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For the Jordan family, Christmas is a time filled with many blessings and memories.  This year was extra special as we were able to celebrate the birth of our Savior with Ginger’s family.  An additional blessing was all the Christmas cards that many of you sent to us.    Over 100 of you encouraged us with […]

For the last five years, we have celebrated Christmas as the temperature hovered around 90 degrees.  Of course, we are not talking about celebrating Christmas in Michigan, we are talking about in the Philippines.  We were surrounded by coconut and banana trees as we listened to Christmas music.  Singing Christmas songs and sweating at the […]

Yes, they do.  In many ways it is similar to how Americans celebrate Christmas.  For example, there is caroling.  Agutaynens come in groups of about ten people, along with their instruments, which might be a guitar or a banjo (not unusual if the instruments are missing a string or two).  They will sing several Christmas […]

Today is the beginning of a four-week period that we have no speaking engagements.  Our family is treasuring these four weeks of no traveling and just staying home.  This will be extra special for our kids as they desire to attend Sunday School at our home church, where all their friends are.  In order to […]

Yes, we are and have been from time we returned to the States last May.  Even though we won’t be returning to the Philippines until the end of June 2011, we have been and continue to prepare for our return.  One of these preparations is for our children’s homeschooling needs.  At this time, we are […]

Yes, our children are involved in many ways.  Our children, along with us, desire for their Agutaynen friends to know Jesus as their Savior.  It breaks their hearts when they see a funeral procession pass by our house in the village and know that the deceased did not hear the message.  It breaks their hearts […]

Not all the questions people have been asking are about the ministry.  As we have traveled throughout the States, many have commented on how beautiful and loooooong Abigail’s hair was.  In fact, her last hair cut was over 5 years ago.  Several people suggested that Ginger and Abigail cut their hair and donate it to […]

While we are in the States, we are excited that our partner, Manfred, continues to proclaim the Word of God.  He and his wife Nadine share that up to 150 Agutaynens still attend the Bible teaching every Wednesday evening.  Please continue to pray for strength and wisdom as Manfred continues to prepare lessons.  Pray for […]

Several people have asked us this week if Typhoon Megi caused any damage to our home in the Philippines.  The short answer is “no”.   Every year, 25-30 typhoons will go through the Philippines.  Usually these typhoons will hit the Visayas or Luzon.  In other words, typhoons hit central to northern Philippines, not our island directly.  […]

Every week we find ourselves sharing in a new church.  However, the questions people are asking about our family and about the Agutaynens are usually the same questions that other churches have asked before.  So, we have decided to post these questions on our blog, along with our answers.  Every week, we will try to […]