Author: Stephen and Ginger Jordan

One year ago, upon our return to the States, the Agutaynen church was doing well and on top of the mountain.  As a church family, we asked three men to step into a temporary leadership position.   Today, the church now appears to be going through a valley.  Two weeks ago, the eldest member of […]

The 4th annual Sports Bible Camp was a great week.  Every year, a new record of attendees is set.  This year, 75 teenagers signed up for Sports Bible Camp.  Monday through Thursday started out with a one-hour Bible time, followed by an hour of practicing a particular skill for basketball (for the boys) and for […]

Occasionally, people in the States will ask us:  “How are your kids doing?”  Or  “How are they adjusting to being back in the Philippines?”  Well, please let us share what we have been doing to try to help them with their transition back to the Philippines. Returning to the Philippines is a mixture of joy […]

Upon our return to the village last month, we have had several meetings with the believers to discuss their future church building.  Yes, their future church building.  We want them to be very involved in the process, which includes finalizing the plans and the many details involved.  The believers are very excited and things are […]

Step #3:  Puerto.  During our time in Puerto, we have needed to do some maintenance on our vehicle and have needed to shop for everything because our kitchen cabinets in the village are empty.  This is a massive order that includes everything from “A to Z”: “AA” Batteries, Baking Powder, Cream of Chicken soup, Dish […]

As we return to the Philippines, we make the transition back to village life one step at a time. Step #1:  Manila.  Upon our arrival back to the Philippines, we spent four days in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.  During this brief time, we spent time shopping for items that we can’t usually […]

Last Sunday, with all ten suitcases packed and loaded in the vehicles, we started our journey back to the Philippines, so we thought.  We awoke to a very white morning with about three inches of snow.  In a way, we were excited to see the snow knowing that it would be the last we would […]

The phrase “Bloom where you are planted” has often been used to encourage us to obey God and serve Him where He puts us.  Throughout our lives, we endeavor to do this, in whatever plot of ground the Lord places our family.   We arrived back to the States in May and put our roots […]

In the last couple of weeks, we have checked off, or maybe we can say “cut” off, a few more things from our “to-do” list prior to returning to the Philippines.  One of the things Ginger and the girls do each time we are in the States is donate their hair to an organization called […]

With only a few weeks left before we return to the Philippines, we have our lists of things still to do: things still to purchase, things still to ship, things still to do as a family.  This past few weeks several items were checked off these lists including some of the items off our kids’ […]