Plilippine-Missions update

ETERNAL LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

Gordon & Emie Kalich

God is Faithful Issue No.240 October 20th, 2012

“Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;” ---Deuteronomy 7:9 NKJ

“The God, who has called you into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful to His promise”. ---I Corinthians 1:9 Knox bible

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” ---Matthew 28:19

Emie and I and about 30 youth traveled to Babatngon Falls today. Our son Nonoy and I----water baptized 13 youth who had recently received Jesus as their Savior and Lord. It is a blessing to continue to see more youth commit their lives to Jesus and grow in their faith and relationship with the Lord. {We see the faithfulness of Jesus Christ in touching these young people’s lives.}

Dear Friends,

Hi! Emie and I continue to pray for the Lord’s wisdom, favor, and abundant blessings upon your lives. May He strengthen you, encourage you, and use you in new and special ways to serve Him. We also continue to pray for the salvation of your relatives and friends. We believe that as we do our best to reach others for Christ in various parts of the world, the Lord will make special efforts to reach out to all our family & friends—and that many of them will be saved.

It was a blessing to spend a few weeks in the States and spend time with my Mom, brother, and fellowship with several of you who contacted me. I am never able to visit and fellowship with everyone I would like to but hope to see many of you in the next trip. Please pray I will be able to bring Emie with me next time. (It was also a blessing to be able to share encouraging messages to 8 different churches during my visit.)

I left Seattle Wednesday, October 10th, and traveled the approx. 15 hours+ flight, from Seattle to Japan and then on to Manila where I arrived Thursday night about 10:50 P.M. On Friday afternoon I flew to Tacloban, with my suit on, because I left the airport immediately to go to a wedding that Emie and I officiated. I was a little tired but the wedding went well. That night Emie and I drove back to our house and when I drove into the driveway I was greeted by a chorus of our children’s voices shouting: ”Daddy’s home!” I was happy and blessed to see my wife and kids again.

This photo of Emie and me was taken at the wedding we officiated in Tacloban on June 12th. Emie is looking good and her foot is about 70% back to normal.

Tommorrow after we minister in the main Tacloban church, we will prepare for travel to Manila for a seminar relating to Church growth, discipleship, and cell groups. Then when we arrive back in Tacloban next Satruday morning we will drive 2 hours to Bato, on Biliran island to preach during their Church anniversary celebration. Emie has shared with me that the churches are doing well overall and that the radio broadcasts are getting text responses from many people, some who are receiveing Jesus as Savior & Lord and others who are being encouraged in their faith as a result of the broadcasts

Emie would like to share a few words with you:

“Dear Friends

Greetings to you from the body of Christ in Tacloban City. May the Lord bless and encourage you as you read this letter.

The Lord is continuing to work through us here and through the lives of the young people. He has prophesied that in the last days the Lord will raise up young people to be the “arrow” of the church and they will penetrate places everywhere; but the adults role is to disciple them—we are the “bow” that will shoot the arrow so they can go to the target area the Lord leads them to. God is using a lot of young people to reach out to the youth in our community, even the homosexuals are coming to the Lord.

We are really in the last days. God is preparing the bride to become the warrior bride. The Church is called by God to be a beautiful Bride (inside out beauty), but we are also called to be a Warrior Bride of christ. We need to engage in Spiritual warfare because the enemy is working hard against the lives of many Christians, tempting them to fall into sin and even turn away from God. Our duty is to do warfare against the deception of the ememy and pray for the body of Christ to be strong until the end.

Friend, you are the Warrior Bride of Christ. Don’t give up, hold your position, and let us continue to do the work of God.

I love you all and I wish I can vist you all. God bless you and you are in our prayers always.” Love, Emie

This is a picture taken while driving on the road which passes through the fish market in Tacloban. It is often much more congested then this, with dozens of people going through their daily life.

In Luke 14, Jesus is sharing about the Great Supper, (vs. 21b-23) ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22 And the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.’ To the best of our ability we will go and share the gospel of Jesus Christ to people wherever He leads us.

Once again Emie & I and the Eternal Life Ministries: Pastors and church workers--- would like to express our thanks to each of you who are helping us lead people to Jesus. Your prayers for us in the mission field and your financial investment donations--- help support several effective ministry outreaches and the results are new people being saved every month. We believe that one day you will meet people in heaven who will personally thank-you for the role you played in their hearing the gospel and being saved. God bless you always for your faithful partnership. In Christ’s love, Gordon & Emie P.S. Please continue to pray for us: For the Lord’s anointing & guidance that we might preach the gospel with more power and effectiveness. And for His protection, provision, healing, and strength to do all he has called us to do. Thanks.

Philippine Missions for Jesus "Waiting on God"

Waiting on God. Issue No. 239 September 20th, 2012

PSALM 27:14 “Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!”

ISAIAH 30:18 [ God Will Be Gracious ] “Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.”

ISAIAH 40:31 “But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.”

PSALM 40:1-3 “I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in the LORD.”

Dear Friends, Hi. Emie and I pray (via phone) that the Lord will give you: fresh strength, clear insight, genuine hope, and strong perseverance---in all areas of your life & service to Him. “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” Gal. 6:9

I remember years ago when Rev. Dick Mills (who had a special gift of the Lord for personal prophecy) ---said: “There is the time of the promise and the time for the performance of the promise.” For example, Joseph received a prophetic vision from the Lord---but it took about 13 years before it came to reality. During that time he went through major challenges and difficulties---but in due time the vision became reality.

In our own lives we may have a tendency to be discouraged when we do not see a quick enough answer (in our opinion) to our prayers & what we believe to be promises of God. However as the Scriptures state above, we need to patiently and confidently wait on the Lord, and in due season---we will reap the blessings and answers to our prayers and spiritual investments---if we do not lose heart and quit. In Hebrews 10:36 we are exhorted to persevere: “For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.” We need to persevere and persist in what God has called us to do. In Hebrews 12:1c-2a we are instructed to “…run with endurance the race that is set before us, and keep our eyes focused on Jesus.” When we do persist in the things God has called us to do---He will bless us and strengthen us---and bring us to victory and fulfillment. Period. {Lord, we trust in you, we will be faithful to Your call on our lives, and we thank-You in advance for the victory that You will bring to pass.} “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” ---I Cor. 15:57

I have been ministering to churches in Western Washington and Eastern Oregon these past 4 weeksand will be sharing at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Winlock on Sept. 23rd, Neighborhood Christian Center in Tumwater on Sept. 30th, and Maranatha Christian Center in Tacoma on Oct. 7th. I am scheduled to return to the Philippines on October 10th. (If you would like to meet for fellowship please let me know, my phone number is 360-748-3858 and email is gordonkalich@yahoo.com I just talked with Emie on the phone today and she shared that our youth group is exploding in growth. We are also getting new adult members as well. She had to buy new chairs two weeks ago and will be buying more chairs tomorrow. Our members are sharing the gospel to other people in the community and inviting them to church---and the Lord is touching their lives. We will continue to do our best to reach new people for Jesus, exhort and encourage fellow Christians in their faith and service to the Lord, and help the poor as led by the Holy Spirit. Thank-you very much for your friendship, prayers, and financial investments in helping us share the gospel of Jesus Christ. {Many new people now know Jesus as their Savior & Lord as a result of your faithful partnership.} We pray the Lord blesses and rewards you always. In Christ’s love,

Gordon & Emie P.S. PLEASE PRAY FOR US: For God’s insight & direction, for his wisdom and fresh anointing, for His powerful protection and abundant provision for the ministry outreaches, and for His encouragement and help in all areas needed. / Please also pray the Lord will touch the hearts of new people to pray and to invest financially--- to help us in the ministry of reaching people for Jesus. Thank-you!

---Ephesians 6:18-19 & 2 Corinthians 9:7-9 P.S.S. We need some help for the churches and pastors in the Philippines. If any of your churches have bought new sound equipment and have used microphones or other music equipment available for donation to the mission field please let me know. Also for those of you who have upgraded to a new I-phone, I-pad, or laptop, and would like to donate the old one to be used in ministry in the missions field, please contact me by phone: 360-748-3858 or email: gordonkalich@yahoo.com. (Any help would be greatly appreciated)

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16b

“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for such is the kingdom of God.” And He took them up in His arms, and He laid His hands on them, and blessed them. Mk 14b &16

MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
Gordon & Emie Kalich “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation” Mark 16:15
{“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch the out of My hand.”} John 10:28----Jesus
{ Please help us to lead people to Jesus. Your prayers and help as led by the Holy Spirit will result in new salvations.}
[Issue # 234 April 21st, 2012]
USA: Eternal Life Ministries Int’l, POB 413, Chehalis, WA 98532/ Philippines: POB 45, Tacloban City 6500
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“Some Go and Some Help Send” Romans 10:13-15

FAITH---SPOKEN WORD---ACTION

MARK 9:23 NKJ Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
Hebrews 11:1 NLB “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.”

Mark 11:23-24 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.’ ---- {a mountain is symbolic of an obstacle, hindrance, or (seemingly) insurmountable problem}

James 1:25 “But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”
Hebrews 10:36 AMP “For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.


Dear Friends,
Hi. Emie & I pray the Lord will strengthen you and encourage you--- and as mentioned in the following Scripture grant you His joy & peace. Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” { No obstacle or problem is too big for God---and He is for you, He loves you, and He will help you.}

In Acts 17:6b NKJ; the disciples were referred to as: “…These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.” The Disciples were “World Changers” . As they stepped forward to fulfill the Great Commandment ( To Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength; and to love your neighbor as yourself) and the Great Commission: ( to reach the gospel to all creation and make disciples of all nations); they were being use by God to advance His Kingdom and make dramatic positive changes in the world.
Jesus said in Luke 4:18-19 “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, 19 TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.” Jesus also said in John 20:21 “…As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
1. When we exercise solid faith & believe God’s word and His calling on our lives;
2. when we line up our spoken words with the Lord’s truth and calling on our lives;
3. and when we then step out in simple faith and obedience, and take action to do the work He has called us to do---then we become an active part of God’s “World Changers Team”.
Emie & I would like to once again say: “THANK-YOU so very much---for partnering with us in reaching people for Christ. Your faithful prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in the ministry outreaches continues to help us reach new people for Jesus every month; train and encourage Christians in their faith & service to the Lord; and help the poor as led by the Holy Spirit. We pray that God will greatly bless and reward you. “For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” Hebrews 6:10
Emie and I would like to share a testimony:
Dear Friends,--------Greetings to you in the name of Jesus, the lover of our soul and healer of our body.
I would like to share some highlights of the ministry here in the Philippines! I can say that the Lord is the Lord of good timing---because last March, the first Sunday of the month, I was invited to preach at our daughter church in Calbiga, but for some reason was not available so I rescheduled my date to visit the Calbiga Church on the 2nd Sunday and during the service the people were blessed and revived.
After the Church service a member approached me to visit and pray for a 10 year old girl named Mary Rose who had been laying down on the floor and was very sick & looked like she was waiting to die. The parents were very poor and lived in a small native house, they had no hope for their daughter to get healed because they had no money to bring their daughter to the hospital. When I looked at her, I was moved with compassion. I prayed for her but decided to take her with me to Tacloban so I couldtake her to the hospital. The Doctor there told me that she was in critical situation and was diagnosed with Dengue fever . She spent 9 days in the hospital and though prayer and medication, by God’s grace Mary Rose is now healed.
(Emie praying for her upon check –in) (Mary Rose 9 days later on the day she was to leave the hospital)

Mary Rose and her Mom visited us 3 weeks after her check out when she came to Tacloban for a follow up check by the Doctor. They expressed again their appreciation for helping her. The reason we were able to help her was because of your generosity to help make this ministry possible.


Thank-you for your love, prayer, and partnership to the ministry that God entrusted to all of us. We go and you help send us. God bless you all. Love, Emie

This month I was in Mindanao for a 1 week World Missions conference and Emie was in the Manila attending 2 different prayer conferences, one of which had approx. 10,000 people attending. These meetings were very good and were helpful to us. The churches we have helped pioneer and establish in Biliran, Leyte, and Samar Islands in region 8 are doing well over all. The

several thousand people with the gospel each Sunday & other areas of ministry outreaches are being fruitful also.
In about 3 weeks it will have been 20 years ago that I came to the Philippines, in a simple step of faith and in obedience to what I believed was the call of God. In this time frame we have been able to share the gospel to many thousands of people and see many people (of all ages) ----have their lives transformed after receiving Jesus as their Savior & Lord. Through a ministry of encouragement and discipleship we have seen hundreds of people grow spiritually and become more active in their faith & service to the Lord. We have seen the lives of very poor people blessed by us being able to give them various helps in the areas of food, clothing, medical, and other areas. We have seen people’s lives physically saved because we were able to help them---and see them also receive Eternal Life by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God for the honor of serving Him and we give Him praise & glory. We also thank the Lord for leading faithful Christians to work side by side with us and partner with us in reaching people for Jesus.
It is our prayer that God will grant us 20 to 30+ more years to continue to preach
the gospel and see many more people’s lives saved by responding to the love, grace, and mercy of the Lord. God bless you always. In Christ’s love,

Missions for Jesus in the Philippines "Freedom in Christ" # 232

Freedom in Christ. Issue No. 232
February 19th, 2012
{ Jesus Came to Set the Captives Free.}
2 Cor. 3:17 NIV “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified); Gal. 3:13 AMP
[ Walk by the Spirit ] It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Gal. 5:1 NAS

John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Dear Friends,
Hi. Emie & I send you our greetings once again in the amazing name of Jesus. We pray the Lord will fill you with His love, joy, and peace. May God grant you the desires of your heart and answer your specific prayer requests in the affirmative and speedily.
“ Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:13-14 NAS In a world that currently has an abundance of problems many people may feel very concerned and troubled. Jesus said in John 8:31-32 “….If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” As we read and meditate on God’s word and do it----we find freedom from the fears and anxieties this world system and the enemy of our soul tries to put on us:
(the following are not platitudes or mere words---they are the truth that gives us freedom)
#1. Don’t worry….about provision for your needs or about tomorrow.
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Mt. 6:33
#2. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7
#3. Rejoice. “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Luke 21:28 (When there are many extremely difficult things coming upon the earth---Jesus is bigger than them all.) “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”---JESUS John 16:33 NAS

It may be noted that sometimes it seems difficult to follow these commands (not just suggestions) that the Lord has given us. But when we begin to focus our eyes upon Jesus as the Christian song says,---then truly--- the things of earth grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.
{We Can Trust In the Lord---always. He is on our side & He is for us. And, He just happens to be all powerful.}

I mentioned in last month’s newsletter that we had a team of Christian workers from Youth With a Mission staying with us for over a month. They worked with our youth, spoke at two of our churches and to other churches and ministries we helped schedule in the area. They shared the gospel to prisoners in 3 city jails and our youth worked with them. On one Saturday night the YWAM team and our youth held an evangelistic outreach in a poor subdivision and reached many youth with the gospel. The next night at our Sunday evening Youth meeting at the Tacloban astrodome, almost 60 youth attended and more than 20 were new Christians from the previous night’s crusade.
To host several people at your mission’s compound and residence for a few weeks, it takes some effort, and one must be willing to be a good host. When you see the new people saved, and the growth of your youth, and the growth of the YWAM Team members themselves---it is a real blessing and reward. Many of the YWAM team are fairly new Christians themselves, and these outreaches were a part of their training.

Tomorrow, Emie and I and a few Australian missionaries will be traveling to Biliran
Island. We are helping Graeme and Paula Connelly to conduct a seminar on Tuesday, to many pastors and church leader from various churches on that island. Their ministry has already been a blessing and encouragement to many here in Tacloban area. We have Eternal Life Ministry Churches on Biliran Island: in Culaba, Caibiran, Cabucgayan, Looc, and Bato; and people from these churches will be attending the seminar.


It was twenty years ago I was in Olympia, Washington---preparing for a missions trip to the Philippines in May of 1992. I had been on short term mission’s work in the Philippines in 1983 & 1985---but I knew that this would be a longer range mission’s outreach, but I did not know how long.
I sold most of my modest assets and took a step of faith and obedience to what I believed to be the direction of the Lord to: #1 share the gospel of Jesus Christ where ever God opened the doors. #2. Exhort and encourage fellow Christians in their faith and service to the Lord. #3. Help the poor as led by the Holy Spirit.
In these past nearly 2 decades: many men, women, youth, and children--- have received Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord in our ministry outreaches. We have received testimonies from many other Christians of various ages, that through our ministries---they have been edified, strengthened, and encouraged in their faith and service to the Lord. And in these years we have been able to help the poor with food, clothing, medical, toys for children, and other areas of help---given in the name of Jesus.
First and foremost I give thanks to the Lord for all the good fruit in the ministry outreaches. I also thank God very much for giving me a wonderful wife in Emie. We are able to work side by side in the ministry, as well as in raising our 7 God-given children. And we together---thank the Lord very much for each of you who are faithfully partnering with us in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. God bless you---for your friendship, prayers, and financial investments in God’s work through the ministry outreaches. We pray the Lord will greatly reward you for your important help to us in reaching people for Jesus. In Christ’s love,
P.S. Gordon & Emie
Please Pray: for God’s fresh anointing, clear direction, abundant provision, good health and strength, powerful protection, and all else needed for us, the ministry workers, and team---to best serve the LORD.

Finances: I don’t always know how to best share about the financial needs. But today, Emie & I, would simply like to share the needs of the ministry to those who are able and willing to give a special offering, (as the Lord leads). We need some help at this time. Thank you.

NEW THINGS FROM GOD Issue No. 231
January 20th, 2012

{ WE PRAY THAT GOD GREATLY BLESSES YOUR NEW YEAR }

Isaiah 42:9 NAS “Behold, the former things have come to pass, now I declare new things; before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Isaiah 43:18-19 AMP “Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

Psalm 25:4-5 TLB “Show me the paths where I should go, O Lord; point out the right road for me to walk. Lead me; teach me; for you are the God who gives me salvation. I have no hope except in You.”

Praise the LORD, all you nations;

extol Him, all you peoples.

For great is his love toward us,

and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.

Praise the LORD. Psalm 117:1-2





Dear Friends,

Hi. Emie & I send you our greetings from the Philippines and pray the Lord will do special miracles and blessings in your lives this year. May this year of 2012 be a year of breakthrough and unique victories in your personal lives and service to the Lord.

Thank-you for your prayers, encouragement, and help to us in the ministry outreaches in the past months and years, and in the present. I believe we will all---one day meet people in heaven, that have come to know Jesus as their Savior & Lord as a result of all of us working together as a team to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Emie & I continue to pray for all of you who receive this newsletter and are partnering with us. We trust the Lord to help you in the areas of your lives you most need His assistance. We also continue to pray for the Lord to reach all your unsaved relatives and friends. (“We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers.)--- I Thess. 1:2)

As we enter the first month of this New Year of 2012 we continue to pray for the Lord’s clear guidance for us all. We believe God will move upon people’s lives in powerful ways this year, He will do something “New” just as described in the Scriptures at the top of this page. As we all seek the Lord He will answer us, & direct us and help us.

“…as long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.” ---2 Chronicles 26:5b



Yesterday we visited the Tacloban City Jail and shared testimonies and Scripture with approx. 100+ prisoners. A 7 member team from YWAM (Youth With a Mission) that is staying with us for a month; shared through preaching, testimonies, and drama—the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Emie interpreted, and I also shared with the inmates. Many of the prisoners prayed to receive Jesus as their Savior & Lord.

“I was in prison and you came to see Me.” Math. 25:36c ---Jesus
On Friday January 6th, Emie & I visited and were the guest speakers---to the Canavid Church in Eastern Samar. (a 6 hr RT drive) They were having a “Thanksgiving Celebration” for the growth of the church in the past 9 months and the completion of the first stage of an increase of their church building size by about 250%. (The framing, roofing, part of the siding, and a concrete platform for the preaching & music team is completed)

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.
** ETERNAL LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL,
Gordon & Emie Kalich, P.O. Box 413,Chehalis, WA. 98532,
**For those who feel led by the Lord to give a financial investment to help us bring people to Jesus, please send your contributions to the above address or Pay Pal
( 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."

Philippine Missions for Jesus

“Dear Father in Heaven ” Issue No. 212
June 19th, 2010

“…hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Mt 6:9b-10

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ---Mt 28:19

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” ---Acts 1:8

Dear Friends,
Hi. Emie and I pray for the Lord to help you----and bless, strengthen, and encourage you in all areas of your life. May His blessings be unique and a pleasant surprise to you.
Psalm 116:1 NIV “Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.”
This Sunday , June 20th we will be celebrating Father’s Day. I already received 3 homemade cards from the triplets: Faith Hope, and Joy. Gracia had helped them---and she and Hugh will probably be giving me their homemade cards tomorrow. As Faith, Hope, & Joy enthusiastically handed me my Father’s Day cards tonight, with big smiles they said: “Happy Mother’s Day”. It was funny. /Side note: [The triplets were excited this week as they started their 1st day of School on Tuesday---they are in Kindergarten I; and Hugh is in the 3rd grade & Gracia in the 5th grade.]
May God bless and help the fathers in this world to become the true fathers that God created them to be. And may children honor their parents and receive the promise in Eph. 6:3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” I read a quote from a person who must have had a very good father and wanted to honor him: “Dad, you’re someone to look up to no matter how tall I’ve grown.”
Good parenting is an important responsibility and with God’s help we all can become better parents. Individually, all of us come from different backgrounds as children, some remembering their childhood with happiness and some with sorrow. Yet whatever our human family background---all of us who know Jesus as Savior & Lord have one very important truth in common: God is our Father. It is His Fatherhood we should focus on and look to for our example. His love is perfect. He is never too busy for us, He will comfort and help us. God our Father greets us with open arms & He gives us forgiveness, restoration, and great love and blessing.
Saying: “Thanks” and “Happy Father’s Day” to God is a good idea. It is because of God our Father’s love, mercy, and grace---that we live and breathe, and every genuine blessing that we have ever received is truly from Him. “Yet, O Lord, You are our Father…Is.64:8a & “A father to the fatherless and a defender of widows, is God…” Ps 68:5




The 1st part of the month on a Wednesday, I visited one of churches we helped pioneer which qualifies in “and to the ends of the earth” category. It is located up in a Siteo (smaller than a village), called “Sinabag” in the Northwestern part of Leyte Island in what they call mountains here in the Philippines (what we would call big hills in the States). It takes about 3 hours to get there from Tacloban when it is not the rainy season, otherwise the final 6 miles can be very muddy and hard to travel on. My nephew/ son Nonoy, Pastor Bobet (from that church) and Pastor Teddy & his wife Gena from our church in Looc, Biliran Is. traveled with me.
The final part of the trip is up a fairly steep--rough narrow road which is more like a big trail, and I could not use the Hi-Ace van on it. So although I had been having problems with sore feet and at a very recent doctor’s appointment had been advised to for 2 weeks, reduce by 90/% my walking, etc., ----there was not much option so walking up the hillside we all go. It is a fairly steady climb for a little less than a mile and you arrive at the little church and several small native houses overlooking a beautiful valley below.
The people there are poor farmers who have government given lands farther up in the hills which they grow crops on to make their subsistence living. In that hilly area and for a pastor to minister to the people several kilometers away, even a motorcycle is not sufficient---so last year we helped Pastor Bobet to buy a small horse.
He is now able to easily travel to the members further in the mountains for prayer, fellowship, and Bible study.
I was there to visit and fellowship with some of the family and church members there. We also moved some small benches out to a vacant lot recently purchased for a future new native church building. As the sun was setting and we looked over the valley and hills----we sang praise & worship songs to the Lord and prayed.
Later I had dinner with them in their small one room house that serves as the living room, dining, and bedroom.
Many families in the rural Philippines just roll out small reed mats on the floor and all sleep together at night.
It was a very nice time of fellowship and the people were happy I had come to visit them.
Over the next 2-3 weeks I hope to travel to most of the 21 churches and spend time with the pastors, their families, and church leaders for a time of fellowship and prayer. For some it might be in the morning, others at noon or evening. To visit every church on a Sunday would take 5 months so this will be shorter visits of prayer and fellowship at various time of the week. By the time you get this newsletter, God willing--- I will be on the road traveling to several churches and in part of the trip traveling by boat to 2 churches on the small islands.
Three Sundays ago, in the afternoon---Emie & I traveled with some of our Tacloban church members to visit the town of Lapaz where we are starting to pioneer a new church that came about as a result of people saved during our Sunday radio broadcasts. Many of the people at our meeting there are seniors in their sixties & seventies, but they are excited about coming to know Jesus as their Savior & Lord and want to serve Him. We prayed for several people there that day and the Lord was touching people’s lives.
When we were leaving and driving though the downtown area there were crowds of people on both sides of the road and people running to the scene of a very bad accident between 2 motorcycles which had a head-on collision. On the left side of the road was a pool of blood. We could not see the accident victims because of the crowds. I drove further & pulled the van off the road, and Emie and I went back. The 1st man was bloody with head and body wounds and was being held in a sitting position. He was conscious and Emie was able to speak to him in dialect and he prayed with her to receive Jesus as Savior & Lord. The man across the street where the pool of blood was, almost had his leg severed at the knee and was very pale. He was still conscious and once again Emie shared with him in the native language and he softly prayed with her to receive Jesus as Savior & Lord. No ambulance from a nearby city had arrived yet and there were no medics or doctors in that area. The 1st man I would have estimated had a 90% chance of survival, but the 2nd man did not appear to have much hope of surviving.(he died 2 days later) But they both had been able to pray to God and ask Jesus to be their Savior & Lord.
As we have entered into the first weeks of our 19th year in missions, once again Emie and I and the ministry workers here in the Philippines would like to say “Thank-you so very much” for helping us share the gospel of Jesus Christ here in the Philippines and some other countries. People are being saved, strengthened and encouraged in their faith & service to the Lord, and helped in a variety of ways. Your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in sharing the gospel is helping reach people for Jesus. Your faithful partnership is very important and greatly appreciated. We pray God richly blesses you.
In Christ’s love,
P.S. Please pray for God’s blessings upon Emie for her 50th birthday July 10th and our 18th wedding anniversary on July 23rd. Thanks Gordon & Emie

…the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” --James 5:16b NLT
P.S.S. Please Pray for us and the ministry workers: The requests are for God’s blessing upon the fruitfulness of the ministry outreaches, and for His protection, clear guidance & special anointing, and for provision & good health.
Also please pray that God will raise up 70+ more intercessory prayer partners to intercede for us and the Eternal Life Ministries International workers and partners; that together we can reach many more people for Christ.
Finances: This ministry from the beginning in 1992 has been a faith based ministry. We thank God for touching the hearts of faithful people to help us financially to share the gospel in the mission’s field in the Philippines and a few other countries. Please pray for the Lord to bless and reward all our current financial partners and for the Lord to raise up 35 new financial ministry partners; & that God will supply $1000. + in additional monthly donations to Eternal Life Ministries Int’l for the ministry outreaches to help in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. We need a breakthrough & help in that area.
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have abundance for every good work.” ---2 Cor. 9:8 Thanks again & God bless you always.

“God will build His Church” Issue No. 211
May 21st, 2010

Matthew 16:15-17 & 18b He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven…and on this rock I will build My church and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it”.
Footnotes in my Bible: The expression (gates of Hades) means “the power of death” cannot prevent the advancement of the kingdom, nor claim victory over those who belong to God.

Dear Friends,
Hi. Emie & I pray the Lord blesses, strengthens, and encourages you today.
2 John 3a “Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ,…”
May you experience great breakthrough and see several major prayer requests fulfilled in the remaining months of 2010.
We can have confidence and assurance that the Lord will continue to help us in our individual lives: Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.” We can be certain that globally and locally, God will continue to build His church of which all of us who believe in Him are a part of. ( Math. 16:18b). And also when we look at the troubling conditions in this world---we can have rest in our souls as we remember---that God has helped us in the past, He is with us now as well as every day in the future. John 16:33b “…In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” ---Jesus.
On a personal basis if you are facing challenges the Lord says in His word: Isaiah 43:2-3a “When you pass though the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;” & Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
{God is for you; He will never leave you nor forsake you

In mid-May we completed 18 years of ministry outreaches in the Philippines & U.S.A.--- as well as doing some ministry work as well in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Kenya, & D.R. Congo. If the Lord grants us good health and long life, Emie and I hope to continue to serve in ministering the gospel for 20-30 + more years---globally. (With God, all things are possible)
We are thankful to the Lord for the privilege of serving Him, and thankful for the many people who have been saved and strengthened in their faith during these years. We also once again---would like to convey our great appreciation and sincere thanks to each of you for partnering with us to reach people for Jesus. Your prayers, encouragement, and financial investments in God’s work through the ministry outreaches is producing good results. People are being saved, discipled, and the poor have been helped. We continue to pray for you and always and trust the Lord to bless and reward you for your partnership with us in sharing the gospel.
“For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown towards His name, in that you have ministered to His saints, and do minister.” Hebrews 6:10

One of our ministry outreaches we have shared about before is our weekly DYVL Radio broadcasts airing on Sunday morning through-out Region 8 (Biliran, Leyte, & Samar Islands) and beyond. Every week people respond by texting and a couple of those responses Emie recently received after one of her broadcasts are as follows: “Thank-you Mam for sharing the word of God through Radio. The message is always uplifting to us and gives life to our spirit. I am your avid listener from the Island of Samar.”---Royo Family. And another person texted: “I just tuned in my radio and I heard you speaking about God. I really liked the way you prayed for people. I am a woman of 2 children, a widower, and worried; but the word you shared in the air is very uplifting & encouraging. Thank-you for praying for us.”
In the past 18 years, whether it has been in church services, seminars, Bible studies, open-air crusades, radio broadcasts, or one-on-one---people’s lives have continued to be saved, encouraged, and strengthened by sharing the good news about Jesus Christ and God’s good plan for each person’s life. As we enter this 19th year of ministry, may God grant increase & favor.



Last week there was a very good ( interdenominational) youth camp on Biliran island and 150 young people (teens to early twenties) attended. We have established 6 churches on that island and about half the youth delegates were from those churches. This week in Tacloban we had a training session for some of the church youth and adults in evangelism & discipleship application. They visited some of their unsaved relatives & friends. Last night in Tacloban at the (mini) astrodome meeting area there were over 70 youth & some adults attending a “Harvest Party” and it was a blessing to see that many attending were new Christians as a result of evangelism outreach this week.
Jesus said: “…The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”¬ ---Matthew 9:37-38
We will continue to do our best to share the gospel of Jesus Christ wherever the Lord opens to doors to do so and help teach and train others to do so also. Thank-you for your prayers, encouragement, and financial help to the missions outreaches here in the Philippines and other countries.
For “ whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” 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? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? ---Romans 10:13-15a
Thank-you once again for helping send us to share the gospel and God bless you always.
In His love,
Gordon & Emie
Please continue to pray for us: that the Lord will continue to give us the wisdom, boldness, strength; and the prayer support & financial provision---to share the gospel to more people and in more nations. Please also continue to pray for God’s blessing on our health, for His protection in all areas, and for the Lord to touch the hearts of more people to actively partner with us in sharing the “life saving & life changing” gospel of Jesus.

The “All is possible!” God.
Issue # 210
April 20th, 2010
Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Luke 1:37 “For with God nothing will be impossible.”

Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond all we 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.”


Dear Friends,
Hi. Once again we send you our greetings from the Philippines. Emie and I continue to pray for God’s special blessings for your life. Thank-you for your faithful prayers, encouragement, and financial help for the ministry outreaches that are reaching people for Jesus. May the Lord--- strengthen, encourage, comfort, and guide you clearly on His best pathways for you. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”—Proverbs 3:5-6 While we continue to see many difficulties and challenges in the world today--- and each of us individually encounter personal issues (problems), which may seem at times quite difficult. We have on our side however, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Jesus encourages us in: John 14:27 NAS “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. God’s peace is incredible & overpowers our fears.
We are also encouraged in Romans 8:31b “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?”
God is definitely on your side—and nothing can hinder or block, His help and supply for you
By trusting in God and letting His power work in and through our lives----we will see and experience victory in the most important areas of our lives. The apostle Paul said in Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things though Christ who strengthens me.” We are exhorted once again that it is not our personal strength or ability that is important-- but God’s strength and help to us that brings the victory. God’s word says in Zechariah 4:6b LB “…Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts---you will succeed because of My Spirit, though you are few and weak.” And the
conclusion of this matter is listed at the upper part of this page: { For--With God--Nothing Shall Be Impossible
I arrived back in the Philippines about 11:15 PM on April 8th after one of the smoother flights I have experienced on the Seattle-Tokyo Manila flights. I don’t know about you, but I am not particularly fond of turbulent flights that shake the whole plane and make you wonder if you might go to heaven earlier than expected. I thank the Lord for the smooth and safe flight.

It is good to be back to see Emie and [Nonoy, Gracia, Hugh, Faith, Hope, and Joy].
This is summer vacation for the kids (April & May), so I am able to spend more time fellowshipping with them. It has also been nice to see the ministry is continuing to grow and more people are coming to know Jesus as Savior & Lord. Three weeks ago Emie and our pastors had a 2 day & night “Encounter God” meeting at our Missions Compound. There were 134 delegates, plus 13 teachers & 5 on the music team---it was crowded. Several people received Jesus as their Savior & Lord and many Christians experienced a greater closeness with the Lord and a desire to serve God in a greater way.
Today there is a 3 day City wide youth camp and over 30 of our youth are attending. Even Gracia and Hugh went, although most of those attending are in their teens, and a few in their early twenties. Total attendance in expected to be 100+. On Thursday-Saturday there is a three day nation-wide fasting and prayer meeting for the upcoming Philippine elections which will be held in May. The Tacloban interdenominational & independent churches are involved locally. This will be a busy week.
We have recently helped 3 families this week who had a family member who required treatment in the hospital. One was Pastor Chris’s child who was injured in a motorcycle related accident, (they are from our church in Calubian) We also helped one poor family (mother & 3 children) who needed assistance for fare in going to Manila to live with her parents for awhile until her husband can find new work.
Many of you probably remember Randy, the teen-age street boy who was so sick and we brought him to our home last September. He weighed only 70 lbs when we took him to the doctor, he now weighs 106.5 lbs and is almost totally healed of the advanced stage of TB he had. The sores on his neck are healed and his overall heath is good. Last September I believe he would have died within a few days if we had not taken him in off the streets. He has lived with us at our home & missions compound now for almost 8 months. He can read and write and if we can get his hearing improved we hope to be able to send him to a 5 month Bible School course that is offered by some missionary friends of ours.



We believe that the most important part of the gospel is to help people receive God’s gift of salvation though faith in Jesus. We also believe that in the physical area---helping the poor is important also. In Jeremiah 22:16 the Scripture reads: “He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know Me?” declares the Lord.
Emie and I, (along with our ministry pastors and workers here)---will continue to do our best to share the gospel of Jesus Christ to many people; exhort & encourage fellow Christians in their faith & service to the Lord; and help the poor as led by the Holy Spirit. We are always very thankful to God for each of you who are partnering with us in the various ministry outreaches that are reaching people for Jesus. As we have shared before: “Some Go & Some Help Send.” Thanks so much for partnering with us and God richly bless you always.

In His Love,
Gordon & Emie
P.S. Please continue to pray for us--that the Lord would continue to strengthen us, give us fresh insight & wisdom, increased fruitfulness in all areas of ministry, good health, protection, and full financial provision.

Anthony, Gordon,Aaron, Erick