Philippines Trip: Day 2 CCTC

Another ministry that we were able to visit and hang out with was the Calvary Chapel Training Center. It was quite an amazing place. The campus area reminded me of CC Murrietta Bible College main campus. The Training Center has a 3-fold ministry. 1- They serve as a CC Bible College. 2 - They have a missions sending agency called "2x2" and 3- They organize and teach Inductive Bible Study Workshops all over Asia. We were blessed to be able to stay on the campus with the students.
One of the evenings, the students blessed the team by putting on a Cultural Show. Pictured above are the bible college students preparing to sing the Philippine National Anthem.
Of course, there was the FOOD! It was so delicious. Filipino food is right up there with Japanese food! Boy was it good!
Here's Ken and Henry enjoying fresh coconut juice. We were treated like kings! It was so great to be there with the students and the staff.
At night, we'd gather under their multi-purpose area and just worship the Lord. The students were so gifted in playing and singing. It is their summer break so the students here are mostly ESL students from all over the Philippines. The director told us this campus is much different than some of the other extension campuses in that 90% of their students are local nationals that they raise up and send out back to their homes to do ministry. Many Korean students are also coming to learn ministry. Since English is a predominate language in the Philippines, the students must learn English.
Each morning we would join the students and staff for morning devotions. By 7am, the sun was out and bright and HOT! It was great to be there with them. God is doing a neat work there at CCTC. Please pray for the students and the faculty- they are expecting up to 70 students this coming semester!