LWA at The Lord is my Shepherd Church

One of the most well-attended WOTM seminars conducted by LWA happened last May 17, 2008 at The Lord is my Shepherd Church at Abad Santos, Manila. Through the arrangements made by Star Youth Ministries member, Jeremiah Lim, who is a new member of the church, the seminar was organized. More than a hundred Christians attended the event.

LWA thought that the seminar will not push through anymore because the host church had already bought The Basic Training Course and was already using it to train their church leaders. But the leadership of the church wanted the principle to be taught to everyone in the church who wants to be involved in the ministry of evangelism and they wanted a set-up where they can ask questions to more seasoned WOTM evangelists. Dennis Mark Aglosolos did the presentation for the whole group and SYM members facilitated small group discussions. The LWA team was so blessed with the response of the members of the host church. Christians, young and old, committed to be more involved in sharing the gospel at the end of the seminar, of course, WOTM style.

To the leadership, as well as to the members of The Lord is my Shepherd Church, we send you our most sincere "Thanks" for inviting us to your church. May God bless everything that you for Him!

LWA to distribute gospel tracts in upcoming big events

One of LWA's evangelism activities is to distribute gospel tracts during big events in the country where people will definitely be around. It's like going fishing where the fishes will be. You don't have to spend a long time anymore to catch one for they will be in abundance in these events. All you have to do is to be where they are and just bring your fishing rod and bate, in this case, your fishing rod is the gospel and your bate so that they will think about their need for Jesus is the Ten Commandments.

This is what LWA will be doing in the coming months. For June, LWA plans to be around where the Independence Day celebration will be. Usually, during this holiday, Filipinos in the Manila area converge at the Quirino Grandstand to watch the festivities. We will be there to give them gospel tracts and to do several one-to-one witnessing sessions. LWA also plans to be at Robinson's Pulilan when it opens hopefully at the end of June or anytime in July. The crowd will be there and so are we.

Other events we are looking forward to for this year is the opening of SM Baliuag and the Metro Manila Film Fest parade somewhere in December.

We pray that you will also do your part in winning souls for Christ during these events.

Star Youth Ministries Celebrates its 2nd Anniversary

It has been 2 years since the youth evangelism group which came to be known as the Star Youth Ministries was founded. Now, the official evangelism arm of Living Waters Asia, SYM has gone to places and accomplished so many things that were not anticipated by the original members 2 years ago.

Last April 19, 2008, SYM celebrated its 2nd year anniversary. This year's celebration was different from what they had last year. Last year, the celebration was in an exclusive restaurant together with the families and supporters of the group. But for this year, the celebration was clearly what SYM is all about... they went out to again share the gospel. The day started with a short program at the Living Waters Asia office. Dennis Mark Aglosolos, the founder of the group, delivered a message that aimed to further encourage the members to continue on with the lifestyle of always sharing the gospel to people. After the program, they proceeded to San Ildefonso, Bulacan, specifically at their town plaza, and gave out gospel tracts and did one-to-one witnessing whenever an opportunity was presented them. Some of the members were saying that the feeling that day was similar to what they feel during our yearly mission trip called the Gospel Buzz. Everyone enjoyed that morning.

The celebration commenced with an eat-all-you-can lunch at a nearby restaurant. Praise the Lord for His goodness! We don't know what our 3rd year will be like. What we just know is that God will be true to His promise to those who involve themselves in the ministry of evangelism --- "...and lo, I will be with you always even unto the end of the world."

Dialogue with church pastors about the WOTM principle

Since "The Launch" last March 9, 2008, LWA has been invited to do dialogues with church leaders about the WOTM principle, proof that God really moved during the event. The thrust of the operations of Living Waters is to teach biblical evangelism and challenge Christians to be more involved in the Great Commission. The selling of LWP products really is secondary. And so, when pastors are clamoring for dialogues regarding the principle, we know that we are on track with our goals for the ministry.

Last March 25, 2008, Dennis Mark Aglosolos, Rev. Arsenio Chan, Jr. and Arvin Cunanan were at the office of Christ Commission Fellowship (CCF) at Pasig City. CCF is one of the biggest Bible-believing churches in the Philippines with several satellite churches in nearby cities and provinces. The team met with Ptr. Ito, the evangelism head of CCF. Likewise in the meeting were Ptr. Gatchalian and his very lovely wife, who also have been using the WOTM principles in their evangelism efforts. With their help, the LWA team presented the principle to Ptr. Ito and answered questions he had. At the end of the meeting, CCF bought several products from LWA, including training materials. Plans of teaching the principle to CCF Bible teachers were also voiced-out.

A dialogue was also requested by Baptist pastors from Bocaue, Bulacan through the introduction of Ptr. John Vistan last April 14, 2008. Dennis Mark Aglosolos did a one and a half hour presentation that really changed how the pastors present viewed evangelism. Before LWA could leave the meeting, a request for a WOTM seminar on May was already made. Please pray for more opportunities like these.

WOTM seminar at San Juan City

LWA and SYM last April 12, 2008 went to San Juan City to do a WOTM seminar. The host church was Born Again In Christ Evangelical Church headed by Ptr. Ramil Elinzano. The event was well attended as Ptr. Ramil invited their church's daughter churches. It was nice to see that both young people and adults showed up for the event, declaring their intention to be more involved in evangelism.

The seminar at San Juan City was the result of "The Launch" last March 9, 2008. Ptr. Ramil came to the event and got convinced with the principle and so, he right away organized the event.

"The Launch" opens doors for LWA's WOTM seminars in metropolitan churches

"The Launch: The ministry of Living Waters Asia" last March 9, 2008 at Max's Scout Tuazon was a big success. Pastors from the metropolitan area, as well as delegates from Ilocos Norte, came for the presentation of what LWA is and the principle of evangelism it promotes (WOTM). The guests got to know on a deeper level the contribution to evangelism that LWA is ready to provide Christian churches all around Asia. Dennis Mark Aglosolos, the managing director of LWA gave a teaser of "Hell's Best Kept Secret" which was enough to make the pastors present to decide to invite the LWA team in their churches to conduct a WOTM seminar.

Rev. Arsenio Chan, Jr. did a great job as the master of ceremony. There was no dull moment whenever Rev. Chan had the microphone in his hand. There was great Christian music rendered by the gifted singers of Star Youth Ministries at the start of the program. The testimonies shared by Ptr. John Vistan and Sis. Maritess Javellana about their experiences using the WOTM principle in their evangelism efforts as well as how LWA has helped them and their church was so encouraging. And of course, the challenge delivered by Ptr. Peter Banzon of The Lord's Assembly Church and "Pag-asa para sa 'yo" radio program at 702 DZAS really contributed significantly in convincing pastors to invite LWA in their churches and the Christians present to give their support to the ministry.

God really moved in a special way during the event. We expect that LWA will be very busy in the coming months as a result of the event, doing seminars in different churches. Thanks to all of the pastors and Christians that attended our event. Until the nets are full, may we work hand-in-hand in heeding the Great Commission.

LWA at The Lord's Assembly Church

The Lord's Assembly Church at Quezon City, headed by Ptr. Peter Banzon of 702 DZAS' "Pag-asa para sa 'yo" opened their doors for LWA and its WOTM seminar last February 23, 2008. As a result of their extensive promotion of the event to their members, many TLA members, mostly adults, joined the workshop. The attendees experienced hands-on training from Dennis Mark Aglosolos and several Star Youth Ministries members who took charge in giving tips on how to effectively share the gospel, WOTM style, when the participants were divided into smaller groups.

After a week, Ptr. Banzon reported to Dennis their church' application of the principle. Last March 2, 2008, around 75 of them went to Parks and Wildlife to share the gospel the way Jesus did. They were so happy with the effectiveness of the approach and are so excited to do it again and again. During the LWA event, "The Launch", Ptr. Peter Banzon commented that in his 20+ years of being a pastor, he believes that the WOTM seminar that LWA conducts is the best evangelism seminar he has brought to his church. Below is their picture at Parks and Wildlife after sharing the gospel to people there.