Mobile CDTS 2008

Palanan Video

This is where the CDTS 2008 Outreach team will for the first part of outreach. Please pray for us. We will be there April 25 to May 10

Crossroads Discipleship Training School -Jan. '08

". . . From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth." (Psalm 121:1)

How the Lord has ministered into the lives of some of the Crossroads Discipleship Training School students is evident in the testimonies they've shared and the visible changes shown in their lives. Here are some:

• “I rebelled against God for a number of years. Sent to an orphanage at an early age made me feel rejected and abandoned. Fed-up with a troubled marriage, I ran away from home and family. With a prosperous business to lean on, I lived my life the way I want. I thought money would fill the void in my heart and would assuage the gnawing pain of rejection. I was wrong. Money all the more led me to drift away from God, making my life miserable. God had to strip me off of everything I depended on for me to realize how empty and futile life is without knowing the love of the Father. Now, I’ve come home forgiven and rejoicing in God’s unconditional love for me."

• “My father died when I was still very young. I grew up with a very abusive step father. Physical and verbal abuse were constant that they carved a deep wound in my soul. Suppressed anger and fear dominated my life even after I became a Christian. Ministering among an unreached people group, had kept me busy in the ministry for years pushing down the pestering wound inside of me. Zeal and enthusiasm eventually ebbed away and was replaced with emotional and physical fatigue. Soon discontent and resentment grew in my heart. God in His mercy met me at the crossroad of my life. He brought me to CDTS where I learned the value God has placed on me as His child. Having found my true identity, I want to go back and continue to serve the people I left behind.”

• “Here is a list of the people I want to forgive and they are the ones I could remember so far and I’m sure that there are still more” she said as she handed me the paper full of names of the people who had hurt her extremely. “I had carried this bitterness for so long and my rebellion had led me deep into sinful and shameful behavior. I want to live a life that is pleasing to God and I desire to serve among those who have been through the life I’ve been into.”

From the mouths of the children--
This year God has blessed the school with four young children with smiles and boundless energy and joy which never failed to cheer everyone around them. From them we can learn valuable lessons.

Dav-it, a three year-old Vietnamese boy told his mother one day that Grandpa (Gary, an 80 year old missionary who was our speaker that week and was sitting across him at the breakfast table) had promised to give him a gift. His mother translated for us what the boy said. And with all smiles and without the prompting of anybody, he said “thank you” to Gary. He had a promise and even before he received the gift, he was grateful.

(One of our staff team shared this story with us one morning--)
"I went outside the yard one day when I noticed a branch was broken off from a plant which I planted and carefully tended. I asked Rosemary, a six-year-old child, if she saw who did it. 'I don’t know,' she said and looking intently into my face, she added 'why not plant the broken branch so it will grow into another plant?' 'What an idea' I said to her in agreement and gave her a hug."

Many times when we face problems, we often see the obstacles instead of solutions. Or we dwell on the "problem" rather than seeing it as an "opportunity for growth." It is all about CHOICES--how are we going to see it and respond?

Please pray with us:

• Participating with God in what He is doing in the students in these last few weeks of the lecture phase.

• Outreach preparation and involvement.

• Fees of the students. There are those who still have not paid their lecture or outreach fees. Please pray for provision. Four more weeks and we will be going out.

• Staff needs. All our team serve as volunteers and are trusting God to provide.

• That we may continue to be led by God, in the power of the Holy Spirit, in the responsibilities we have here.