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December 2009
Praise Jesus!!!
It's great to be back in Palawan and going about Our Fathers Business!!
The day after we arrived in Palawan we drove to our ministry property and Praise Jesus much of the road has been paved!!! There is still more to go but wow, what an improvement!!!! We are Praising Jesus all the way and then when we arrived we were jumping up and down Praising Jesus: The electrical line now runs right by our property!!!!
PRAISE JESUS!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!
While looking at the Property I was amazed how quickly the grass and weeds had grown in just 2 1/2 months. In some places they were as tall as my shoulders!!
As I looked at how thick and tall the weeds were, the LORD quickened in my spirit how we, like this property, can be filled with the weeds of life due simply to neglect and oversight. When we do not abide continually in Our Precious Jesus, when we neglect His word and His voice and when we fail to seek Him continually, Praising Him and thanking Him, we cast upon ourselves that appearance of abandonment!!! Matt. 13:22 Mark 4:19 Luke 8:14
Our lives,like in the parable of the sower, becomes choked with the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and then we harden and bring forth no fruit.
Brothers and Sisters Please continue to Abide in Jesus!!
The LORD had mercy upon us and someone let us borrow a trimmer mower and weed eater! Praise Jesus!!! So, with me pushing the trimmer mower, Mark running the weed eater, Lolita,Teresa,Lisa and Michael chopping with bolos(machetes) and raking and even some of the neigbhors, Praise Jesus, pitching-in, it took but 1 day to get it cleaned up again!!!! Glory to God!!!
Property of Refuge
1) Lolita, Teresa and Lisa worked hard for several days meeting all the requirements for permitting and Praise Jesus we have the building permit necessary for building our Lord's House of refuge.
2) Praise Jesus!!! we have a total of 23 Coconuts trees, 60ft. tall on the Property. I was Planning to remove 10 to 15 but Lolita said no; remove them all! She's right, we dont want to take a chance of a coconut falling and hurting someone. We are in process of cutting them down and removing stumps now. Also we have erected temporary shelters and have put up our tents for sleeping.
3) Hopefully by the time you receive the Newsletter we will have temporary electric Service. What a blessing to have few of the neighbhors come and help with the clean up,not asking for any pay or reward. My abundant thanks to the LORD JESUS!!! I hope you received the email picture with me wearing my umbrella hat.
It looked funny but really helped keep the sun off my head! If you didn't get the e-mail, you will be able to see it on our website very soon!!!
Feeding Program
Praise Jesus, we have been Blessed to start the Feeding Program in the Elementary School near the Refuge. We are Feeding every Wed. and Thur. with time singing,sharing Bible Stories and teaching before hand. We are rotating the teaching responsibility and its been Wonderful!!! The parents have volunteered to assist with cooking and clean up and are very thankful; Praising Jesus and thanking Our Father for you!!!
The Barangy Captain,School Superintendent, Teachers, Parents and of course the Beautiful Kids are so Thankful for the LOVE of JESUS shown as you give for this Teaching and Feeding Program. This month of Dec.we will add another day!!
Personal Note: It's hard to describe the Love
and Thankfulness that I feel for all of you
who give to feed these Sweet, Beautiful children!!! Tears well up in my EYES as I thank
Our Prescious Lord Jesus and Praise Our Father for each of YOU!!!!
Thank You!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!!
Prayer Request
1. Please keep Our Precious Board Member Edie Bache in prayer as she mourns
the leaving of her Mom here on Earth and Rejoice for her Mom's homecoming with JESUS!!!!! WE LOVE YOU EDIE !!
2. God's Wisdom, Direction, Protection for me
3. Continued Provision for our feeding programs for the poor hungry kids.
4. Our Lord's Favor as we prepare to start building. Wisdom on how to build and the needed Provisions to complete our building project.
5. Souls to be saved, healed, delivered, discipled and on fire for JESUS!!!!
As the time approaches to celebrate the birth of Our Saviour Jesus, we here at I am Born Again Ministry in Philippines along with our Board of Directors in USA pray that you have a Safe, Blessed time with Family and Friends during the holiday....
HAVE A BLESSED JESUS BIRTHDAY!!!!!
WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!! HARRELL & LOLITA
MARK &TERESA
LISA &MICHAEL
November 2009
Praise Jesus!
As you are reading this we are on our way back to the Philippines. Lolita and I have had a wonderful and blessed time in the U.S., seeing, sharing and fellowshipping with so many of you. What a pleasure to meet and share with so many Brothers and Sisters for the first time this year.
We have been so busy this visit and added thousands of miles to our vehicle as our Lord allowed us to expand our exposure in new areas of Florida and Georgia. And that brings one sad note to our return to the Philippines. There were some of you we were not able to see and visit this year. But whether we were blessed to see you or saddened not to be able to do so, be sure of this one thing….JESUS=HE is LORD, He loves you, Lolita and I love you and we have all of you in our prayers.
We find ourselves much like Paul “At a strait between the two”. Continuing to be with you sharing our experiences and growth and at the same time so excited to get back to our mission field seeing the rest of our mission team: Mark, Teresa, Lisa and Michael. It is our intent over the coming months of our newsletter to introduce you to these team members that are so vital to the ministry our Lord is allowing us to partner with Him.
Much work is to be done and we are excited to get back and get busy. Our video equipment is now operational and will be able to resume sending short video clips by way of e-mail on many of the day to day ministries activities. If you would like to be included as a recipient of these videos please send me your e-mail address. We have found this to be an effective way to share with our support team the ministry’s many activities.
PRAISE JESUS!!! BLESS YOUR HOLY NAME!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!
We have been blessed with approximately ¼ of the finances needed to build The refuge for kids. As you may recall our current residence in Palawan is about a two hours drive from our property where we will be building our House of Refuge. But, Praise Jesus we now have the tents we desired so it will be possible to stay at the property while the building project is in progress. Sealed with His Blood our Lord has promised, to be our Provider and that is where our hope and faith rest for the remainder of the finances needed on this building project. We will build as He provides and on His time line. He has provided enough for us to begin and we will be doing that in the near future.
Because of our Lord’s faithfulness, we will also be expanding our evangelistic feeding ministry to the elementary school located in the small village close to our mission property. We have sensed our Father’s leading for some time: of His desire for us to be ministering to the school children on a daily basis. The LORD has given us favor and we now have the blessings of the local school administrators as well as the team members of our ministry to provide the service for our Lord. Not only will we be providing a nutritious meal for many children that have only two meals per day, but will be given the time to share daily with Bible stories, devotions, etc. feeding their hungry spirits. Can you imagine the impact of such an opportunity of ministry in our schools in the United States? Our Lord has opened the door here in Palawan and I Am Born Again Ministries will respond.
We praise Our Father and thank Jesus for everyone of you and you can be assured to know that the poor and hungry children at this village school will be praising Our Father and thanking Jesus as well in just a few weeks, as we go forth in our precious Savior Jesus’ Name showing His love and compassion to those children.
Prayer Desires
· We continue to encourage you to keep us in your prayers. For myself to receive the fullness of Our Fathers wisdom, direction and protection; for Lolita, that our Lord will continue to provide strength to be the help-mate and spiritual companion of her calling; for the remaining members of our ministry team here in Palawan, that they will be encouraged to minister in the Name of Our Lord Jesus with boldness and unity of oneness with Christ.
· Provisions for our evangelistic feeding ministries
· The remaining provisions for the House of Refuge
· And always for souls to be saved, healed, delivered, discipled and sent out
on fire for Jesus!!!
We would be blessed to be able to join with you in prayer for your concerns. Please e-mail us your request. Our ministry team prays daily and there is also a 24 hour 7 day a week prayer house in Puerto Princesa
Website
Our website, http//www.iambornagainministries.com is up running though at present it is much like a partially furnished house. We are making improvements and progress. We encourage you to check it out occasionally and see how we are progressing. For your convenience it is now possible to make financial contributions to the ministry by way of credit cards. The transactions will be channeled through PayPal with the highest of security reputation for your safety.
Brothers and Sisters stay strong in the Faith!!!!
We LOVE you!!! Thank you for your Prayers!!! Thank you for the Love and Kindness you have shown to us!!!
Be Blessed and Highly Favored.
Love, Lolita and Harrell
Want to see what God is doing in Palawan, Philippines?
http://www.iambornagainministries.com
God is Awesome!
PRAISE JESUS!
Harrell Hemingway
Check out what God is doing in Palawan!!
http://www.iambornagainministries.com
October 2009
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July 2009
Praise Jesus!
It’s July and we will be home in August!! We are excited that soon we will see all of your smiling faces and be able to share in person the miraculous things our Precious Faithful Loving Savior and Lord Jesus has done this year!!!
So many Salvations
So many Deliverances
So many Healings
So many kids Fed
So much Love Shown
So much Favor Given
So much Mercy Given
and So much More!!!
We were Blessed by our Dear Brother and one of our I AM BORN AGAIN MINISTRIES Directors, Bill Johnson, visiting here in Palawan with his beautiful wife, Adelina and handsome son Jocob age 8. The following are his thoughts about their visit.
Four Days in Paradise...Bill Johnson
We came to the Philippines to visit my wife's family and for her to be able to see her 92 yr old Dad.Because we were coming here I led my family to pray about spending time with Pastor Harrell and the team that God has put together in Palawan. God’s miracles for this trip began when the first place I checked on tickets (Northwest) was offering 3 tickets at a greatly reduced price.
Arriving in Palawan, Harrell and Lolita met us at the airport. From that first moment we were treated with the precious love of God. It was to continue and grow even stronger with each day that passed.
On the first day we drove for two hours on a rocky road (It was rough!) to the property and future sight of I Am Born Again Ministries. We were in awe at the beauty of this site, the way that God arranged for them to purchase it, and all of the possibilities of ministry to take place at the site and to go forth from this site. As we prayed together for God to accomplish everything that He has planned, and drank cocoanut juice, we felt so blessed to be a part of this wonderful adventure that God has arranged because of His love for the children and people of Palawan.
Now I need to take a minute and share with all of brothers and sisters that contribute to this ministry, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! All of the pictures, videos, and words on paper can never express what God is doing through a few chosen people (Pastor Harrell and his team) to meet needs, help, encourage, and love these beautiful people. My entire family was ministered to and humbled by the experience.
The next day we traveled to a tribal area early in the morning and everyone went to work. This team works, works, works and works. They never complain, argue, or get tired of loving the people of Palawan. Lolita had been up early in the morning preparing the food, she was cutting, cooking, and getting everything ready. As soon as we arrived a local Pastor had arranged this meeting with the Tribal Chieftain. Soon the food was cooking, the children were singing and all of the adults were gathering around to see what was going on. You could feel God’s love all around. Theresa (Lolita's sister) started working with the children and they were all smiling and singing praises to the name of Jesus. All of the adults were smiling and the food was beginning to smell really good. Pastor Harrell preached a powerful message and when asked who wanted to pray the sinner’s prayer every hand went up in the air!! This makes everything worth while, if you are a soul winner and we are all called to be. This brings tears to the eyes, healing to the soul, and re-dedication to our Lord as our souls cry out MORE LORD, MORE LORD!!!
I have to tell you that God put a very special love in my heart for the Filipino people at a young age and this trip is more than a dream come true. There is something inside that has been changed by this experience and the tears just begin to flow when I think of the eternal meaning to these people. No wonder the Bible says "Beautiful upon the mountain is the feet of them that bring good news!"
Now for my miracle.. Pastor Harrell was to preach a message on Father’s Day at a local church but instead he asked Pastor Orozco if he would allow me to bring the message. When we arrived at the church and the service started I was amazed at the praise and worship. It was hard to stay on the ground! The amount of talent and the gifts that flow through the young people in the praise and worship is glorious!!!
We had the pleasure to bring a message on Father’s Day. I talked to them about the love of God and the miracles in my life. I told them about my salvation and the way God chose a wife for me and then healed me of hepatitis C. God’s theme in my life has always been "All things are possible with God"
We had a glorious time of ministry after the service as all came forward crying and reaching out to God. What a wonderful day! So many thanked us after the service and I must tell you that I had the feeling of love from the moment I walked into the church.
Please everyone reading this newsletter, take a few moments now and ask God what he would have you do. As a member of the Board of Directors I must tell you that I am doing the same thing. We all need to give more time, money, and even of ourselves for the time is short, and believe me it will be the greatest blessing.
Please don't take my word for it, come here and experience this work first hand, we need building teams, workers, prayer partners, and everyone willing to let God speak to them.
God Bless the beautiful people of Palawan, our wonderful team, and all of I AM BORN AGAIN MINISTRIES.....in Jesus name!!!
Praise Jesus!!! We will be in the states the first week of August and will return to the Philippines probably last week of Oct. Please Pray for open doors to share at churches, meetings or just a group gathering at your home that we may have the opportunity to share the wonderful work our Lord is doing here..
Please encourage your Pastors, friends and their Pastors to allow us to share. Take a step of faith knowing our Father will touch the hearts of those He wants to bless with fruit and treasures in heaven, where there is no stock market crash, no thief can steal, no corruption, no poor economy, a place to buy Gold tried in the fire that is eternal not temporary: A place you can be clothed and not naked; A place where there is 30, 60, 100 fold return and treasures forever more in Heaven where your heart will be! Halleluiah..... X3
A Place where you build on the sure foundation of Jesus with Precious Stones that will stand the test of fire!!! So you can cast your crown at the only one worthy to be Praised!!!
Jesus!!!! Jesus!!!! Jesus!!!!!
Please Email me, h_bornagain@yahoo.com, and I will call to set up time and schedule, as we go Forth Saying What Jesus Says and Doing What Jesus says Do.
I am very, very excited to give everyone the opportunity to be a part of the Harvest and to have Fruit and Treasures in Heaven.
Ministry Desires-------- Lots of Prayers
1) We desire a economical vehicle for use while home. One that is mechanically sound and able to travel long distances (and would love A.C. He He He Praise Jesus!!!).2) Visiting work teams for building the House of Refuge this coming year as well as provisions for building materials..
3) Provisions for our feeding programs at Elementary and Daycare schools for malnourished children.
Other Prayer Request
Lolita is eligible to apply for Citizenship. PRAY for her to pass the test and be able to finish the requirements for citizenship while we are in U.S. She also desires to take a care giver course ,when we return, which cost $600 Please Pray for those provisions.As we prepare to come to U.S. I reflect on what a Tremendous Year this has been. Our Father is Faithful! Sometimes in this world it’s hard to really see the eternal rewards that all of you who are a part of this ministry are receiving. You all are a Vital Part of I AM BORN AGAIN MINISTRIES. It takes all of us to go forth proclaiming the good news of Jesus and His Resurrection and I pray that our Father will give you a glimpse of the fruit and treasures being stored in Heaven for each of you. In Jesus Name Amen.
Thank You All for your Prayers, Encouragement Love Gifts and just showing Jesus to others! Our Hearts are overflowing with Love and Gratitude to all of you. Especially when I look into the eyes of one of the Beautiful kids here, who just finished eating, and see such a humble Thankfulness.
Tears well up in my eyes as I Praise Jesus and Thank our Father in Heaven for you!!!
We Love You!!! God Bless You!!!
Harrell & Lolita
June 2009
Praise Jesus!
Salvation, Healing, Deliverance!
Our Precious Lord Jesus did it all this month. Thank you and God bless everyone who was praying this month; our Lord certainly answered your prayers! Pastor Henry Miller and Bro. Terry Moore, his wife Pam and children were used mightily by our Lord Jesus to further His kingdom!
We had an outreach everyday and the Lord did great and mighty things. Pastor Henry was used by our Lord to pour out His message of Hope and Love: the anointing was strong every night! We are still receiving reports of praise. Pastor Henry in his obedience to Holy Spirit was blessed!
So many testimonies there is not enough space in this newsletter for them all. But will share one at this time.
At one outreach while the Praise Team was singing, I noticed a large group of young adults (boys) hanging around in the area. We were praying hard during the message as these boys moved back and forth in the shadows talking to one another.
When Henry finished the message Holy Spirit had given him and was calling for people to come forward for salvation, five of these young men came into the edge of the lighted area and just stood there. After Henry finished praying (quite a while later) with the large crowd who responded to his invitation they were still there.
Pastor Mar, Henry and myself went to them, and after just a few minutes of talking to them, they wanted to surrender to Jesus! Praise Him!! Praise Him!!
We learned later that these five young men were the top five leaders of a gang in that area. Praise be to God!!
It was a great time every night and even at one outreach where we experienced a brown out, a dog fight in middle of message, equipment failure and some other hindrances our Lord Jesus gave us the victory with probably the largest crowd to surrender to Jesus through out the whole week.
We thank our Father in Heaven for Pastor Henry’s, obedience to Holy Spirit. No one comes to Jesus unless the Father draws him. To God be all glory, Honor and praise!
While this was going on Bro Terry and Sister Pam were such a blessing ministering to individuals as they came for prayer for salvation, healing and deliverance! Bro Terry also shared in a church on two Sundays and it was just wonderful at the anointing that was there as so many people were touched by the power of God!
But the one thing I want to share about them is the random acts of love and compassion they showed to street kids in and around Puerto Princesa. Daily Terry, Pam, Jordan (14), Jaden (11), Jo’el (10) and Jayla (7) , lead by Holy Spirit, would just carry a group of street kids into the mall and buy them new clothes, shoes etc.
Not only were the very poor kids touched but the workers in the mall were moved at the love of Jesus shown by them! Another time during the day they would take a group of kids into Jollibee (like a McDonald’s) and feed them. Again not only the kids but the workers were moved and touched by the love shown!
Our Precious Lord also touched them to help with providing school supplies, so we were able to help more needy children than we thought we could! Praise Jesus! Thank You Jesus! We are still giving school supplies out and should be finished by May 29th or 30th. The children are so thankful and we Praise God and thank Jesus for all of you who helped!
Personal Note--- I want to tell you all how blessed I am with the ministry team the Lord is putting together here in Palawan:
My beautiful wife Lolita, as well as Teresa, Lisa, Mark and Michael worked continually and cheerfully every day: Rising very early 5:00 to 6:00am going to sleep late usually 11:00pm to 12 midnight sometimes 1:00 or 2:00am.
They truly showed a servant’s heart as they made sure that the team’s clothes were washed and ironed, that water was available, meals prepared, dishes washed etc. All the little things, plus working at the outreaches.
It truly takes all parts of the Body working together to do our Lord’s Works! Please say a special prayer for the four of them, thanking the Lord for their sacrifices to our Lord!
Prayer Needs
Two young women, very mature in the Lord, are believing they are to be a part of the Lord’s work here with I Am Born Again Ministries.They are excellent teachers with servant hearts and Love Jesus with their whole heart. I am excited about them joining the ministry as they are able to do everything from teaching children to preaching the gospel message.
They are leaving their jobs and following our Lord Jesus! Both come from very poor families that they help support.
We are asking you to be in prayer that our Lord will provide sponsorship for these two ladies as they join our team. If the Lord is encouraging you to be a part of this support team please let me know the level of that support.
Ministries Desires
We will be able to finish removing trees on the building site and complete fencing the property of our House of Refuge at a cost of $350.We are looking forward to individuals desiring to be part of Ministry Teams to assist in building our House of Refuge. Let us know if our Lord is stirring you to do so.
Our truck runs great!!! Praise Jesus for the provisions to replace the timing belt.
In closing, one day this past month I had a precious time with my Lord while cleaning the ministry property.
After raking about an hour I turned and looked back at the area I had raked. As I saw how beautiful it was I started weeping and thanking God for the House of Refuge property. Lolita saw me and came over asking "Is it your vision"? "Lolita, it’s bigger than my vision."
Realizing the Holy Spirit was dealing with me she left me alone. After quite a while of just thanking and praising our Father, I looked up and spoke, "Oh Lord make this place a Praise in the earth to you!"
Immediately a dove appeared and flew directly over my head across the property. What a special time with our precious Lord. There was such a strong presence of the Lord I just wept uncontrollably!
Please join with all of us at I Am Born Again Ministries praying that our Father will make the property of the House of Refuge a praise unto God the Father in the earth in Jesus loving name, Amen.
We love you all and send our most heartfelt thank you for your love and compassion. We Praise God and thank Him for all of you.
Love, Lolita and Harrell
I AM BORN AGAIN MINISTRIES
P O BOX 2644
HIGH SPRINGS FL 32655
May 2009
Praise Jesus!
May has arrived and Pastor Henry Miller of Victory Thru Truth Ministries from Woodville, Fl. should be here about the time you receive this newsletter. We desire prayer, so please pray for people to be saved, healed and delivered! Everyone is excited and expectant to see God’s Love pour out on hurting people. We will be outreaching everyday from May 5th thru May 12th. Boy, I really didn’t know how much work was involved in preparing an evangelistic outreach as we have planned. But, Praise Jesus! Along with a lot of help from Brothers and Sisters here He gave us the ability to get the job done.
It is a blessing to see and be a part of everyone working together to proclaim the salvation message into a dying world! Pastor Henry is Prayed Up, Fasted Up, and Filled Up to bring the message of salvation here in Palawan ! I don’t see how it’s possible but, he seems more excited than me.
Ephesians 3:20 “Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” God does exceedingly more than we can expect or think.
The key word is More! Except this time it is spelled Moore as in Terry and Pam Moore and their 4 kids (Jordan age 14, Jaden age 11, Jo’el age 10, and Jayla age 7) with Shekina Kids Ministry from Canton , Texas . They will be here the 6th of May to help with the outreaches! Praise Jesus! Terry is an evangelist teacher and along with Pam just flow with compassion for hurting kids. They have heard form the Lord to come visit and help during these Outreaches for Souls to be saved! Please be in prayer for the Moore family as they move in obedience to the voice of the Lord and see what God has in store for them!
Please read Acts 4:29 -30 and let this be your daily prayer for us here the week of May 5th. Include as well traveling mercies, protection, provisions, salvation, healing, deliverance as the Holy Spirit leads you.
House of Refuge
Praise Jesus! The property for our House of Refuge is really coming along. It’s cleared of weeds and bushes. The fence is about half way complete and looks great! We need to purchase more post and wire to finish, but first want to remove 8 tall coconut trees on the building site. We need to remove these trees before any more wire goes up for the fence. It doesn’t look like we will have to haul in fill dirt, but will know for sure when the rainy season comes.
We all have been working hard on the property and are enjoying meeting the people in the area and building relationships, gaining their trust as we prepare to start having Bible Study.
School Supplies
Praise Jesus! At the end of May we will distribute School Supplies to the children whose families are unable to afford the needed supplies. We have received one box of school supplies form a dear Brother Joe in Jacksonville , Fl. Also 1 box was sent to another island for the children there from our Dear Pastor Danny from Bainbridge , Ga. Dear Sweet Edie informed us $200.00 has been designated for school supplies; we trust the Lord for the increase by months end. Praise Jesus! If anyone has sent a box of supplies please let me know when it was sent.
In the past, we would have the children come to the mission house to get their supplies, but this year we will go to the individual homes and be blessed with the opportunity to meet the families. Hopefully, we will have some video of this ministry to pass on to you. Please don’t forget to e-mail me if you have sent a box of school supplies so I can track it. Keep this in mind our e-mail address has an underscore between h_b....... h_bornagain@yahoo.com
Praise Jesus! Very quickly I want to share with you, an example of the sweet way our Lord is orchestrating the events of our daily living for His ministry and Glory. There are several young ladies that work at the location we purchase our drinking water and Lolita and I are always friendly, laughing, asking how they are doing. One girl always has a very blank serious look while the others would laugh at me as I would try speaking their language. Noticing the one girl’s somber look, I always made a point of smiling and saying something nice to her even though she never responded. A week ago when we went there she looked at me (1st time) and said, “I am a Muslim” (You know me. Every time we come in its “Praise Jesus”). She knew I was a Christian. It was like Holy Spirit just jumped all over me. I asked her if she had heard of Jesus, she answered “Yes but not much”. I responded “why don’t you come by our home sometimes and let’s talk.” She didn’t say yes or no, but the Lord has broken the wall down. God is so Good! Just a day or two later He directed a Pastor, very near our home to visit me. Praise Jesus! As we were sharing our testimonies he says, “Pastor Harrell I was Muslim before Jesus changed my life!” I about fell out of my chair as immediately that girl came to my mind. Our Father knows that I wouldn’t really be able to understand that girl but this Pastor would!
Please be praying that she takes the step to visit us so we can share Jesus and we can have the Pastor talk with her also! Pray for her salvation.
Ministry Desires
$150.00 for the remaining property fence.
$200.00 to cut trees and remove stumps
Additional funding for school supplies
Funding to change Timing Belt on mission truck. We expect great things from the Almighty when we see efforts to stop the outreaches like this. We keep praising Jesus! We have the Victory in Jesus!
On the humorous side: I just want all of you who have been teasing me about only seeing Lolita and the others working in the e-mail Video’s and me only talking. Come See first hand!
We love you all and send our warmest and most grateful thank you!
Again our deepest, warmest, grateful thank you! We praise God and thank Him for all of You!
Be blessed and highly favored
Love, Lolita and Harrell
April 2009
Praise Jesus!
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah, We cried aloud to the Lord and He granted our Desire!!!
The Lord has given us the land for the "House of Refuge"!
It is 1,923 square meters in size. Some of you mathematicians can help to covert this to acreage with accuracy but I think it is almost a half acre. It’s Beautiful! Located next to a poor fishing village, it has approx 140 feet of beach frontage, lots of big coconut trees and will take a very little site preparation to be ready for building our "House of Refuge".
We, here, are all so excited to be one step closer to the Lord’s vision for this Ministry. A home where those beaten down by the enemy will find refuge and safety, experience the compassion and love of Jesus, and be strengthened and prepared to be a servant of our Lord.
Praise Jesus we have title in hand and the ministry has no debt. That means the Lord has seen to it that the property is fully paid.
For the last two weeks it has been literally impossible to travel to one of our outreaches without being instructed to stop by Lolita, Michael, Lisa or Teresa so they could gather a jungle plant or fruit tree, for the ministry property. Our truck has looked like a rolling bush.
As we rejoice in thanksgiving to our Lord let us not grow slack. Now is the time to be praying for the provisions needed for construction. We visualize the next step to fulfilling our Lord’s vision is to adequately fence the property and do the necessary site preparation needed before construction. We estimate a cost of $1500 to get us ready for building.
In addition please join with us in prayer that our Lord will raise up individuals to be part of a mission construction team: that our Lord will stir hearts to be a part of a hands on group of men and women for construction.
For the benefit of our new readers our ministry now has the equipment, programming and know-how to send videos of ministry happenings and activities by e-mail. This is a wonderful avenue allowing all our prayer and support team to get a visual picture of the every day ministry activities Jesus has us involved with. If you would like to receive these short e-mail videos as they are filmed please forward to us by e-mail your request and your e-mail address.
We will be sending a video very soon of the property we have purchased for out Lord’s "House of Refuge".
Glory to God! March has really been a tremendous month for salvation! Praise His Holy name! We don’t have exact count, but believe over 1,000 surrendered to Jesus this month. We continue to have divine appointments as the Lord directs our steps to meet other brothers and sisters and open doors for expanded ministry!
Upcoming Events
We will be distributing school supplies the end of May-first of June to children whose families are financially unable to do so. For those planning to ship these supplies by Balik Bayon Box please notify me by e-mail your expected shipping date. If there is a delay in shipping don’t be discouraged. The children will still be blessed by way of the materials even if distributed after school starts. The Balik Bayan Box mailing address is:Harrell Hemingway
c/o Ma Corazon Orosco
Evangel Bible Institute Compound
K11 National Hwy
Puerto Princesa City Palawan
Philippines 5300
Financial support for this distribution may still be mailed to our High Springs address. Please make a notation if the gift is for school supplies. Mailing Address is
I AM BORN AGAIN MINISTRIES
P.O. BOX 2644
HIGH SPRINGS FL. 32655
Already we have two crusades scheduled for May while Pastor Henry Miller is with us and seeking the Lord’s guidance for locations where He desires others scheduled. We are so excited for what our Father is going to do while Henry is here with us.
Special Ministry Desires
Praise Jesus, we just received word that a dear Brother in Jacksonville has a sound system for us. Please pray that the Lord will provide direction and resources for shipping this equipment.We still have a desire for a generator ($200 to $300) to use in our outreach areas beyond electric service, about $150 of mechanical work needed for our truck and a small window A.C. unit that should be about $300.00.
Remember that we have a prayer team that prays daily for any request. Prayer request may be e-mailed at any time.
Please be in agreement with us for Acts 2:29-30, for souls to be saved and for Ministry desires to be met.
As we do every day we Praise Jesus and thank God for you. Please pray our Father continues to draw souls to Him as we join together as one, going forth in Jesus Name
"Saying what Jesus says" and "Doing what Jesus says do".
HE'S ALIVE !!!!!! HE'S ALIVE !!!!! HE'S ALIVE !!!!!!
HAVE A BLESSED PASSOVER !!!!!!!!!!!
A Grateful Thank You!
God Bless You!
Love Harrell & Lolita
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
Praise Jesus!
Lolita and I extend to you a huge THANK YOU for all your prayers, financial support and encouragement this past year. We continually pray our Father's Blessings on You and Your Families for The New Year.
This month has been filled with excitement. Mark ( the husband of Lolita’s sister, Teresa) and Liza (the teenage girl who lived with us when we were here in 2006 and earlier) attended a youth camp with over 300 Youth in attendance from all over Palawan island. Mark was selected as a group leader and by the time they returned home his voice was about gone. They had a great time praying, teaching and fellowshipping with the youth attending.
This Island is beautiful but rugged. One of our outreaches this month was a six hour drive crossing 16 rivers without bridges and repairing three flat tires. The roads were rocky and ruff causing us to bounce around and hitting our heads on the roof, but stopping at every opportunity to share Jesus! Boy we were exhausted but so Blessed! Lolita now has experience driving across a river with no bridge(she had to drive as I wadded to checked the water depth).
A December tradition in the Philippines is people going around singing and asking for money (many very poor people come to the city to do this). In past years this was always a time that Lolita was able to sit down with people and share Jesus one on one and this year was no exception. One such experience this year was such a blessing. Christmas Day we were just sitting at home relaxing and I saw this very timid looking woman with two children (one was a baby) in the bushes outside the house. She looked to be a native Tribal Palawanian, a very meek, shy people who most of the time retreat from presence of outsiders. I can’t explain how, but we realized that she had been sent by the Lord! As she was asking for alms, Lolita and Mark, using three different dialects, were able to get her out of the bushes. As they sit with her talking, they learned she had no idea why people were coming to the City this time of Year.
She was very curious of me yet timid. As Lolita and Mark continued to talk with her, they found out she had NEVER EVER heard the story of Jesus. Boy, I almost fell down with the presence of the Lord when they told me! (I really knew then it was a divine Appointment). Lolita and Mark patiently shared with her the Gospel of our Salvation! After quite a while she asked what to do to have this Jesus!!! (Tears are running down my face as I write about this!!)
With Mark helping and Lolita encouraging, she very meekly and humbly bowed her head and Prayed!! Because she was so timid toward me, I remained in the background trying to get a video picture. I sent the video to those on our e-mail list praying it turned out OK.
Teresa and Liza put together some food and clothing for her and while doing so Teresa felt the Holy Spirit telling her to give the lady a Bible. Would you believe someone had given Liza a bible in this lady’s language the week before. Praise Jesus! He Knows the Future!
This woman thought she was coming for a few Pesos but left with food, clothing, God’s Word and ETERNAL LIFE!
Lolita and I, Mark, Teresa and Liza thought we would just enjoy a quite Day on Jesus Birthday but He gave us a Christmas Day we will remember always!!! What a Blessing!!!
PRAISE JESUS!!! PRAISE JESUS!!!PRAISE JESUS!!!
We pray God will send her back to her Tribe with the Salvation Message!!!
Upcoming Events in January
Outreaches!! We are scheduling many gospel and feeding outreaches inJanuary, Hopefully some at elementary School! Also open Air Outreaches in Mountains!
Mid. Jan. Water Baptism for New Believers
End of Jan. We will be in Mindanao Doing Outreach everyday for about 2 weeks. Brother HENRY MILLER will come from U.S and be used by the LORD to Proclaim the Gospel.
Its time to start preparing for School Supply Distribution!
We have 2 ways that you can be Blessed with this Project.
1. Send gift to our U.S. address designated for School Supplies and we will buy supplies here for distribution.
2. You can Pack a Balikbayan Box and ship here with School Supplies.
Designated-SCHOOL SUPPLY!
To Send Balikbayan Box- Call U.M.A.C. in Jacksonville FL. 904-470-7501Tell them what City and State you are at and Ask to get a balikbayan Box Near you and a Phone # Ask how much to send to PALAWAN and ask if there is a Promotional Ongoing.
In Gainsville FLA the Phone # 352-333-3303
Near Oaks Mall off Newberry RD Turn by compass bank and go to curve its on right at an asian store (it was there when I left)
Pack the Box as full as you can (weight doesn’t matter) tape with Clear Packing tape
Send to:
Harrell Hemingway
c/o Ma. Corazon Orozco
Evangel Bible Institute Compound
Km.11 National Highway Irawan
Puerto Princesa City
Palawan Philippines 5300
You Can Send any thing that doesn't spoil in these Boxes.
Lolita Asked for some one to throw in a non stick Frying Pan and some Taco Seasoning mix, couple of tubes of Triple Antiboitic cream.
For me anything you can eat! hehehe!
Ministry Needs
1) Big Pot that’s able to feed 150 kids $100.002) New Tires For Truck $400.00
3) Donations for Mission House of Refuge
Again GOD BLESS and THANK YOU
IN OUR LOVING SAVIOR
JESUS NAME!
HARRELL and LOLITA
MARK and TERESA
LIZA