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

God is so good

God is amazing............we are expecting our own miracle around June 3rd 2011. Thanks for praying us through this pregnancy. :)

Full of joy after being baptized

His Heart baptized 75 new Christians this weekend...........what an incredible day!

Willie, a street vendor, who has recently come to know Jesus. He had severe arthritis pain for 10 years in his hips and knees. God healed him instantly when we prayed. He is running up stairs now and was just baptized. :)

We dedicated a beautiful baby named Angel Paige at a service this month. Believing great things for her life! Love this family.

We are doing well. I am resting more as I have been really tired but am still serving with His Heart. Kent continues to plug away with seminary classes and serve in the ministry. :) He will hopefully be finished with his Masters of Divinity by September 2011.

At this point, our plan is to deliver the baby in Manila, which is about a 6 hour hour bus ride south. We will likely relocate to Manila for the month of May and return to Baguio a few days after the baby is born. We will be going to see the doctor about once a month in Manila. Please pray that God will open heaven for us and bless us with additional finances for the appointments and delivery. If God leads you to help us with our finances , you can make a check out to Faith Worship Center and mail your contribution to Bob Parrish - 2814 Oakwood Drive - Bardstown, Ky 40004. All contributions are tax deductible. We very much appreciate your support.

Thank you for walking and believing with us.

Paige and Kent

Looking Back and Forward

Last month, Kent and I celebrated two years as a part of His Heart ministry here in Baguio. It has been an amazing journey! We can see the finger of God on our lives and the countless lives of the people being reached.

God has brought the ministry so far. Through your prayer and giving, you have been the hands and feet of Jesus.

We began helping Angela with a simple feeding program for street children in July 2008. Now His Heart is seeing people fed and watching salvations, miracles, and healings change the lives of hundreds of Filipinos. We are so grateful to be a part of God's great plan.

To give you a big picture of what we are doing here in Baguio, we wanted to briefly describe some of our current ministries. We pray this will encourage and bless you, knowing that you are investing in eternity.

Children

His Heart offers a weekly kids church program in the public school. More than 60 children attend, hearing the Word of God and growing in Him.

The Reading club, a new initiative, offers poor children an opportunity once a week to read for fun, learn, and grow in their English skills. This outreach is helping us make contact with new families and children.

By God's grace and because of many of you, we are sponsoring 56 children to school this year. They receive all expenses paid for schooling, medical stipends, supplies, and spiritual enrichment.

Feeding and Compassion

We are now feeding over 75 children in two schools on a DAILY basis. These little ones are eating a nutritious lunch and being loved. This program is an open door for us to build relationships with families.

We are also able to help many people receive medical care, prescriptions, and dental abstractions. Jesus is using these gifts to change people's lives.

Street Ministry

We continue to minister to street children and vendors in the City park twice a week. The people are now bringing their Bibles to our meetings and are hungry for God's Word. We feed them not only spiritual food, but a hot meal as well. With lives of turmoil and change, the ministry is giving them stability and hope.

Youth

Youth group meets every Friday night. Teens gather to worship, pray, learn, and fellowship with each other. Church leaders and godly men and women are rising up from this group. We believe they will change communities as adults.

Homework club, a weekly program for teens, is designed to give youth a quiet place to study, do online research for free, hear God's Word, and eat a meal together. Youth invite their friends from school.

House Churches

Using local leaders we disciple and train on a weekly basis, His Heart is now meeting in house churches every Sunday morning. These are beautiful gatherings of new Christians who always have testimonies to share of God's goodness. People are becoming rooted and gaining freedom in many areas of their life.

APTS

In addition to our work with the ministry, Kent is studying full time. He is taking Hebrew, Perspectives in World Missions, Systematic Theology, and the Life of Christ. We are so grateful for the APTS community and the experience we have learning from so many cultures. When God said go, we went................and we will never regret it.

"Send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. Sever any tie, but the ties that bind me to your service and to your heart." David Livingstone

May God use you this week to be a light in your own community.

God Bless you,
Paige and Kent