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We are the Reason 

(by Avalon)

As little children we would dream of Christmas morn Of all the gifts and toys we knew we'd find But we never realized a baby born one blessed night Gave us the greatest gift of our lives We were the reason that He gave His life We were the reason that He suffered and died To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give To show us the reason to live As the years went by we learned more about gifts The giving of ourselves and what that means On a dark and cloudy day, a man hung crying in the rain All because of love, all because of love Oh and we were the reason that He gave His life We were the reason that He suffered and died To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give To show us the reason to live I've finally found the reason for living It's in giving every part of my heart to Him In all that I do, every word that I say I'll be giving my all just for Him, for Him And we are the reason that He gave His life We are the reason that He suffered and died To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give To show us the reason to live He is our reason to live Don't You know that you are the reason That He came oh, He came to save us When He gave His life for us, He suffered and died To a world that was lost He gave Everything that He had He gave (everything) To show us the reason to live Don't you know that you are the reason That He came oh He came to save us (He gave his life) When He gave His life for us, He suffered and died to a world that was lost He gave Everything that He had He gave To show us the reason to live Don't you know that you are the reason That He came oh He came to save us (He gave his life) When He gave His life for us, He suffered and died For a world that was lost He gave Everything that He had He gave To show us the reason to live

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Songwriters: David Meece

We Are The Reason lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

My First Foreign Student To Believe in Jesus!

On my way back home today, I was praying to God about my dad back in the Philippines who is sick. My heart was a bit heavy of such thought until I remember my Grade 1 student earlier who received Jesus! I believe that countless angels are celebrating in heaven when the child confessed her belief in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. 

The little girl's name is Ipha. It happened when we were doing their arts and crafts class and she was sitting beside me. She was telling me stories about things until I had the chance to ask her, "do you know Jesus" and she replied, "what is that?". Obviously, the child has no idea at all, she is part of the unreached. Then I explained about Jesus being God who became man but still fully God, who made a way for us to enter heaven, that without Him, it is impossible for us to get to heaven. Then she asked, "what is heaven?" and so I continued explaining that heaven is a beautiful place which I cannot really explain but what I know is that it is a place of no suffering at all. Then I told her we all can go to heaven but we need to believe in Jesus, that He is God and our Savior, and while I was not yet finished speaking, she shouted, "I believe!!!". I suddenly remember the EE Taow movie when the Mouk Tribe shouted it too, "I believe!", ("Ee Taow"). And my heart got warm and secretly rejoicing.. Wow, the first child believer in the school where I am teaching. Suddenly it came to me, I am living my purpose in the school.

Let us continue to pray for Ipha and the rest of our students here in Phnom Penh. Trusting the Lord will cultivate the seed that has been sown in her heart and make her live a life that blooms with the Spiritual fruits that please the Lord. Glory to the Lord Jesus always.

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Blessed Time in Chiang Mai Thailand for the nth Time

 It is always a blessing to be in Thailand and for the third time, the Lord gave me the chance to visit Chiang Mai again. By God's grace, I served my sisters in Christ from Legazpi city for their exposure trip and we are grateful for the divine connection with our spiritual family in Thailand. The trip's highlight was the visit to the Karen tribe in northern Thailand. Our sisters were given the chance to introduce Jesus to the tribe, as majority of them if not, all of them have never heard of the name Jesus before. What a blessing! May the Lord continue to open doors and at the same time give us the willing hearts to obey. May we not be discouraged of the persecutions nor the hardship that go along with our desire to preach Jesus especially to the unreached. Glory to the Triune God always.

[We also thank the KOOSJ from Hawaii for the financial support in this mission exposure trip, may the Lord bless you all a thousandfold]