With Pastor Gloria’s Group of Churches Maranding, Mindanao,
“We spent a weekend in Maranding and were able to preach in 3 churches – the anointing of the Holy Spirit was present and we had some blessed meetings.
Our main purpose of this trip was to hold Seminars on Public speaking. Mike is President of Bayly Presentations and he was able to use his skills to train the Pastors and leaders on speaking techniques. Both seminars were very timely and very well received.”
Mike adds – “God’s presence here is so powerful.  I know God’s purpose in my starting my training business. This has been such a blessing to so many people to enable God’s word to be preached more powerfully. Praise Him!”

Plans & Costing Approved for the Prayer Mountain Centre

Together with Pastor Gloria, Bob & Mike met with the Christian Architect, and finalised the plans and costing for the Prayer Mountain Centre.
What an exciting moment this is.
Two years ago, with Pastor Gloria we began to declare our vision for a ‘prayer mountain’ site and centre. Fifteen months ago we were able to buy 12 acres of land on a suitable mountain.  Since then the site has be planted with trees for fruit; crops for food, houses for widows, huts for goats and other more native style buildings have been erected for youth events etc.

Last week - our partners in Mindanao met together as part of “LGN-Barnabas Ministry for Mindanao and beyond Network” (the legal NGO under Philippine law), and launched phase one of the building project. Although that area of the Philippines is very poverty stricken, the churches and leaders there are working and praying hard to see this building project completed.

Next week – we will be transferring £4000 to the bank in Mindanao. The whole project will cost between  £16,000 and £20,000.  I am amazed how God keeps providing the funds for all that we are involved in the Philippines. We will need to see the Lord supply another £8/10,000.

Bob emailed from the Philippines – “This is an excellent development and will make the site suitable for meetings and seminars for churches in the whole region.”

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As ou can see our monthly Praise & Prayer Reports are now added. These may differ slightly from the email reports, because of a need to be sensitive over some news. We have also added a “Be Encouraged” page, which is in the form of a blog.

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Gift Aid

Barnabas Ministry of Encouragement is a Registered Charity No. 1105669.

The support for our work in the Philippines comes through prayer and the faithful giving of those whose heart God touches.

“Gift Aid” increases the gift of anyone who pays income tax by around 28p in the Pound. Gift Aid forms are available from our address shown below.

Barnabas Ministry of Encouragement Office:
Jim & Evelyn Palmer 18 Solent Court, Bells Lane, Stubbington, Fareham, Hants, PO14 2UA
Telephone: 01329 662132   Email: barnabasxhif@yahoo.co.uk  
Registered Charity No. 1105669
www.barnabasministry.co.uk

“He rules for ever by His power,
His eyes watch the nations.”
Psalm 66:7

Please pray for the Philippine nation during their national and local elections this month.
Politics is very corrupt; there has already been violence and murders in some areas among the candidates for local government. This violence is worse in Mindanao, where the Muslim extremists use it as an opportunity to stir up the Muslim population for aspirations for a Muslim homeland.
In Psalm 67:1-2, the Psalmists takes the great “priestly blessing” of Numbers 6 and uses it towards the nations –
“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us,
that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.”

Please, also pray for Bob Schroeder and Mike Bayly, two of our Barnabas Team on mission in the Philippines during this dangerous election period.

They are members of Hope Alive Church Center, Kansas, whose Pastor Danny Brown, accompanied Bob on a previous mission.
Bob is a retired company vice chairman, and Mike runs his own company in ‘presentational skills training’.

Their itinery is:-
Arrive in Manila from USA on Friday 11th May, and then fly on to Mindanao, Southern Philippines.

With pastor Gloria for the weekend (12th & 13th). During this time  they will be – speaking in the church at Maranding – conducting
seminars with the Bible School Students – in discussion with the architect regarding the plans for the  “Prayer Centre” to be built on the Prayer Mountain.

With the CDO Medical Mission in Cagyan D’Ora for 14th & 15th. Hearing about  the plans for this years Medical Missions and discussing the financing.

With Pastor Roderick in Manila from 16th to 19th – preaching, conducting seminars and involved in a special youth event.

More Praise & Prayer Reports
Dear Ptr. Jim and Evelyn,
Greetings in Christ Jesus!
Our depository bank notified us that some amount of money just came in and I really presume it came from you, thank you very much. Thank you also for including us always in your prayers, we really need it.  We just had another medical mission in a town just nearby and we were able to treat five hundred six (506) patients.

For this month of  May, we will have one in Bukidnon. We hope to reach out to the Higaonon tribe.  Everything is fine here except for some reported political killings which really do not affect our "work" for the Lord.  I am happy to inform you that we have two new medical doctors and a dentist who joined us just recently.  We are looking forward to meeting you again this October again. 

Thank you very much for your support.  May God continue to bless us all.  
Jiji – CDO Lifeline Ministries

Dear Pastor Jim and ‘Ate’ Evelyn
Thank you for the prayer covering. I really sensed in my spirit an anointing and the Lord has been empowering us to be spiritually, technically and systematically enabled. The Sunday meetings are blessed with HIS presence. Those who were against me, before, are now my friends.

The widows and orphans are so encouraged, specially  when we gave the clothing from the boxes. Thank you so much. In the meeting with the widows we were able to help 4 of them with an amount to repair their huts. We gave Bebing Dela Pena a female goat. We also gave her vitamins to be strong. By the way – in April we were able to baptise 25 souls from Simpak and Maranding.

This month Aurora will be baptising too. Thank you …. Yes we will do our part as Mindanawans for the Prayer Mountain. The widows, the church, the pastors and my family are all praying for you, because of the great encouragement for us here. They feel agape.   
For His vision,  Gloria.

Finally:
Please pray for us as we begin to plan for our ministry trip to the Philippines for the whole month of October. In our June Praise and Prayer Report, we will share some news on others who are joining us on this mission.

“Co-operation and Partnership is God’s Way of Building His Kingdom, and Strengthening His Workers”
Apostle Paul writes –

• “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. ….. For we are God’s fellow workers. (1 Cor.3:6-9)
• “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains.” (Colossians 4:2-3)