Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A House Church in Tastas, Ligao

We asked God to send laborers to Bicol, especially Bicolanos who may have become believers in other places to return to share the Gospel with their family and friends.Jun Tuason, a Bicolano from Tastas, Ligao, married Elma in Manila and became a believer.
Jun returned to his home place in Bicol with his pastor. They gathered some of his family on the porch of his house.
There Pastor Pony explained the Good News about Jesus.
While Pastor Pony spoke to the adults, Michaelle organized the children for a game.One Saturday afternoon, Jun gathered his neighborhood in his yard. His neighborhood is mostly Jun's large extended Tuason family and their spouses.Then Jun gave his testimony. Since his family knew Jun had once been a former New People's Army Rebel in Bicol, the change in Jun's life since he came to Christ was obvious to all. Among the crowd that day was a boy named Mark Jay (white shorts). He had become a believer through a neighborhood church and had been praying for his parents to come to Christ. The Lord was answering his prayer.One of the first in the family to come to Christ was Rey Tuason, Jun's nephew and Mark Jay's father. Rey regularly shares his faith and is a leader in the house church. Since last April, this group of new believers have been meeting every Sunday afternoon for worship.Saldo, one of the house church leaders, usually brings the message. Terry fills in when Saldo's work takes him out of town.
Romel, the 3rd house church leader, is usually the lay leader and guitarist.Christy, Romel's sister, has also learned to play the guitar. Usually, the women and children fill the porch while...
...the men sit on the outside around the porch. This worked well until rainy season.
The men solved the problem by building a grass roof supported by bamboo off the porch. Pray for the Tuason Family as they continue to reach out to their lost relatives and friends.