The sounds of carpentry drifted through the trees, mingling with Tagalog voices. The voices were sounds of men quickly working together to put the roof on the new church. The departure of Laura and the LaBore children was coming the following week, and we wanted very much to have the roof completed before they [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to a story from our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! The people here on the island of Palawan form a tightly knit community. Their huts are arranged closely and many are not just neighbors, but related to one another. The children all play together and there [...]
Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share some stories about our travels and our AWA Guyana Project. Recently, we had the wonderful blessing to attend the 88th birthday celebration of Monique’s father in the Philippines. It has been over ten years since my last visit to the Philippines. I cherished the [...]
Monique teaching the VBS Class Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share what a day off work from the AWA Guyana Project looks like for us and how it helped open even more doors for Christ! Some people’s idea of rest and relaxation (R&R) is a little different from [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to share exciting news from our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! Christmas in July? A reality in the Philippines! It is hard to think of snow and Christmas bows while the smell of sunscreen and fresh-cut grass floats through the air. Yet, this is where Christmas [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to share stories about volunteers at our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! Being short-term volunteers can be awesome! However, it takes a special person who can leave all the comforts of home to come and live in a hut. The Haddads and Gene Porter are some [...]
Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share the following story from our AWA Guyana Project. For four days, we hosted a series of special worship services commiserating the last days leading to the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb. Our desire was to draw our worship center family closer to Jesus, [...]
Greetings from the AWA Philippines Mission Base on the island of Palawan! I was just hanging out on the rack at the hardware store, along with some of my friends, when everything changed. Someone stood in front of us, trying to decide which one of us to choose. I was screaming “PICK ME! PICK [...]
Greetings from the Wilkerson family! We would like to share some thoughts from our AWA Guyana Project. When Bruce and I first accepted the call to mission work with AWA, after the initial joy of fulfilling my childhood dream of being a missionary, it dawned on me—what will I do? I am not a [...]
Greetings from the Espinosa family! We would like to share exciting news from our AWA Philippines – Palawan Project! The mission base was suddenly alive with the sound of Canadian teenagers who had whipped out their travel hockey sticks and were hitting the ball around in the bumpy yard. The days had been long [...]
