Ten Floors and Counting….
“He raises the poor from the dust and the needy from the ash heap.” -Psalm 113:7 In only 3 short days, 10 floors have changed the lives of 10 very grateful families!! It is incredible what God is doing through the Romero family and few of their wonderful benefactors. They write on their blog, “Floors for the Poor is a brand…
God is Sending Us Out!
October 12th The Alvarez family are in transit today to the Philippines once again! God is so great! After many trials and set backs, Odilio, Stacie and their 7 children, including one on the way, are returning to their previous mission post in the islands of the Philippines. In their newsletter for August they write about these trials and how…
Facebook LIKE Campaign
October 12th So many awesome things are happening at FMC its hard to keep up! As a Church we have officially embarked on the “Year of Faith” and the Church is challenging everyone this year to be evangelists and missionaries! As FMC we are launching our first ever, Facebook “LIKE” Campaign which we hope will be a great tool for reaching a larger…
“Floors for the Poor” and the 300 Mercy Club
October 5th, 2012 It is incredible to see what God is doing in the hearts and lives of people all over the world because of the simple, and profound YES that our missionaries have given with their lives. We want to share two amazing things that are happening in the Philippines as we speak. Floors for the Poor Sammy and Lindsey Romero…
Great Things Are Happening
September 12: There are so many wonderful things happening at FMC! Here are a few things that are happening this week: Our newest missionaries arrive for training today, as we kick Intake 2012 off with Mass at Our Lady of the Bayous Retreat Center. Genie Summers is in Ann Arbor, Michigan recording a episode of The Choices We Face with…
Mga Bunyagan (Baptisms!)
September 7: Our missionaries in the Philippines were blessed to witness 36 souls welcomed into the Church through the waters of Baptism in a poor village in the Philippines this week! Lindsey Romero shares the wonderful joy they experienced as they got to see the fruit that their ministry is having: “It was SUCH a blessed week for us here! The…
God is a God of Miracles:
The Church teaches us that our faith is strengthened when it is shared, Sammy experienced that this week: “Saturday afternoon, the reality of God’s power over big and small became very clear to me and to the children present at our catechism class. As Lindsey has described in previous posts, it is the rainy season here in Malaybalay, and it…
Our Work Continues in Mexico:
Sidney Savoie shares a glimpse of their weekly schedule, “We’ll be visiting as many as 8 ejidos (desert communities) each week, bringing them the Word of God and conducting communion services. Every week we have 6 different home visits scheduled. And last but not least we have our door ministry, where we pray with and help all those who come…
Our Missionaries Prepare A Community for the Sacraments:
As Catholics we are so blessed to be able to draw people to the God’s grace in the sacraments , as Rebekah experienced last week: “The most powerful part of the retreat was confession. After some frantic searching and lots of praying, we found a priest who was able to come for a couple hours in the afternoon. Mayet took…
Jesus Heals: Missionaries witnessing Miracles!
God works in powerful ways when we obey His word and step out in faith, Sarah testifies to this in her recent experience: “With being here for only five months, the Lord has allowed me to see so much fruit from this mission. I have seen many miracles; the sick being healed, the hopeless filled with not only hope but…
A Baby’s Life Spared: Missionaries Proclaim the Gospel of Life!
Our missionary shares this story from the field: “One day one of our new helpers told us she was feeling sick and nauseous. After some probing, she told us that she had taking some kind of abortifacient because she was afraid she was pregnant, and she has been pressurized by her husband and in laws not to have another baby….
