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April 2017 OM Philippines - Palawan Update / Volume 1 Issue 1

Revisiting the Past for the Next Gen

PHILIPPINES

“DAUS” (da-os) - is a yearly three (3)

day festival that the Batak Tribes have been

doing. Batak means “mountain people.” They

are a peace loving community. In the past,

during Daus, the Batak’s go to designated

places in the forest, beside a river, construct

a makeshift shelter and live o� the produce

of the forest for three days, thanking the

faries, spirits or gods for the good things

they received from nature. Today, since

tribal missionaries came, like Pastor Ricky

Dela Cruz, one of our strategic partners in

Palawan and made a di�erence in the Batak

communities, the Batak’s are now thanking

the one true God for the blessings they’ve

received. Reliving the past for the next

generation. During the Daus they worship

God, study His Word and exchange stories

of the goodness of God in their lives. I,

together with Felix and Rahel, have

attended the Daus done by the Batak’s of

Tagnaya community last February. I

personally am so grateful to have attended

their celebration

and Sunday Service. It is a beautiful picture

of what will happen in the future when

Jesus comes, when every tribe and every

tongue confess that Jesus is Lord of all.

May you be encouraged as you read

through what God has been doing in our

communities here in Palawan. Please know

that you are a part of what is happening

here through your prayers and support. One

day, we will see “vibrant communities of

Jesus followers among the least reached.”

God bless you!

Victor AbabaOMPhilippines-Palawan

Team Leader

“...they are now thanking the one true God for the blessings they’ve received.”

gathering food in the surrounding areas

IN THIS ISSUE…• • • • •


ABORLAN: OM Palawan has been helping provide our tribal communities with clean potable water. Recently, we helped Ethnos Tribal Missions Training Center, a missions school for tribal pastors led by Pastor Philip Lim. The school is located in Aborlan, 60 kilometers south of Puerto Princesa. With Pastor Randy Ranoco’s (Missionary

among the Tagbanua Tribes) help we were able to tap into a water

source within the school property. With the upcoming Tribal Youth Camp this April 17-21, in partnership with OM’s Go Extra Mile (G.E.M.) which will be held in the missions school property, water is a commodity we couldn’t neglect. Praise God for His provision water is now free �owing in the missions school.

Digging of a well is also undergoing for the Tagbanua community in Yayabu,

Sagpangan, Aborlan. This is where Pastor Randy has planted a church some 6 years ago. They just recently celebrated their 6th year anniversary.

TAGNAYA: Recently, a �shing boat was dedicated to the Lord. This �shing boat will be used by Pastor Edwin Cayao as a source of income as he pastors the Batak community in Tagnaya. Victor was instrumental in helping �nd resources for this project to come to fruition. May God bless the e�orts of Pastor Edwin as he seeks to become more sustainable and be able to minister better both to his family and his community.

You may support di�erent ministries and projects of OM Philippines - Palawan or support a sta�. You may visit or contact any OM o�ce nearest you or contact [email protected] or call +63.916.644.4997.

You may also check www.om.org for more information about OM.

CEBU: OMPalawan Team was privileged to attend a training together with the whole OMPhilippine Sta� and some international OM partners. The training is called PC/24 in which we will be mentored for 24 months how to conduct a project. Practical tools were taught to us for 5 days. It was quite brain frying but at the same time ful�lling, because we now have enough tools to use with our present ministries and be able to e�ectively plan our next moves to help in reaching out the greater Palawan for Jesus.

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WATER SYSTEMS INSTALLED FISHING BOAT DEDICATED PC/24 TRAINING

MANILA OFFICEOperation Mobilisation Philippines, Inc.

1052 Baltimore St.Brookside Hills Subdivision, Cainta Rizal 1900

+63 (02) 655-3753

PALAWAN OFFICEMission House, Purok Pagbabago

San Manuel, Puerto Princesa, Palawan(63) 916 644 4997

It is two and a half years ago now that we met Uncle/Kuya

Victor Ababa in Germany. We, Rahel and Felix were about

to join OM Philippines in Cebu and took the chance to

talk to somebody who knew more about it. We never

thought that we will extend our two year commitment to

join Uncle/Kuya Victor here in Palawan for the tribal

ministry.

Since January 2015 we are part of OM Philippines in Cebu

and mainly helped out in the Relief and Development

Department. Our job was very practical, building houses

for the Yolanda victims and facilitating prevention

trainings.

The last four months was a time of transition. After we

visited Palawan the �rst time last year October to

December, to help out in the ministry, we were praying

about extending. All our plans, ideas, and visions for our

future we had made already were changed by God. He

slowly revealed di�erent thoughts and ideas to us and we

came along. So we asked our church back in Germany

and after a long time of prayer they decided to send us

into long term mission.

After we �nished our last projects in Cebu, we wrapped

everything up in a very stressful and super short

sequence of time. We packed a big part of our belongings

and left Cebu to move to Puerto Princesa, Palawan on the

6th of April.

Now we are here and try to settle in, we know the place

already, but it is still di�erent to know that you will not

go back anymore, only for short visits maybe. We hope to

stay emotionally and physically healthy and to quickly

feel 100% part of our new team and the ministry we do.

One of our highlights happened still in Cebu in March.

We had a training called Project Cycle 24 held by OM for

OMer’s. A training about how to start, plan and manage a

project, the di�erent phases of it and how to do it

together with the community where you are at, so that

they are actually owning it. The 24 means it will go for 24

month, so we were given a coach who follows up on us

and coaches us in our progress. This is very exciting;

because now we can apply all the things we learned

together and have somebody who shows us when we

loose track. It is also great to be able to sit together as a

team to see what the Lord has for us and how he

prepared things already.

With greetings full of excitement by stepping into a new

part of life.

Your’s,

Felix & Rahel


By: Felix & Rahel

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