Transforming Lives and Communities

So many lives are being saved and changed, not only for eternity, but in the hope for today. Your generous donations and prayers have improved the hope of these communities. The comment we most hear is “no one has ever helped us before.” In many of these remote communities, when we first go in, is the look of despair on their faces and in their eyes. I have learned to spot malnourishment in the eyes of children. As the church materializes and we begin our programs of care the community transforms. Someone, in the name of our Lord, cares for them. Hope stirs in their hearts. We preach the Gospel pure and simple. Many are saved, and many consider. Lives are improved, and our Lord is faithful and hears their prayers. As they learn to depend on our faithful Lord Jesus, their lives improve. In time, smiles come to their faces and hope in their eyes, thank you LORD!

Thank you all who our Lord moves to help.

Your partner in this ministry to Filipinos,

Pastor Steve Bragg

Donations: http://www.river-rock.org/giving.html  

Ministry

Fruit 

THANK YOU LORD!

Notification

I’m sorry to have to post, in the midst of all the blessing, a negative post. But I must. 

Please let it be known that RAYMOND or RAY PASCO aka IOKEA is NOT a part of River Rock Church in the USA or the Philippines.

Pastor Steve Bragg
River Rock Church Philippine

Serving the Tribes of Palawan

One of the great pleasures we had was to provide Typhoon Yolanda food aid to 31 families of one of the Philippines original tribes.

Pastor Alagos "As I enter in this place my tears won't stop flowing for something that I don't know. After the message tribe people were crying loudly as they come to know the hope that is from the Lord. Pray for them! We will build church there pray that God will provide. AMEN."

Hope to the hopeless through loving GOD and loving others.

Each family received rice and groceries 

The Dump Site

Pulang Lupa Christian Church is located at the Dump Site. The church’s Pastor is Juliet (Joy) Rosido. She has lived among them ministering for 15 years. 

We were able to feed 58 of the families with the Typhoon Yolanda aid. Her dedication to the church there is inspiring. 

She lives among them by choice because of love. She has been isolated with no help. We have made a new friend.

She said "no one has ever helped us before."

Family living at the dump site

Pastor Juliet (Joy) Rosido

Urgent Prayer and Fasting Needed

I'm asking Christians to fast and pray. Our newly finished Franks Mabasa Church is about to be lost and

many families will be hurt without God intervention.

The political powers of Patnongon and Mabasa are trying to seize the land of our church and evict about 20 very needy families.  This land is designated for those who are in the greatest of need. The government allows them to build a simple bamboo homes. The agreement is the can use the land for a home, and when they move away someone else can build there. Most are simple fishermen.

The previous Barangay captain along with the Governor's blessing allowed us to build a church there for the people.

River Rock Church Philippines loves their neighbors.

In the year we have been there we have:

·         We have a weekly feeding program for malnourished children.

·         Provided medicine for those who got sick with the outbreak of Chikungunya.

·         We provided Aid for Typhoon Yolanda Victims by feeding 59 families 1120 kilos or 2464 pounds of rice.

·         As Typhoon Yolanda Aid, we repaired 15 homes.

We have done our homework they say they want to evict about 20 families to build a school. Well, there are schools to close to allow a school to be built there. Plus this is too dangerous of an area to build a school this land was flooded during both Typhoon Franks and Yolanda. The next Typhoon will ruin any school built there. I believe there is another reason that is either a political or financial gain to get this land.

The newly elected Barangay Captain of Mabasa and Mayor of Patnongon first act is to evict the poorest of people destroy their homes, and seized the nicely built and new church building and parsonage. They say they will provide an area away from the ocean to build a home. Well, they are FISHERMEN! They need the sea!!

If the politicians have their way, about 20 families will lose their homes with no place to go and the communities of Franks and Mabasa will lose a Church that loves and serves them.

The Bible says:

Ephesian 6:12  “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” NLT

Pastor Steve Bragg

River Rock Church Philippines

Franks Blessing Presentation video https://vimeo.com/80705407
YOUTUBE: http://youtu.be/P4XQJiuWx0w 

12 Baptized to Start the New Year

Twelve People Were Baptized at Victory Christian Church in Barangay Sugnod

Saturday January 4 2014, started the New Year with 12 baptisms at Barangay Sugnod. Barangay Sugnod in a remote area of Malinoa, Aklan.

Three weeks earlier we fed 126 families about 5000 pounds of rice and we are now in the process of repairing 9 family homes and the church because of Typhoon Yolanda. This is a huge blessing from our Lord!

We started a church in Sugnod about a year ago. The church building was almost completed, and then Typhoon Yolanda hit. The Typhoon devastated this remote area very close to the eye of the typhoon. Many are able to help their selves. Yet also many are unable to restart.

One Lady’s Story

One lady started coming to church weeks before Typhoon Yolanda. She is an older lady mostly blind with what looks like cataracts. She is raising her 4 year old granddaughter. Her house is on the road as you come into Sugnod. Typhoon Yolanda took major portions of her roof and her house leans now. Her house is scheduled to be fixed by us this week, we pray. It is hard to get supplies into Sugnod because the bridge is gone from the typhoon. In the meanwhile she and the granddaughter sleep under a table in the house to keep the rain off of them. It’s rainy season there now.

On January 4, she was one of the twelve people baptized. That night at the worship service in Sugnod she testified that, for the first time in her life, she felt peace she could not explain.