Posted on February 14, 2012

Our team in the Philippines just held a great event for youth in their area as they hosted a special Valentines Celebration at our Mission Center. About one hundred youth came out as Pastor Johnny shared on the subject, “Are You In Love?”
Many of the attendees rededicated their lives to the Lord that day as they worshiped and studied the word. After the celebration, a special meal was provided for all whom attended. Check out a few of the pictures below-

Mass Weddings!

Posted on September 25, 2011

One thing that was recently done in the Philippines was to host a “mass wedding,” for about a hundred couples! These are very poor people who could not afford to host a proper wedding on their own! It was awesome! About 1300 showed up to celebrate, and it was the perfect environment too, to share of God’s unfailing love for each of us!

Originally posted March 25, 2011:

Life Leadership Institute Graduation!

Twenty-one people have just graduated from the LIFE Leadership Institute in the Philippines! On the day of graduation, the students went to the local neighborhoods to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ. Nearly 100 new people came out that night to hear more about this Jesus and what he did for them.

Below are some pictures from the graduation ceremonies. Please keep these brothers and sisters in your prayers and they continue to share the Gospel.

Published on February 21, 2011…

New Salvations & Baptisms

New reports of salvations and church plants are constantly coming from our Mutual Faith Team in the Philippines. Our latest report from Pastor Johnny and Josephine is below…

He writes…
“Today, I visited two of our churches in South cotabato. And, I am so glad to know that they are all growing in faith and also in numbers. In the morning, I spoke in Fatima Village and in the afternoon in Litan Village. God is really good. This coming Feb. 25, we are going to conduct a crusade in Pangyan, Glan, Sarangani Province. We are going to plant another church branch in this area. Please pray for God’s provision and protection. Pray also that God will touch the hearts of the people in this area, that they will open their hearts to listen to the words of God. This is a whole day evangelistic meeting. We will be providing lunch and used clothing.

Attached photos taken during the water baptism of the ten souls saved during our evangelistic meeting in our church last Saturday. The water baptism was officiated by my wife Josephine. Glory to God!”

Church Plant Update- Originally posted October 29, 2010

Another new church has just been planted on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines; this time in the village of Polomolok. Check out the few pictures from the ribbon cutting and first service with Pastor Johnny DeVila. We also have a few images from Pastor Josephine DeVila teaching at our newest Life Leadership Institute in the village of Fatima. We continue to thank God as the Gospel of Jesus is spread throughout this whole region…

Originally Posted on September 22, 2010:
Pastor Johnny DeVila of the Philippines just updated us on their newest church plant in Greenville, Calumpang this past weekend.

The new church now meets in an old store front, where the store owner was healed from a tumor in a her body after watching the Mutual Faith Channel. The lady had been stuck in the hospital, given only 3 months to live, when she saw the message of Jesus on the TV. Now, 6 months later, her whole family has accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and dedicated their lives to the ministry!

The first church meeting kicked off this weekend with 11 families. Pastor Johnny believes it will grow fast since people are seeing many miracles in this area as they hear about the love and grace of Jesus. Please keep the church family in your prayers as they continue to grow in the ways of the Lord and spread the Good News!

Posted August 11, 2010
We just received news of a new church plant from our team in the Philippines. Our team reports that they have just launched a new church in the Muslim strong hold village of Litan. The response has been so overwhelming that they are already planning another church plant in a nearby village next month.

MFM Leader Johnny deVilla reports,
“The chief village captain in this area is a strong member of our church here. He asked the villagers to come every Sunday. Some were in standing position because the chuch is filled already and they don’t have enough chairs… by the way several members of the new church in Litan Village were Muslim. Even the chief captain who is now a believer was raised Muslim. Glory to God!”

Indeed, Glory to God!

In early 2001 our team started visiting families of children in the Nabaa district of Beirut. Our hearts were touched by the children’s educational, emotional, physical and spiritual needs. As a result we rented two apartments in March 2006 and created the Spring of Life Center. In March 2010 the center became part of the Middle East Life Center under the umbrella of Mutual Faith ministries.

To learn more about the Middle East Life Center and Spring of Life, visit middleeastlifecenter.org

Beirut Marathon

The LIFE Homes care for 32 children ranging in age from birth to 16. Some of these kids have been abandoned on the streets and others have been taken from abusive situations and placed there by the Government. Regardless of their background, these kids are growing in every way -  especially in the love of God for them!

Right now we are in the middle of building the newest structure, a cafeteria to feed the kids, hosting events and barbeques when parents, friends, and relatives visit, and also two small apartments for missionaries, interns, and guests when they visit the homes.  Also, we are planting an avocado grove of 600 avocado trees.  In about 5 to 7 years, we believe the revenue stream from the future massive harvest will help fund the Life Homes!  God is so good!

Recently David & Becky Dvorak have moved to a new ministry assignment in Guatemala. While the Dvoraks will continue to be a part of the Life Homes Board of Directors, we are happy to welcome the new on site leadership team of Javier & Leticia de Cabelleros and also Edy Tum. They all have a huge heart to see the children at the homes thrive and more importantly grow in the love of Jesus Christ.

From Costa Rica we flew to Panama City, Panama, where we hosted a 1-night event at Hosanna Church and business leaders breakfast the next morning. Although we were only in the city for 24 hours it was an awesome time of ministry.

We concluded our week at Fraternidad Christiana in Guatemala City, Guatemala. After a great weekend of services we headed out to the Life Homes where we had a team from Chicago working with the kids & ministering in the surrounding area. Under the visionary direction and leadership of missionaries David and Becky Dvorak, the LIFE HOMES of Guatemala have been established on a beautiful 18 acre property, about 1 hour outside of Guatemala City.  Also, the newest home on the property is the Tender Mercy Home which ministers to HIV babies.  Right now there are  30 children being blessed, restored and educated at the Guatemala Life Home, with the loving care of our 12 national staff members. We were also able to meet with our new on-site directors Javier & Lety Caballeros. They have a great heart for the kids and a passion to see them succeed.

Joining us for the week of ministry were Pastors Mark & Brenda Thomas as well as Pastor Robert Spina from California, and Pastors Robert Blum and Peter Hasler from Switzerland. The week came to a conclusion with our 3 night Kingdom Fiesta Celebration and our live Sunday morning broadcast to the entire Arab World. The broadcast received such a great reception that they aired it two consecutive times afterwards!

Below are a few photos from the week of ministry. All in all, we are so excited about what God is doing in the Middle East and so grateful for the team that we get to work with there!

We had a great day at Porter Valley Country Club where over 70 golfers came out to support the cause. All proceeds from the day went to fund the LIFE Center in Beirut, Lebanon.