March 15, 2010

Every summer, IVCF Philippines focuses on training camps for our students. We invest so much of our resources for our students to communicate the gospel of Christ, disciple young believers, and train our members to be committed servant-leaders of Christ.

What great joy to share a few testimonies of the impact of these training camps to our IVCF students.

• I praise Your name for the changes that occurred to me. The realizations and revelations were very clear and I thank You so much for it. I am very blessed to be given this opportunity. By Glory Daisy V. Taganile, Kawayan Camp 2009 delegate from Western Visayas Regional Unit.

• I came here to camp, proud and sinful. But since listening to the expos, the SG meetings, and being able to daily commune with my God, I can honestly say that something in me has changed. Never have I felt such a close connection with my God. And I no longer fear being tested because I am a child of God and He won’t ever leave my side. I thank God for this opportunity to grow in Him. Surely this is but the beginning of my journey with the Lord. By Mia Lopez, ISCF LCDC 2009 delegate from Quezon City Science High School.

• What is clear to me now, Lord, is that I want to serve You. I want to journey and live with You and in You through the young people in church and also sa IVCF, also to live a simple and ordinary life contented of You. It’s my prayer that the light that in me would really radiate and create an impact to the people around me. – Faithmae S. Gambe, Kawayan Camp 2009 delegate from Northern Mindanao Regional Unit.

• One great thing I learned in OS is loving people whom I never really had any intimate connection with. Interaction with my host family and children in Singawan (the sitio I was assigned to) was used by God to melt my insensitivity and unawareness of other people’s condition, both physical and spiritual. I learned to live with them “with all my heart.” – By Jobel Beulah Sornillo, Operation Samaria Medical Mission 2009 delegate from UP Manila.

• Lord, gusto ko po magpasalamat dahil nandito ako sa KC. Salamat sa kabutihan Mo. Salamat sa bawat session, speaker, sa bawat lesson. Salamat sa pag ibig Mo, dahil kahit gaano ako nagmatigas at nagpakalayo bago mag–KC ay hindi Mo ko iniwan. Salamat dahil isa Kang mapagmahal na Ama. – Ricardo Caleb R. Cosico, Kawayan Camp 2009 delegate from Metro Manila Regional Unit.

Did these testimonies made you look back at your own IVCF camp experiences? Remember how God transformed you during an ISCF camp, or Operation Samaria, or your Kawayan Camp? God had blessed many IVCFers through our summer camps. We can all testify how God provided for our individual camp fees and the bigger camp subsidy needs through the generosity of our IVCF alumni.

This summer we are asking our God to provide for the needed subsidies for our national summer training camps. And we are again asking God through you, our IVCF alumni. To those who has the ability to give, to those who are willing to give sacrificially, and to those who are one with our vision to continue ministering to students for the building of God’s kingdom, I am asking for your financial support.

We need a total amount of Php 611,200.30 (about US$ 13,582.00) for subsidies for 4 national summer training camps:

Kawayan Camp

Theme/Title: Dirty Feet: A Radical Obedience
Date:April 7-May 5 2010
Venue: Camp Humayan, Brgy. Busay, Bago City, Negros Occidental
Campus Delegate Reg Fee: Php 9,500.00
Subsidy Needed: Php 332,416.05

ISCF National Leadership-Discipleship Camp

Theme: Lead Inside Out
Camp Proper: May 16-22, 2010
Humayan Camp, Bago City, Negros Occidental
Campus Delegate Reg Fee: Php 2,200.00
Subsidy Needed: Php 200,000.00

Operation Samaria Medical Mission Exposure

Theme/Title: Taos Pusong Paglilingkod
Date: May 22-June 2, 2010
Venue: Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
Subsidy Needed: Php 60,000.00

Missions Training Camp

Theme/Title: The Unfinished Story
Date: May 13-17, 2010
Venue: Cavite
Subsidy Needed: Php 18,784.25

Metro Manila Regional Unit

ISCF Leadership Camp-Discipleship Camp

Theme/Title: GI Joe: God Involved: Jesus Over Every-Me
Date: April 25-May 1, 2010
Venue: The Lord’s Garden, Brgy. Looc, Calamba, Laguna
Target  No of campers: 30
Subsidy Needed: Php30,657.10

ISCF Sibol Camp (Evangelistic)

Theme/Title: SIYA Mismo: Ang Daan, Katotohan at Buhay
Date: April 6-10, 2010
Venue: Falcon Crest, Norzagaray, Bulacan
Target  No of campers: 30
Subsidy Needed: Php7,779.73

Central and Eastern Visayas Regional Unit

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Evangelistic
May 25-29, 2010
Camp Bato, Brgy Manatad
Sibonga, Cebu
Subsidy Needed: Php 10,000

Mindanao Student Leadership Camp

VENUE: Camp Moriah, Pal-ing, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
DATE: May 21-31, 2010
Reg. fee: PhP 2,200
Subsidy: Php 85,000

IVCF is still raising funds for camp subsidies from our IVCF alumni because we want to lower the camp fee so our students can afford to join our training camps. Through this strategy, we are also teaching our students the importance of the student-graduate integration in IVCF, the value of giving to IVCF student ministry, and as examples of generosity of our alumni to our movement.

We pray that God would allow you to respond to our need and make you as one of His channels of blessings for our summer camps. You may send your gifts through our bank accounts:

Bank of the Philippine Island (BPI)

Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Inc.
Peso Current Account # 0421-0008-83
Swift Code: BOPI BHMM
BPI COMMONWEALTH AVE Branch
Brgy. Holy Spirit, Quezon City

MetroBank – Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (MBTC)

Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Inc.
Peso Savings Account # 032-3-01600377-8
US Dollar Savings Account # 032-2-03200020-1
Swift Code: MBTC PHMM
MBTC COMMONWEALTH AVE Branch
Lenjull Bldg. Commonwealth Ave.
Brgy. Holy Spirit, Quezon City

For donors who are in North America, you can send your checks to any of the following:

Balikatan ng mga Kristiano, Inc.

c/o Edna Eleanor Bargan
31 Chapel Street
Norwook, MA 020662

MEANS: Mission East Asian National Support

c/o Carmena Cruz
P.O. Box 8434
Bartlett, IL 60103

Please visit our website (ivcfphil.org/support-us) for other ways to send our your donations.

Thank you very much!

In Christ,

Erickson Velardo
National Director