Touching Heaven

Just wanted to update you on some of what God has been doing here in Baguio. Highlights include:

****Touching Heaven Kids VBS with over 120 children in attendance! Many new contacts made with brand new families. Hearts turned to Jesus, worship rising, families impacted by God's presence. :)

****New local house church leaders have been trained to lead Sunday morning gatherings in their homes. So excited to see fruit and expand the Kingdom in the village neighborhood we are reaching!

Meet a life your support has changed (see pic below)

Youngest of 14 children
Several family members involved in offering sacrifices to pagan gods
Lives in a small mountain house made of scrap metal
Family exists on about 4 dollars a day

But............

God has changed her heart forever. She is now serving as a full-time
volunteer with the ministry. An amazing leader,
Jovi has incredible potential. Thank you Jesus for the gift that she is
to so many! And thank YOU........for seeing the need and investing in
a life for eternity.



May your life abound with His richest blessings. :)

Paige and Kent Parrish

What's new?

Hi friends. The last few months have been so busy with Christmas celebrations and starting out a new year. We pray you are all well. Thank you for being so faithful to us.

2011 has brought some new and exciting things for His Heart. Here are some quick highlights:

• The ministry has begun a second weekly outreach in another public elementary school. This is the 2nd school that we are targeting with daily feeding of about 35 malnourished children. Open to all, the children play games, sing songs, and learn about Jesus on Wednesday afternoons. The response has been incredible and there is NOT enough room to hold them all.
• We are excited to begin a college age discipleship/service program in April. Three of our graduating youth will serve, learn, and grow through teaching, prayer, and encounter as they offer themselves to God for an entire year with the ministry. With their financial situations, and families making 3-4 dollars a day, this is a HUGE sacrifice. We are so proud of who they will become and believe this will be a LIFE CHANGING year for them.
  
• We are seeing God touch lives and bodies more and more. One precious man was again healed of painful arthritis last week in the city park as his friend (a brand new believer) prayed for him. We just can't out do God. His goodness is overwhelming.

Above are some pictures of the street ministry and members of the house churches. We hope it gives you a glimpse of our hearts and the people we love here.

Your partners in the Philippines,
Paige and Kent Parrish

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Enjoying Christmas dinner Filipino style- Fried chicken, rice, noodles, and lumpia

I'm here for the party.

Thrilled with her Barbie

Look at all those presents!

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23
We just love Christmas time. Though we miss family and friends in the US this year, this Christmas has been a beautiful reminder of what a miraculous gift we have in Jesus. The fact that God became a helpless baby for an unfaithful world is truly miraculous. What a promise we have that God is with us! What a love we have! What a gift!

The Father's love was tangible this year as we celebrated Jesus' birth with over 600 people at the His Heart Christmas parties. Street children, park vendors, and families from the squatter area where we minister gathered together for caroling, food, and gifts. The children were ecstatic with excitement as this is the only gift most of them received this Christmas.

We have been so blessed. What a joy it was to pass on that blessing to people Jesus came to die for. There is nothing better than giving...........

Thank you for equipping us to live out His call. You make it all possible. May the Lord heap rich blessing on you in 2011.

Your partners in the Philippines,
Paige and Kent Parrish