guguron JAN-MARCH 2021
THE SULADS JOURNAL
GO & BE
a modern pioneer
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Editor’s Note News Shake, Malakumo, Lord! Mia Angelica Lumanao
Family Counseling Diodulo Luad
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Hand-in-Hand Jemil Ray Santuyo
Prayer Board Partnership Ang Buhay ng SULADS
sulads guguron SULADS is a non-profit charitable organization that offers free health care, education, agricultural improvements, livelihood projects, and other developmental services to the unreached and indigeneous communities around Philippines. It comes from the Mabobo word “sulad” which means brother/sister and is also an acronym for Socio-economic Uplift, Literacy, Anthropological, and Developmental Services, Inc. This publication, Gugoron, is a Manobo term for news or message and it is the official quarterly periodical of SULADS.
For more information, contact us through:
facebook.com/sulads-philippines/ suladsphilippines@gmail.com SULADS Campus, Mountain View College, Mt. Nebo, Valencia City, Bukidnon 2
editor’s notes GO&BE a modern pioneer
Pandemic. People staying at home. Establishments shutting down. Loss of employment. What better way could we describe the global health crisis that COVID-19 had brought. It had been a year since the first lockdown here in the Philippines. People may have lost jobs, work forces had lessened, but not so with SULADS. Despite the expectation of a decrease in work force and mobilization, a lot of young people from various places volunteered to join the missionary work this school year 2020-2021! More communities requested for SULADS missionaries, thus resulting to 6 pioneering areas this year. Praise the Lord for 53 mission schools and 142 missionaries! This just proves that trials only make the work of the Lord fuller, grander, and more marked. Despite a challenging send-off, our volunteers still accepted the call to GO and BE God’s living testimony, go and become a light, go and be the only picture of Christ in villages where no one knows Him. So this quarter, we will try to look into the situation of our modern pioneering missionaries as they go and become God’s representatives among the unreached.
-Blessie
SULADS Staff Director: Ptr. Ephraim Pitogo Treasurer: Hilson Badang Jr. Secretary: Blessie Canopin Field Supervisors: Lowel Limbagan Edgar Sugdan Reuben Cantilado Russ Dawis Cashier: Rebecca Sugdan Custodian: Renato Calinga Media: Max Marell Dela Fuente Aizel Amor Belvis School Heads: Jeff Carolino (Deaf School) Solomon Olantao (SCHSL)
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Thick jungles and slopey mountains that seems inhabited are the places where our Lumad brethren love to dwell. These thick jungles, no matter how distant, dark, and difficult to reach, are still being crossed by our missionaries as they GO and BE God’s shining ray. Go, tell it to the mountains! Photo Credit: Kurt Sterling Ubas 3
JANUARY
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SULADS Partners with AWR SULADS welcomed the New Year with a partnership with the Adventist World Radio (AWR)-SSD. Last January 28, 2021, Pastor Robert Dulay, the AWR-Center of Digital Evangelism Coordinator, along with Pastor Mamerto Guingging, SSD Communications Director, visited the SULADS Campus to share project proposals on evangelistic efforts and media support. Aside from this visit, they also brought 30 sets of smart projectors with solar panel, battery, inverter, and controller to be used for SULADS Evangelistic efforts, especially for the SULADS Caravan, a simultaneous evangelistic efforts in all SULADS mission schools.
FEBRUARY
SULADS Staff with Pastor Dulay and Pastor Guingging
Pastor Pitogo with Pastor Caderma receives the smart projector set from AWR
SULADS Staff Breaks for Retreat
SULADS Promotion at Tubigan SDA Church
“Come, rest awhile” from Mark 6:31 was the inspiration of the SULADS staff during the Staff Retreat last February 4-7, 2021 at Initao, Misamis Oriental. To break the monotony of work, to refresh from busy labor and the toughness of transactions the pandemic has brought, the staff based in the mountains of Bukidnon visited the seaside. Devotionals and team building activities were done to develop unity among the workforce. To make the most out of the stay, SULADS promotions were done on three churches and a SULADS Quartet Concert was done at Tubigan SDA Church, Initao. This proved to be a blessing to both the SULADS staff and the church members as they were inspired with the music and testimonies.
SULADS Quartet enjoying the “vitamin sea” during the retreat
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news SULADS Welcomes New Media Missionaries
New SULADS media missionaries
To further enhance our promotions through media, SULADS welcomed 2 new media volunteers – Max Marell A. Dela Fuente, a former SULADS missionary, and Aizel Amor Belvis, a resident of Tupi, South Cotabato, former 1000 Missionary. They will join our supervisors in visiting the mission schools to document the work of our missionaries. Media projects such as video productions and publications are on the lineup already. Presently, SULADS is still trying to raise funds for accumulation of media equipment.
SULADS SMM Presents in SNA Anti-terrorism Dialogue The Local Government of Senator Ninoy Aquino (SNA) invited SULADS to SNA’s Dialogue on Anti-terrorism and Literacy last February 22, 2021. Present in the dialogue were the Department of Education supervisors and schools division superintendent of Sultan Kudarat, personnel from Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, and ICON-SP, another literacy provider in SNA area. During the event, SULADS representatives, Lowel Limbagan and Pastor William Galagnara, were given the opportunity to share the literacy program of SULADS through HEAL (Health, Education, and Livelihood). SULADS also shared how it connects with government agencies for protocol, better program delivery, and to avoid entry of terrorism among its schools.
DepEd personnel and military officer shares how to avoid terrorism to creep in education
Pastor Galagnara offers a prayer during the dialogue
SMAW Kits handed by TESDA to SULADS Staff
TESDA Offers 12 SMAW Kits Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) gave 12 Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Kits to the organization with the help of Graciano Institute Academy, Inc. to help our SULADS High School and Deaf students with their technical-vocational skills. The kits were received by SULADS staff at General Santos City last February 24, 2021. 5
MARCH
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AMEN Conducts Medical Mission in Malakumo The Adventist Medical Evangelism Network (AMEN) team initiated a medical mission at Sitio Malakumo, Kuden, Senator Ninoy Aquino (SNA), Sultan Kudarat last March 12-14, 2021, thus answering the health care needs of the people in the village. The medical team was composed of 3 doctors, 2 dentists, and 10 medical volunteers who offered dental checkup, tooth extraction, circumcision, and consultation. They also gave medicines, hygiene kits, rice, and slippers. The event was a joint force of AMEN, SNA Vice Mayor Rafael George Flauta, and the SULADS missionaries.
Services rendered during the medical mission
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121 Souls Baptized in Malakumo
Sir Russ Dawis, SULADS NEMM Coordinator gives inspirtation during Hour of Worship
SULADS Staff ’s pose with SULADS NEMM Missionaries
SULADS Staff Joins NEMM SULADS Fellowship Missionaries from Lapaz and Trento Cluster of SULADS NEMM gathered together for a special district fellowship focused on SULADS at Halapitan, Lapaz, Agusan del Sur. The SULADS staff from the main office, NEMM SULADS Coordinator and Supervisors also graced the event. It was a full Sabbath packed with testimonies, songs, deaf awareness, and other SULADS updates. The program was initiated by Aljohn Domingo, assistant district pastor of Lapaz and a former missionary.
Immediately after send off, our missionaries from Malakumo Mission School started groundwork in Kuden, Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat. Every afternoon till evening, they work untiringly to conduct Bible studies in three small communities. Then the reaping started last March 13-20 through a week-long evangelistic effort with Victor Paredero Jr., SULADS Evangelist. As a result of this Godled work, 121 souls accepted Jesus as their personal Savior on the Sabbath of March 20. Let us praise the Lord for this victory! This marked the beginning of a series of baptism this year through our SULADS Caravan-- a simultaneous evangelistic effort all throughout our mission schools in Mindanao.
Reaping the harvest with Pastor Rodel Siaotung and Sulad Victor Paradero
reportings
Bi-monthly, our missionaries would go down and gather together for a reporting with their supervisor. It is the time when they would share their work progress, problems encountered, and meet for possible solutions. It’s a time to be refreshed, reunited, and recommitted. It’s also an opportunity to promote SULADS and share missionary testimonies to the host church where the reporting will be conducted. BUKIDNON CLUSTER at Manticao, Misamis Oriental
DAVAO CLUSTER at Paquibato, Davao City
SOUTHERN MINDANAO MISSION CLUSTER at Polomolok, South Cotabato
TAWI-TAWI CLUSTER at Laa Island, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi
NORTH EASTERN MINDANAO MISSION (NEMM) CLUSTER at SULADS NEMM Headquarters, Butuan City and Lapaz, Agusan del Sur
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Pioneer’s Report
SHAKE, MALAKUMO, LORD! By Mia Angelica Lumanao
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.” Isaiah 59:1
It started with a prayer, a wistful thinking.
“Nemula, we long for a school. Our children in the village hike for two hours just to go to the nearest school. I wanted to be educated but I only attended school until Grade 1. I pray that the children’s educational fate will not be the same as mine,” prayed Datu Randy Mongkil, the tribal leader of Sitio Malakumo, Brgy. Kuden, Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat.
gkil for SULADS missionaries in their village. Months passed after the encounter, my partner April Ruth Panadero and I arrived in the said village. “My prayer was answered by Nemula, finally our children can go to school!” he exclaimed in great joy upon seeing us. His prayer was answered.
Lord, please shake Malakumo! Please turn it upside-down. Make Yourself known among the people. Make them tremble at Your Word! He sincerely prayed to Nemula, the name of God in their dialect. God saw the earnest desire of this Upon hearing it, I believed that it was then Datu. God arranged events for its fulfilment through my turn to pray boldly and receive an answer. “Lord, the meet up of Vice Mayor Rafael George Flauta III please shake Malakumo! Please turn it upside-down. and Brgy. Captain Arnold Sitjar, Barangay Captain of Make Yourself known among the people. Make them Kuden. They just got connected unexpectedly outside tremble at Your Word!” This was my earnest plea as the Vice Mayor’s house. Captain Arnold shared the I gazed up to heaven. Being placed as a pioneer in need of putting up a school in Malakumo because of its that area was quite difficult. No missionary cottage, distance from the nearest DepEd school. Vice Mayor no school, no church, no Adventist presence! “How Flauta, an active Seventh-Day Adventist, suggested will we present God to them when we are just but to have a SULADS mission school built in the area. strangers?”, I pondered. It may look tremendously Seeing the opportunity for ministry, Vice made an oc- challenging for humans but never for the Lord. God ular visit to the area to see the needs of the people. He taught us to do Christ’s method – we mingled with returned home with the request letter from Datu Mon- them, worked with them, attended to their needs, and 8
showed our sympathy to this unreached community. At first, the children were drawn to join us in worship services every morning. They learned Christian songs, Bible verses and stories. Then, we also reached the adults, especially the Escasinas family. It was where we first stayed because we did not have our own house yet. This family joined us during evening worships. They also had a lot of questions regarding our faith. Thus, we decided to convert our evening worship to Bible studies. Apparently, our neighbor, the Gunong family, became interested with the worship that they hear at night. Consequently, they requested us to also do the same worship in their house because his wife cannot walk properly due to a motorcycle accident. The ripple of praising God through worship was beginning to spread. Days after, Datu Randy Mongkil told us that since the pandemic began, they have not gone to church. Their leader in the ADMEC (Association of Dulangan Manobo Evangelical Church) joined the rebel group in the mountains, which led to the scattering of their church members. “Ma’am, after the children’s worship, could you also please lead out the worship for adults because we also wanted to hear the Word of the Lord?” he sincerely requested. Months after, when the members of the Surallah Seventh-Day Adventist Church members visited, the village people observed how Adventists worship. Since then, they inquired more about our beliefs. Our worship with the adults turned into Bible study. We saw their eagerness to know the truth. They were so thirsty for the Word of God. From the group of Datu Mongkil, we have around twenty Bible students every evening. In the Escasinas and Gunong family, we have about ten Bible students. Later, Idè Nida Toil also asked for Bible studies to be conducted in their house which is just a 15-minute hike from our cottage. There were more or less twenty Bible students there. Every afternoon till evening, we tirelessly go to three areas to do Bible studies for fifty eager souls. As these Bible studies were done, we have seen how they thirsted for the Word of God that even if they were tired from farm work, they were so willing to listen. Even if they were not Seventh-day Adventists, they joined us in the Sabbath worship from sunset to sunset and they lived the life of an Adventist Christian. I praise the Lord for the working of the Holy Spirit in their hearts! My rejoiced because my prayer to shake Malakumo, for God to be known in the area
was already answered. I was about to be satisfied with the revival that I saw but God did much more than I expected! “Just not yet, my child, just not yet. There’s more!”, was the impression I received from the Lord. Last March 13-20, 2021, we held a week-long evangelistic meeting. We invited Sulad Victor Paradero, a SULADS Evangelist, to preach. This was opened with a medical mission on Saturday and Sunday with people flooding in attendance to our nightly meetings. As a result, 121 souls accepted Jesus as their personal Savior through baptism. That’s about 98% of the total population of Malakumo. What a blessing! Praise the Lord! Tears of joy fell from my eyes upon beholding the scene. God is good! God shook Malakumo. God made Himself known among the people. God answered my earnest prayer!
Pastor Rodel Siaotung praying for the newly baptized people of Malakumo
SNA Vice Mayor Flauta actively supports evangelism in Malakumo
Sulad Victor Paradero giving the nighly messages for the week-long evangelism effort
Building the habit of prayer
Datu Mongkil said that the only thing they can give back is their faithfulness in worship
Mia Angelica Lumanao hails from Davao City and is a licensed Geodetic Engineer. After working for her profession, she answered God’s call to GO and BE a missionary in Tawi-Tawi last 2018. Not satisfied with a single term, she extended her ministry to the unreached until this year.
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Pioneer’s Report
FAMILY COUNSELING By Diodulo Luad
Six years ago, God called us to the missionary work and we made a commitment to involve our children with us. My wife was a former SULADS missionary when she was single. Now that we’re married, we surrendered ourselves to this work even if some people get worried about our children’s future and needs. As a family, we also love to reach out to families. This school year, we were sent to Bongbong Mission School in Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat, a pioneering work of the SULADS. This is a not so long-distance travel as we would only hike for 35 minutes, pretty short. The distance may not be the challenge, but their religious background, factions, and attitude were. The people here are members of the Alliance Church. Some were baptized Seventh-day Adventists but they had not undergone Bible studies in the past. It’s like a “Let’s go and swim” kind of baptism. There are also factions in the area since the community’s population is divided to 2 sub-groups – the Manobos and Karay-a’s. They didn’t get along well. Also, these people were known to be notorious, drunkards, and thieves. How will we meet these challenges? Only through prayer and trust in Divine power. One midnight, while every one of us were already sound asleep, a noise from our neighbor disturbed our peaceful rest. The husband was drunk and the wife was already asleep. The husband suddenly turned wild, he destroyed anything he saw. This startled the wife and she immediately rose up, took her 3-year old child, and fled from their house. Every one of us were startled as well so we went outside in the middle of the night. I told my wife to get a lamp for we thought it was a massacre. The wife ran to our house so we kept her young daughter inside our 10
place and let her stay with us for the night. In the morning, around 5:00 AM while we were worshipping, the husband went wild again. His wife came back and he overthrew her clothes, casting her away from their house. We didn’t finish the worship yet, we hurried to their house worrying what could happen. At that time, the wife experienced “bughat” and the husband thought she was losing her mind. She just told her husband not to drink for it is not good but this maddened him the more and wished her to go away. He even called her names in our front, “Sir, my wife is stupid and useless! She is not helping!” They were living right next to our house and as a neighbor and a family man, I could not bear the scene. I asked God what to do. There was a little moment of silence later. I grabbed the chance to talk to the husband. He was already silent that time so I asked him if we could pray. He agreed. After, I asked him if we can talk. He agreed again. I just told him in a calm yet firm manner, “If I were one of your children and heard those words, I would be deeply hurt. Your wife, no matter what she is, will still be your wife. Don’t you know that in the Muslim community where I previously served, the man gives a huge amount of dowry to marry the girl. Good thing for you that you don’t have to pay that much to marry your beloved. Also with the Muslims, the man serves the wife. The man will fetch water, gather wood, and provide food. Good thing for you,
your wife fetches the water, gather wood, and cook delicious meals! If your wife works or not, you don’t have to force her to do so. Her strength has a big difference from your strength.”
cool down.
He pondered on the matter and said, “I do agree, Sir.” Later in our talk, he understood the importance of his wife. As our conversation ended, he told me, “Sir, please pray for me” and he left, perhaps letting things
I told her wife to stay and instructed her to bring her scattered clothes which was about two sacks back home. “Don’t go, just stay. Have mercy upon your children,” I pleaded. Two weeks later, the husband came back. It was Saturday and it was timely because the Datu (community leader) and I were talking about the importance of Sabbath worship. He joined the conversation and I prayed for him. He was so grateful
for the advices and prayers. He realized what he had done and admitted his wrong. He even agreed that he has no right to hurt his wife. “Sir, would it be possible if my wife and I will have an agreement signed in the Barangay that I will never hurt her again? Just to remind me not to do it again,” he asked. I just told him that with or without a signed agreement from the Barangay, if he wanted to change, he can do it through the grace of God. He really started to change but it was gradual. Occasionally, he still got drunk but he was really intentional in finding ways not to quarrel and hurt his wife again. I could never forget this experience as it was my first time to encounter such a situation. It was also my first time to counsel a family outside my own. I am just happy that he treasures his family now more than before. Perhaps God really called us to reveal His desire for home restoration, one family at a time.
Actual photo of the clothes thrown outside and the wife picking them up
Diodulo and Nemsie Luad had been with SULADS as a couple missionary since 2016. They found their purpose in the ministry and they extend their loving service to the people together with their two children, Laine Dyll and Chelluh who also served as translator to their parents and little missionaries to their Lumad playmates. Presently, they are teaching and doing Bible studies in Bongbong. They are also building a church for new converts.
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Pioneer’s Report
HAND IN HAND Pioneering. How can you build a good start in a place new to you and the people find you new to them? Let’s get an insight from a pioneering work in Paquibato District, Davao City through Sulad Jemil Ray Santuyo. SULADS: Hi Sir Jemil! Thank you for accepting the call to be a SULADS missionary in a pioneering area. Could you please describe the people and the village you are assigned to? Jemil: I am currently assigned in Purok Kabanasan, Salapawan, Paquibato District, Davao City. It is a 2 to 3-hour walk from the nearest area where you can leave your vehicle. The people there are Matigsalug Manobo. The village is quite similar to that of other SULADS mission school villages--distant with almost primitive lifestyle. Good thing the governement gave access to basic needs such as assistance to shelter and comfort rooms, giving a good sign of development in the area. However, they still don’t have accessible water system for all the community’s use. S: So how did you address that need for water source? J: We just worked with the SULADS Department of Davao Mission. They provided 4 rolls of hose to help villagers have accessible clean water. S: That’s great. So at the beginning, how did you befriend them? How did you build a connection? 12
J: That was another challenge. We are strangers to them, and they are also strangers to us. But as missionaries, we are called to connect to people. What we did was when they work for abaca farming, we accompanied them from cutting, scraping and removing of the pulp. There at the farm, we talked about so many stories. They shared their culture and even shared to us their problems. As to the young people, we played basketball with them. We also visit houses, pray with the people, and worship with them. S: Since you are pioneering, how did you manage to build your own missionary cottage, school, and church? J: In a pioneering area, one of the biggest challenge here is our shelter. That’s our priority. We prayed to God for His blessing. The villagers saw that our intention is good and will be of benefit to them, especially the HEAL Program Missionary cottage in Paquibato (Health, Education,
Agriculture, and Livelihood). In turn, they helped us build our house. After two to three months, it was already done by God’s help. The SDA Church disrict of Paquibato also gave financial assistance. We are now working with the school building. We are in need of 800 board feet of wood and praise the Lord, we already have 200-300 board feet of logs. As to the church, we alredy have one in the area. S: That’s truly a work hand-in-hand with the people and the church. Speaking of hand-in-hand, do you have more experiences on this way of cooperation among the village people? J: Yes, I do have! Literally, hand-in-hand. It was a miracle that I experienced on our 7th month here in the village. With the “no story, no stipend” policy of SULADS to ensure that we submit reports, we were required to submit a story every end of the month. In order to submit, I looked for a place to get phone signal. The weather was not so good that day. In our village, we have a not-too-small, not-too-big stream, just enough that when there’s flood, you will surely be swept away. But for fear of not submitting my reports on time, I asked a resident in the village to accompany me in climbing up another hill to find good signal. Our village was situated in a valley, covered with other hills which made finding signal difficult. We prayed and asked God to be with us. We walked for an hour to reach our destination. When we crossed the stream, it didn’t seem to flood so we felt okay. When we reached our destination, I found a good signal. Finally, I can send my reports! After sending the reports, I was satisfied and joyful. But my smile immediately turned to anxiety when all of a sudden, it rained so hard! It was almost 3 hours of rain, it was so strong that it made the sur-
rounding almost invisible. From the top of the hill, we can hear the strong surge of stream current below. It’s going to flood! We prayed, “God, whatever Your plans are, we pray that You will lead and protect us from the things that will bring danger to us. We commit to you our lives.” Since we have no shelter to cover ourselves and we were soaked to the bone, we tried our best to go back to the village. The village people might be worried if we were lost for a long time. When we reached the stream, the flood was indeed so strong and high. It was already 7 PM and true enough, the village people were worried. Those who had no flashlight purchased flashlight and they went to the stream. When I turned my flashlight on, they sighed and shouted with much happiness and relief knowing that we are just on the other side. They responded by waving all of their flashlights. With this brightness, I saw a great number of people on the other side of the stream. With such a sight, I felt as if my tears were about to mix with the rain. I thanked God for the love and concern the people showed towards us. It’s so heart melting! We waited for the flood’s water level to be lowered. Even if it was still raging, the people came together hand-in-hand to help us cross the flooding stream. By God’s grace and continual watchcare, we were able to cross the surging water. Truly, the Lord is our Shepherd and we shall not want. He protects and even sends people working hand-in-hand for our aid. S: Wow, such a heart-warming experience! Thank you so much Sir Jemil for sharing your story. God bless you in the ministry.
Jemil Ray Santuyo is a fresh graduate of AB Theology in Mountain View College. His training as a Masterguide Director in the said school helped him become a good servant leader to his present mission field. In photo: Jemil embraced by his Manobo pupils inPaquibato
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Prayer Board
Praise God for • Safety of our missionaries • On-going church, school, and missionary building in pioneering areas • Supportive church brethren who hosted reportings Additional classroom building project at SULADS High School
• Consistent sponsors and visitors of our literacy centers • Construction of SULADS High School Dormitory and additional classrooms had started • New media missionaries who can document the work of missionaries • Continual support of SPUC for SULADS missionaries’ stipend • Partnership with Adventist World Radio in evangelism
Adventist Medical Center-Valencia and VSDAES teachers - two of our consistent SULADS supporters
• Arrival and disrtibution of new solar projectors used in evangelism • Simultaneous evangelistic efforts and baptisms in SULADS mission schools • Support of local governement
Constant support from Senator Ninoy Aquino LGU through Vice Mayor Flauta
• AMEN medical mission in SULADS literacy centers • Funding for rennovation of SULADS Training Hall • SULADS Promotions in different churches • Young people expressing their desire to be
No electricity needed -- the solar-operated smart projectors donated by AWR was a sure help in remote SULADS schools
SULADS missionaries
Let’s pray for
• On-going building projects in mission schools (Micaten cottage, Bongbong church, etc) • New set of dedicated missionaries for the next batch (2021-2022) • More souls in unreached areas to accept Jesus as their Saviour • SULADS Training 2021 • Health and safety of people amidst COVID • SULADS Training Hall construction/renovation • Missionaries and funding for new area opening requests • Current missionaries to successfully finish their term
“Prayer and faith will do what no power on earth can accomplish.”-Ministry of Healing, page 509 -Ministry of HEaling, page 509
• Media Equipment: Video editing computer (Php 40,000), camera (Php 40,000), Stabilizer (Php 15,000), Wireless mic for interviews (Php 2,000) 14
Partnership
Get involved!
You can partner with SULADS in so many ways. Here are some for you to select from:
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SUPPORT A MISSIONARY
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SUPPORT A MISSION SCHOOL
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SUPPORT A PROJECT
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JOIN MISSION TRIPS
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BE A MISSIONARY
You can support a missionary by providing the missionary stipend of Php 5,000.00 ($103) per month.
A mission school has various projects, most of which revolves in school, church, and missionary building projects. The estimated cost for a wood-type church and school is about Php 50,000.00 – Php 80,000.00 ($1030 – $1647).
SULADS Headquarters needs more funds for garage and training hall construction (Php 300,000), major plumbing repairs (Php50,000), and SULADS media equipment (Php 106, 901). The little that you have, joined with many others, will help fund these projects.
To see the actual needs of our Lumad brethren, you may join or initiate medical missions or mission trips (visitations, feeding, giving of supplies and hygiene kits). This would be a blessing both to you and to them.
Every year, we are sending over a hundred of missionaries in unreached areas around Mindanao. You can give a year of your life in missions by joining SULADS. To apply, you can check this online application form: https://forms.gle/4wPmbW971NhnanCt6.
HOW TO DONATE
BANK DETAILS Valencia City, Bukidnon Branch Banco de Oro (BDO) Dollar Account Account Name: SULADS, INC Account Number: 103-2100-35355 Swift Code: BNORPHMM Banco de Oro (BDO) Peso Account Account Name: SULADS, INC Account Number: 00321-001-8337
MISSIONARY APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS • • • • •
Baptismal Certificate Recommendation from your local pastor Medical Certificate NBI/Police Clearance Transcript of Records or any school certification • Duly filled online application form 15
Ang Buhay ng SULADS SULADS Theme Song Composed by Menchie Policarpio Music by Timmy Dag-on
Ang buhay ng SULADS punong-puno ng kulay Iba’t ibang pagsubok iyong mararanasan Kahit anong layo ng iyong paglalakbay Puso ay kay gaan, ligaya ang taglay. Chorus: SULADS na katawagan isakabuhayan Ito’y hindi birong paglilingkod sa Maykapal Ika’y tinatawag ng ating Amang Banal Ano ang ‘yong sagot? Siya’y naghihintay. Ang buhay ng SULADS punong-puno ng kulay Lungkot saya at hirap parating kaagapay Ngunit ang pangako buhay na walang hanggan Kayat manatiling naglilingkod sa Maykapal. Ang buhay ng SULADS punong-puno ng kulay Luha dugo at buhay, laging nakasalalay At ang gantimpala ikaw man ay mamatay Bituing nagniningning sayo’y ibibigay.