Philippines

Hello Friends and Family,

I am excited to report that I am officially leaving for the Philippines April 4th, 2012. I will be traveling to Cebu, Philippines. It has been amazing to see how God has worked out the details. The plan is to stay for a year, but I have one of those changeable tickets if I need to come home.

I will be working with Glory Reborn for April and May. They are a maternity clinic that was founded by Hilary & David Overton. In July 2003, they moved to Cebu City, Philippines to start a small clinic that would provide a much needed service to the community. On August 1, 2003 the first baby was born in the spare bedroom of their small apartment. They quickly moved a clinic to an adjacent apartment and began full operations in September 2003. Five years later, they have seen close to 1,500 deliveries in the facility! We are just getting started! 

Glory Reborn's mission is to build the community through relationships with pregnant women. 

Here is a short video of Hilary and the clinic. It really gives you good idea of where I will be.

The summer has not yet been determined where I will be serving. I have been looking into Children's Shelter of Cebu. It is an orphanage started by Marlys Healy and several woman from her church. She visited the Philippines in 1978 and she was astonished at the amount of children on the streats. This started her journey to meeting with pastors and missionaries and discussing how she wanted to help. She returned home talked with family and friends. Her vision inspired several of her friends to want to help. They were able to start a facility that now house many children and staff. You can go on the link listed below and see pictures and videos.

http://www.cscshelter.org/shared/search.php?searchTxt=video#ov.comp_vids/Fitzgerald_video_2010_d81b0f887ad0cbe5.mp4

Funding? You may ask. Have you heard of George Mueller? He is this gentleman who lived in England in the 1800. Mueller saw a need for the children living on the streets and orphans. He had this idea to start orphanages and schools on faith. He would only ask God for their needs and would not accept anything from anyone unless the Lord directed them. Some days they did not know where their next meal would come from. They would get on their knees and pray. The Lord would answered. Some times in the strange ways. Once, a milk wagon broke down right out front of the orphanages. His faith allowed him to start the Ashley Down Orphanage in Bristol, England and cared for over 10,000 children as well as started over 117 schools. 

This kind of faith inspired me to pray for my needs for this mission trip to the Philippines. One person asked me what is on my list (there is a lot), but I want people to pray and ask God to see what they are to donate. The Lord knows my list. He knows my needs even better than I do.

Thank you for reading. I look forward to posting up dates.

Natasha