and guidance for us, for His favor and powerful protection and provision for all the ministry outreaches and for our family. / We have made some progress in regards to finances last month but are still in need of a breakthrough in that area. Please pray for the Lord to open the windows of heaven and pour forth full financial provision and for Him to rebuke the devourer. Please also pray the Lord will greatly bless all the intercessors and financial partners in the ministry. Thank-you

Preach the Gospel.” Issue No. 220
February 21st, 2011

{ Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits;}---- Psalms 103:2 NAS

Jeremiah 19:3 NLT “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”

John 10:10 AMP “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” ---Jesus
Psalm 91:14-16 NKJ 14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. 16 ith long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.”[ God loves you, He calls you by name, and He will guide, bless, and help you
Dear Friends, Emie and I pray the Lord will richly bless you today and throughout this year--- & all the years to come. May His love, joy, & encouragement be with you in new and special ways. We pray He will grant you the desires of your heart and that 2011 will be a year of positive breakthrough and victory in your life and service to the Lord. 2 John 3 “Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”
God encourages us to not give up in Galatians 6:9 “Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.” And in Hebrews 10:36 we are again exhorted to complete what the Lord has called us to do: “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. When we are persistent in fulfilling the various areas of God’s call on our life---we will reap the harvest and receive all that the Lord’s has promised us. May the Lord give us all a clear vision of His highest purposes for each of our lives---and may He give us all the strength, wisdom, anointing, and committed will to fulfill His plan for our lives on earth---prior to graduation day. Amen.
Josepa (Nanay) Machado is an 80+ year old Filipina lady who used to work for many years in Samar for another ministry group with their children’s ministry and as a secretary . Emie & I both knew her in the 1990’s and appreciated her love for the children’s ministry. When she left the ministry because of old age, Nanay had no ministry retirement income nor social security. She moved a fair distance from this region to Romblon island to live with some poor relatives. Emie and I would send her occasional help until a few years ago when we were able to send her some monthly financial help due to the donation for her from one of our friends and ministry partners. She sends us a monthly letter thanking us for the help. In one letter Nanay writes: “… God bless you and may He continue to sustain you as you continue to serve in love. How faithful God is to every one of you. /Thank you so much for what you are sending to me as well as your prayers. Without I could do less… your prayers and giving is not in vain. / I’m still taking medication. I hope I could stop using it. Nevertheless your financial help and prayers are a great help to me./ I continue to pray for you as you do for me./ Love, Nanay Josepa” {In other letters she shares her continued burden & prayers for reaching children


Yesterday I drove to Calbiga, Samar to minister to the church congregation we have in that area. It is about a one hour drive and I took my ministry support team with me, my son Hugh, and daughters Gracia, Faith, and Joy. It was a blessing to join in fellowship and praise & worship the Lord with the church members there. The church sits on a high riverbank lot, in a rural farming area about 3 kilometers from the city proper. We had a really good service there and several people were touched by the Lord during the alter call. The joy of the Lord was there in a special way. Pastor Leo, the Filipino pastor there later sent a text message to my wife and said the people were really happy and blessed by my visit. He also shared that he personally had a break-though as that was the first time he had interpreted for an English speaking pastor. (He had been a little nervous as the regular interpreter was absent, but I found that Pastor Leo did a good job.) There has been a breakthrough in intercessory prayer in Region 8. In a recent prayer conference most of the pastors of various churches in Tacloban, and other areas in the islands of Leyte, Samar, & Biliran have felt led to start a 24 hour prayer chain for the region. In Tacloban various pastors and their church members are beginning to sign up for specific hours of prayer to cover the whole week. Also every morning, Monday to Saturday, from 5 A.M. to 6 A.M. different pastors from the churches are gathering at our Eternal Life
ministry area in the Tacloban Astrodome, and having joint intercessory prayer. I usually am up early and so last week I drove downtown and opened up the prayer area at 5 A.M. all but one day when Emie went. We use the meeting area for Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday night meetings for our local church, for the Tacloban Pastor’s regular weekly meeting, and for special seminars at different times. And we offered it to be used for these daily prayer meetings. I have always believed that “Prayer precedes the victory” and we are looking for a special move of God as a result of fervent prayer.


In December we were able to help out several poor families and seniors with food packets and other help. These people were really happy and thankful for the surprise help. We will continue to help the poor as the Lord leads and provides. The Sunday morning radio broadcasts are continuing to reach people for Jesus throughout region 8 and beyond. Emie gets texts on her cell phone every week from people who have been encouraged and touched by the messages on our radio program. People are getting saved and many are strengthened and encouraged in their faith. Most of the 21 churches we are helping to establish in Leyte, Samar, and Biliran islands are doing pretty well. We still have monthly meetings with the pastors for fellowship, prayer, & teaching. As many of the churches are in more remote and poorer areas, we also continue to help out the pastors with some modest but very helpful financial ministry gifts to assist them in their pioneering church work. The per capita income in the Philippines is still about 4% of the per capita income in the States, so while finances remain a significant challenge in this country, I see these pastors doing the best they can with what they have to work with. Emie and I would once again like to say “thank-you very much” for your friendship, prayers, and financial help to us in sharing the gospel and helping lead people to Jesus. We pray for you often, we trust the Lord to reward you for your partnership, and continue to pray for the salvation of all your relatives and friends. God bless you always. In Christ’s Love, Gordon & Emie
P.S. New people are being saved every month. Please pray we can help them grow to maturity in their faith and to be fruitful servants to the Lord. Please pray for us in all the regular areas we request monthly, and especially for good health, protection, daily prayer support, & abundant financial resources to be provided for every good ministry work for the Lord. In regards to finances, I will simply say---we could really use some help in that area at the present time. We greatly appreciate all who are already helping, but please pray for the Lord to touch the hearts of new people to help us in sharing the gospel and touch hearts of those capable of special gifts. Thank-you.

Philippine Missions for Jesus #219

While there is still time.
Issue No. 219
January 21st, 2011

PSALM 48:8&9 L.B. “For a soul is far too precious to be ransomed by mere earthly wealth. There is not enough of it in all the earth to buy eternal life for just one soul, to keep it out of hell.”
After healing a man born blind Jesus said the following to His Disciples:

"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.”
JOHN 9:4 (New American Standard above & The Living Bible below.)
“All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the One who sent Me, for there is little time left before the night falls and work comes to an end.”

ROMANS 10:13-15a for “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent?
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Dear Friends,
Warm Greetings to each of you on this first month of the New Year 2011. Emie & I pray that the Lord will outstandingly bless you this year in all areas of your life and service to Him. Numbers 6:25 AMP The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
We would like to in the beginning of this New Year to once again to say “Thank-you very much” for your partnership in sharing the gospel; for you friendship, continued prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in helping us reach new people for Jesus. We continue to pray and trust the Lord to reward you for your faithfulness.

As we see the many events taking place in the world today and see more and more Scriptural prophecies being fulfilled it is evident that the return of Jesus is getting closer & closer.
"Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door.” Mk 13:29 NAS
And Jesus encourages us not to fear things coming upon the world---but to rejoice as we see evidence of His return. In LUKE 21:28 KJV Jesus says: “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. We are living in one of the most exciting times of History and each of us has job assignments from Lord. We pray that each of us can fulfill the call and purpose of God for our lives. May we one day each of us hear from Jesus the words in Matthew 25:23 NKJ --His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
In early December, Dave Betts & most of his family ( from L.A.) traveled with me to Abuyog to minister to the inmates at the city jail as well as visit a small coastal village outreach where an extension church in being started. In the picture here on the left, Dave had finished preaching and Pastor Undo who (you can only see half of him) is in the right corner of this picture and he is leading several inmates in a prayer to receive Jesus as their Savior & Lord.
(The Betts family from left to right: Micah, Christiana, Dave, Joan, & Samuel.)




On Saturday, January the 1st of 2011, Emie and I traveled to Abuyog to minister to their main church for their anniversary celebration. The Theme was what you see written at the front of the church {Give Thanks}---it was a great way to start out the New Year---giving praise, worship, and thanks to God---for His great love, kindness, grace, mercy, and blessings to us all.

While there is still time
In Psalm 30 verses 3 & 11 the psalmist writes: “O Lord, You brought me back from the grave; You spared my life from going down to the pit. You turned my wailing into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy; that my heart may sing to You and not be silent, Oh Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.”

The foundational goals of Eternal Life Ministries Int’l remain the same. We will preach the gospel where the Lord leads us and opens the doors; we will minister from God’s word to strengthen and encourage fellow Christians to help them in fulfilling the Lord’s call on their lives; and will help the poor as led by the Holy Spirit.
We are continuing to see new people saved every month through a variety of outreaches, including our Sunday regional radio broadcast which is heard by several thousand people. In the 21 local churches the Lord led us to help establish, the members are growing in their faith and service to the Lord;--- and the poor are still being helped in several ways.
I believe there are at least 3 primary reasons we have seen some good fruit in the ministry outreaches over the past 18 & 3/4th years. First is hearing the call &direction Of God; secondly is trying to step out in simple faith & obedience to God’s call; and the third reason is that the Lord had touched the hearts of faithful people to partner with us in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. We remain eternally thankful to the Lord for each of you who are helping us in the mission fields. Many people now know Jesus as their Savior & Lord as a result of your help. Thanks so very much and God bless you & your family always. In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie P.S. Please continue to pray for us and all the pastors & ministry workers here in the Philippines. Pray for God’s wisdom, power, anointing, & love to pour upon our lives to help us be more effective in all areas of ministry to others. Please also pray for us to have good health & strength, protection & provision, and all else needed to abound in every good work. Please also pray for the Lord’s abundant blessings on all our partners. /Finances: Please pray the Lord will continue to touch the hearts of valiant men & woman to help us in sharing the gospel through investing financially in the ministry outreaches, which results in people being saved. God bless you.
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Gordon & Emie Kalich, P.O. Box 413,Chehalis, WA. 98532,
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( elmigordonkalich@yahoo.com )2 Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work."