| Grace Christian Mission August 2008 Newsletter |
Aug. 1/08
Dear loving friend,
Warm greetings! How are you? My last contact was April 25/08- sent off receipts for Mission
Offerings. This mentioned the 438 Armchairs from Jubilee Christian Academy and Phoenix
Publishing. Result? Nice and Orderly Class rooms! Summer vacation April and May, but filled
with activities- getting caught up with Projects- June- back to school: Boso-Boso have 436 High
Schoolers and Elementary, Badian have 346= 779. Experience taught us the advantages of
having Deeper Life Fellowship- Eph. 3:18 know how wide, how long, how high and how deep is
the love of Christ: Bible Studies, Prayer time- we also pray for you and little break time to
play at the start of each school year since 1992- This is helping us make Jesus the Foundation
of our learning process- usually this brings us Revival! “As the hart panteth after the water
brooks so panteth my soul after thee O God” (Psa. 42:1) KJV June 18/08, 113 Badian Students
surrendered their lives to Jesus and July 10/08 several Boso-Boso students stood and testified
on God’s power in their lives. Pray that they will know more about Jesus.
Great Provision: -Rekha Shah our Peace Corps Volunteer- is an active lady spending much of her time helping our
children speak better English. It is our prayer as educators to promote their proficiency in English towards global
competition.
Gordon College, Massachusetts, USA included GCM in their Honors Program. In this Program their students are required
to participate in an internship in their field of interest on summer vacation. Joshua Broughton and Joanna Rivera. June 13
to July 20, they came and left with hearts filled with enthusiasm! Aside from their involvement in our Deeper Life
Fellowship which was very fruitful in both of our schools in Badian and Boso-Boso, they also taught English in Boso-Boso,
while our English teacher was on maternity leave. Our children listen carefully on their American accent an excellent
training for the students and teachers on Cross Culture, Filipino and American how they each pronounce words. Josh
and Joanna are very kind and loving- God’s love in action!
GCM-IT Missional Business- on our way for Badian’s Deeper Life Fellowship- June 14 at 2 AM after 7 hours of travel we
stopped at a jatropha factory- Quezon Province, to see how they extract biodiesel oil from jatropha seeds. No jatropha
seeds that day, but a huge pile of grated coconut residue. We thought it was for garbage- milk was extracted and used
for cooking or Virgin Coconut oil. Sack after sack of residue were put into the cocoon drier- after a while comes out pile
after pile of well dried residue- placed in the expeller which gives bio diesel oil, “an alternative to the expensive gas,” one
kilo of this gives ½ kilo of oil, 3 kilos of jatropha seeds give 1 kilo of bio diesel. The residues of both are fertilizer- coconut
residues are also exported.
Jatropha tree is 3-5 ft tall in 8 months- it bears fruit round green in clusters like grapes but a lot bigger- an inch in
diameter, 3 black seeds inside- this germinates quickly- when the young plant is 8 inches tall- it can be planted 2 meters
apart- they grow under coconut trees and mountain slopes, 30-40 years of bearing continuously.
Prayer Request:
1. That we can have a Cocoon drier- coconut products to be mold free- good price! Nice nuts- for VCO- poorer kind-
Copra- and that we can plant plenty of Jatropha- that can give tons of seeds.
2. Finishing of our ware house/work shop- only ¼ done, but we can now fix a room in this structure where we can
work.
3. Taping of the Mountain spring- needs to develop it be met- water will flow down to our buildings and farm- free
from electric power.
4. Special wisdom for the task in GCM-IT that it can become a good business to help us run the Mission Work.
5. Finishing of our Elementary School house- 3 Class rooms are finished- now in use- 3 more to be done in this 6
room building.
6. Computer Machines- we only have 4 units in Boso-Boso for the 432 students plus teachers making reports and for
Badian- 4 units for 346 students all are anxious to learn plus the Department of Education is now requiring our school in
Badian to submit their report Via Internet.
Thank you very much for all your helps financial and material coming thru door to door service. God bless you!
Gratefully your- with love and prayers,
GCM- Family/Arsenia
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