Laymen Ministries Philippines

God's work among the natives in Mindoro

Our work:

Katutubo Excel Schools

Education for Iraya natives

SDA Prision Ministry

Encouraging inmates to share the gospel

Laymen Ministries Express III

For 20 years, Laymen Ministries Philippines has been traveling on the South China Sea to deliver and support missionaries to very remote native villages on the northern end of the island of Mindoro, Philippines. Now the time has come for a new boat.

The Video shows the history and progress of the Laymen Ministries Express III in connection with our educational work.

Articles

A Powerful God We Serve
- Pinagbayanan
We have a powerful God that we serve that’s the distinct difference between us, missionary teachers, and the public school teachers. It’s not good to say, but we have more integrity and love for God than they. In this experience that I’m going to tell, they, the public school teachers, saw something in us that they lack and want to have. In just recently, we had celebrated the “Buwan nang Wika”, where KESI, Katutubo Schools Inc., and the public school merged together to make a program and to present it. They were the ones who came to us and begged...

By
Venus Veloria
— November 18, 2011
Challenges and Blessings
- Sulong-Ipil
It was June 3, 2001 when my family settled in our new village, Sulong Ipil. Located in the outskirts of Mamburao, the Katutubo living in their village are different in many ways from the two other villages where we served before. Mae Celestre and her housband Boying - Missionaries for LMP in Sulong Ipil Challenge number 1: There are at least three Christian denominations of different churches that exist in the village. They all have worship on Sundays and most of the villagers attend one of them. It will cost some money for my family to attend Sabbath worship in...

By
Mae Celestre
— July 22, 2011
Another Success for God’s Kingdom
- Prison Ministry
One of several being baptized and other joining by profession of faith Mr. Abelardo Bacolor is a prison guard from Muntinlupa or the so called National Bilibid Prison. He was transferred to Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm. He was branded as the “bad boy” among the employees of the prison. One day, he was invited by one of our inmate brethren in San Isidro sub-prison to attend the following Sabbath worship program. When the Sabbath came, everyone was delighted to see his presence, though he was too quiet and observing. It became a big encouragement for the inmates to have...

By
Louie Benitez
— June 22, 2010
Rough Seas
- Pinagbayanan
The vacation was over and it was time to go back to the village where I’m working for Christ. My parents were very worried because of the strong wind. They suggested that I should hike over the mountain. They didn’t know that I was also worried. I was praying that the ocean would be calm. I returned to the mission headquarters with fear in my heart. The day came that we needed to go to the village. I was expecting big waves and strong winds. But, God is really good; the sea was very calm and peaceful. I appreciated the...

By
Mechel Cubil
— June 22, 2010
Unselfish Service
- Pinagbayanan
Arjay is one of Ma’am Mechel’s students in Kinder. He was diagnosed with streptococcus that caused him to be absent for almost the first week of 2010. Ma’am Mechel took pity on him because he became so thin due to lack of nutrition. He was not able to eat. Ma’am Mechel then asked help from the team and with Tito Jim’s advice we decided to treat him with Amoxicillin for five days. We could not trust him to take his medication religiously, nor could we trust his closest family to administer it, so, Ma’am Mechel and Ma’am Mhae volunteered themselves...

By
Mae Celestre
— June 22, 2010
Peace Is with God
- Agbalite
By Neng Betoya, Missionary Teacher in the remote village of Agbalite People are hungry for peace and love. Some people spend a lot of money to have peace and security in this false world. People think that money and power give them assurance and peace of heart and mind. Others go elsewhere to escape from the cruelty of this world and live in the country just to have peace of mind. A safe place is not a guarantee of peace either. It is only through God that we can achieve peace because He is the only One who has peace...

By
Neng Betoya
— June 22, 2010
Great Touch of Influence
- Sulong-Ipil
Most natives of Mindoro (called Mangyans) are very reserved and shy. Being one of their teachers, I have an opportunity to observe them and how they treat their parents. They don’t express their emotions like others do. They do not hug, they do not kiss, and they do not even say “I love you” to their parents. If someone comes into their house, they rather hide than accommodate them. After seven months with them, I just noticed that they are now different. Some of them hug all their teachers. They show up when someone comes and greet them with a...

By
Rose Enriquez
— June 22, 2010
Prayer Challenges
- Agbalite
God has given me some challenging and rewarding experiences this past month. One Sabbath afternoon as I was reading in Desire of Ages, I was inspired by the chapter, “Go Teach All Nations,” specifically about the author’s commentary on the verse, “They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Mark 16:18. She wrote, “He turned away none who came to receive His healing power. He knew that those who petitioned Him for help had brought disease upon themselves; yet He did not refuse to heal them. And when virtue from Christ entered into these poor souls, they...

By
Joel Marshall
— June 22, 2010
Don’t Limit God’s Strength
- Agbalite
It was a wonderful Sabbath day! We rang the bell for church. I was in the Nipa (native thatch) hut while waiting for the villagers and children to come. After awhile, I saw the children coming and went inside the church. They started singing while waiting for the others to come. As they were singing some villagers arrived and joined the children’s singing. I walked down to the house and went inside my bedroom. When I was in my bedroom, I felt pain in my abdomen. Slowly, I laid down on my bed, but the pain became worse. Church would...

By
Mildred Uy
— June 22, 2010
The Surprise of the Sea
- Pinagbayanan
I consider December 20, 2009 the day of the “Impossible Trip.” On this day the missionaries had to make a lot of tries just to get on the boat. Some of us were rolled by the big waves. We were all wet! We missionaries with children were in awe seeing how difficult it was to get our children on the boat. I had nothing to say, but just took a deep breath knowing that I would be very seasick. God protected us and we made it safely to our destination. At headquarters we spent three days running errands. We visited...

By
Analynn Altamirano
— June 16, 2010