Hello! We’re glad to be back here in Iriga after being away for some time.  We have been blessed enormously for the past months.  We praise the Lord for who He is and for what He has done.

One Hot Summer

Our summer was marked with many important happenings in our family and within our family circles.  We took part in the weddings of our brothers  – Nono’s brothers, Genesis and Joash on March 29 and June 2 successively, and Gerlen’s brother, Lemuel on April 19.  Hooray to the new members of our family!  Mayumi had her 1st act of being a flower girl, but unfortunately, she never made it to the aisle!

Summer also means its camp time for us. As the director for administration in this year’s Kawayan Camp (KC), Nono enjoyed overseeing the logistic part of the camp.  According to him, he is more efficient working in the backstage than being in the limelight. One of the surprising events for him during KC was when he saw the name of his former ISCF student leader in Cavite, whom he lost communication with, listed as one of his KC small group. Their reunion was a happy one. One of the blessings of being an ISCF staff, we noted, is to see young students in their raw faith grow and emerge as maturing Christians.

Gerlen finished only half of KC.  When she attended her brother’s wedding in Roxas City, being heavily pregnant prevented her from traveling back to KC.  She and Mayumi spent three months with her family – spanning the time of her brother’s wedding on April, her childbirth on June and the1 month post partum recuperation.  It was the longest time that she spent with her family ever since she went to Manila to become an IVCF staff 8 years ago.  She thanked God for this long rest and retreat which she dabbed as a ‘mini sabbatical leave’.  (The sabbatical leave that she had last year was spent in IV Home helping out with the ministry and even pioneering an ISCF group.)

Mayumi also enjoyed being the apple of the eye of the entire household especially to her Lolo Roger and Lola Helen.  Her 2nd birthday celebration last June 24 was happily sponsored by the proud grandparents.

Blessings Overflow

We thank God for the safe and normal delivery of the new member of our family, Leonardo Makisig, born June 11, 3 kilos and 50 grams.  We are very much grateful to our family and friends who showed us their love and generosity.  All our needs were met. God is good!

Home Sweet IV Home

When we returned to Iriga, some students and a GT prepared a simple but heartening welcome celebration for us. Their initiative in the ministry while we were away greatly encouraged us.

We have made new arrangements to accommodate the baby in our ministry routine. Nono will do more of the campus visits while Gerlen will do the paper works and meetings / trainings at IV home.  We are in the process of organizing our files and beautifying our office and making it more functional.  We recently bought a new printer, file organizers, stand fan and an office table.

We thank you for taking this time to read our stories and to pray for our concerns.

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God bless you!

In Jesus’ Care,

Please Pray for:

Wisdom in parenting a tantrum throwing toddler (is 2 really a terrible age?) and strength in doing the round the clock care to our baby boy.

Praise God for the 39 college students who surrendered their lives to Christ during the Welcome Treat of Anthonian’s Christian Fellowship last July 26. Please pray for guidance as we oversee three campus chapters and an ISCF group in our area. We hope to reach more students this school year with the good news inside the campus and to help new believers grow in their faith.

Providence for the ministry and our day to day needs. More importantly, please pray that we could strengthen and renew the discipline of listening to, waiting on, and obeying the Lord whom we serve.