At the end of August, we were invited to attend Youth Ignite – a large gathering of youth from around Cebu City. It was a day of worship, guest speakers, and breakout sessions with the aim of igniting young people’s faith in Jesus and helping them grow as disciples. Some Street Level students from both Toledo and Cebu joined. We set up our booth and handed out WOTS magazines and fliers to let people know about Shofar’s ministries. Britt was invited to speak about discipleship at one of the breakout sessions. After that, we went to the airport to catch our flight to the USA while the students finished out the event.

While we were in the USA, we were thankful to join one of our favorite Believers Church events – the annual campout! We played volleyball, badminton, hiked the trails, and enjoyed catching up with everyone. Laura taught a science lesson to the home school group, and Britt joined various Street Level activities. We were also able to spend some time with our families. Thanks for welcoming us back! It’s always encouraging to come back and see what God is doing in the Midwest.

We arrived in Cebu a few days ago… 

On Friday, Laura was able to visit two schools and continue scheduling opportunities to teach Exploring Creation Science lessons throughout the semester. Students returned to the classroom on August 22 for the first time since March 2020. This has also provided new opportunities for Laura to spend more time at the Inayawan Nazarene School. 

On Saturday, we installed Street Level Radio at Carol’s Carenderia – an eatery that’s located across from E Mall – a crossroads of students from many universities! We have a few technical glitches to work out, so we’d appreciate your prayers to get the station up and running! This semester, we’re adjusting our Street Level meeting day in Cebu City to see if we can reach students that can’t come on Fridays. The Toledo group continues to meet each Friday and had a steady group of students meeting while we were gone.