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REACHING YOUR FAMILY BACK HOME
AND AROUND THE WORLD
2.
Make it a joint Decision.
God's original plan is for the husband, wife and children to remain together. The intense loneliness of being away
from your husband or wife, or your children is a severe form of suffering, and no decision should
be made where finances becomes more important than fulfilling the spiritual
role as parents. "The wife hath not power of
her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency (1 Cor 7:4-5)." 3. Leave legally:
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall
receive to themselves damnation.(Rom 13:1-2)" Fill out all emplyment
and visa applications honestly, xerox copy all documents, and get Letters of Reference. Copies
of documents should be safeguarded back home, including copies of passports, transcripts and contact agreements. Often
what is promissed, advertised or contracted CHANGES once you arrive. Arriving legally, helps protect you, and qualifies
you to certain legal rights, making abuses or exploitations more difficult. "A GOOD
name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Rom 12:17 "Provide things honest in the sight
of all men (Prov.22:1)." 4. Finish all Business:
(Acts 20:32-38) This
should include paying off all debts, updating your address book, getting an e-mail address, and making arrangements for how you want your finances
handled. To avoid seeing your money wasted back home on vises or entertainment, have a trusted person moniter and e-mail back
how your sent back funds are being spent, making conditions of future sendings. Have a budget which includes what you will spend, what you will save, and what you will send back home. By having a savings, you can still
accomplish something for you family when you return, if you discover what you sent back had been wasted. Leave on good
terms with family and friends to avoid regrets after you have left (1 Cor 7:5), apologize for wrong doings, pay off any debts, and make things right.
There is no guarentee they will live until your return, and problems
in communication may make it difficult to solve unresolved problems. 5. Find a good church:
"And let us consider one another
to provoke unto love and to good
works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one
another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching (Heb 10:24-25). But
thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth..
(Duet.8:18)" Look in the Yellow Pages, call a Christian
Book Store, Internet search, or ask new friends. A failure to find, join and become active with fellow believers, can
result in a moral decay of your own life, and regrets from the consequences of sin, and the financial price of worldly
living. According to a standard Baptist Church Charter: "We moreover engage, that
when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church,
where we can carry out the spirit of this Covenant, and in principles
of God's Word." 6. Join an Association for Christian OFWs
for contacts and job opportunities, advice, problem solving,
friendships, social needs. There is safety in the collective wisdom and advise from
other OFWs who have preceeded you. "And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them,
and wrought: for by their occupation
they were tentmakers (Acts 18:3)". 7.
WORK and make a Budget!
That's why you came! Get a Job "For
even when we were with you, this we commanded
you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." (2 Thes 3:10). Your
budget should include what you'll spend, save and send back home. This way, if you discover
the money you sent back home was wasted, your savings can still rescue you. You owe it to your suffering family, to
justify your absense. Being unwise with your income, penalized them TWICE! 8. Keep in Touch and NEVER argue:
"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country (Prov.25:25)! Email,
call, write, video conference, but never argue. It is too easy to cut communication as a punishment, and when pride
steps in, it is too easy to fall into sin. Unresolved interpersonal problems with your husband or wife while you are
away, will only harm your already stuggling marriage. 9. Contact Us: We understand, and also stand ready to reach your unsaved
family back home.
REACHING YOUR FAMILY BACK HOME Check these directories for a Church near your family
If you encounter faulty link, please e-mail me and I'll correct it. Thanks
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST PHILIPPINE CHURCHES WITH MANY HELPS OUR MISSIONARY'S LIST OF AREA SUPPORTING CHURCHES
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We are committed to reaching your families.
Just replace the first four digits of our cell phone numbers with 011-63 so that (0-916) 515-1562 becomes (011-63) 916-515-1562. San Marcelino (our town) Missionary-Pastor Mike Mislan
Olongapo City
Subic Pastor Damian Borbe
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Click and submit your information
NEW CHURCH...If you're an area Independent Baptist Pastor who wants to be added to my list of pastors and churches, please
click LIST MY CHURCH and send us your church information.
Pastor Friends With Websites NATIONAL Directory of Baptist Churches Subic, Christian Baptist Tabernacle Subic Bay Baptist Church and Childrens Home CEBU CITY, Pastor Armie Jesalva, MD CASTILLEJOS, Ptr. Rod Nabua, Jr.
Each town or city consists of five to thirty barangays (villages) which help govern their respective communities, having their
own office, administration, officers, budget and legal jurisdictions to solve community problems at the lower level before
taking them formally to the town hall. Our town for example, San Marcelino, has eighteen Barangays. In larger cities, Barangays
can further be subdivided in Puroks which also have their own representatives. Since a Barangay functions as its own community,
it has been the goal of aggressive missions to see a church planted in each of the over 42,000 barangays in the Philippines.
Currently, 26,000 barangays with a population of 39 million, are without any church. This is why several Baptist churches
can minister in the same town, and not interfere with each other.
Castillejos Pastor Rod Nabua, Jr.
Iba (our Provincial Capital) PTR. JUN DOCUYANAN
Other Pastors and Churches Pastor Hermino Flores
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Our Philippine regions will be expanded as other pastors add their churches to our list. May God bless you for wanting your loved ones saved. - Missionary Mike Mislan Thanks for your visit and please pray for me!
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