August 2021

SUKI
Dear ministry partners,
The Tagalog word “suki” refers to a regular customer or a favorite seller, store, or repair shop. The customer keeps coming back for a variety of reasons: reasonable prices, good quality products, accessible location, convenient hours, and most of all, trustworthy service. Over the years, we have developed our “suki” in the ministry of CCI: teachers who have been training different groups of pastors over the years, and students who keep coming back to learn more, or to review what they have learned in the past, to seek guidance from their former teachers, and to get involved in training other pastors and church leaders.
Pastor Val Abellanosa held a Teacher Training Workshop (TTW) in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon with six participants. They are going to start a class at Manalog, a village within the ancestral domain of the Higaonon Tribe.


We held a God’s Financial Principles (GFP) seminar online with 17 participants from three churches in Nueva Ecija. Henry Ventura, Manny Gocon and Ed Edosur led the seminar.

One of the participants wrote:
"I learned how to manage the resources that the Lord entrusted to me. I learned that the way I handle my finances has a great impact on the intimacy of my relationship with Christ."
We appreciate your prayers and support.

Henry Ventura
CCI Philippines National Director
Testimony

“I am Lea Luna Ayad from Camiguin Province. I work as a Sunday school teacher in my church. 'I don’t have to enroll myself in CCI just to have deeper study of the Bible and be a vessel of God; I do that every day,’ that was in my mind when Pastor Ismael Baliong invited us to enroll at CCI".

“I thought I already knew everything about what I need to know about my bible, but as we studied under CCI, I was faced with the reality that what I know is too little. In my heart I praise God for this training. My knowledge about the bible is enhanced. I have learned to study the Bible systematically, which makes my Bible study interesting. So, when I read my bible it is not passing reading anymore but I always ask myself what is the bible saying to me? What does it mean to me? And how can I follow it, in other words, what does God want me to do today? In my daily devotions I am so excited to meet my God and see what He will be telling me. In this training I developed the saying ‘Live your talk’. It let me see a different perspective of who God is, who am I serving and who I am in His sight. I am serving HIM not because of WHAT HE HAS DONE to me but because of WHO HE IS. And I am praying that GOD will make my life more useful for HIS GLORY.

“I pray that God will use me more for HIS GLORY as a Sunday School teacher that transforms lives, for I believe that my training is not an accident but a preparation for something big for God’s glory!”
Prayer Requests & Praises

  • Please pray that God will continue to open doors for us and keep our eyes open for new opportunities to do the work that the Lord has planned for us to do.

  • We are planning to hold a second Teachers’ Conference on November 8 with Dr. David Nelson teaching on Leadership Principles. Please pray for all the logistics for this conference.

  • Please pray that our staff, teachers and students would take courage in the face of an uncertain future brought on by the events that are shaking the world. The LORD continues to work out His plan for the world and we just have to trust Him.
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