Six of the cabinet members either have no church affiliation or declined to declare one. Churches established and growing Looking back on 1998, Missionaries Charles and Nada Dates report that several churches have been established and are growing despite the social unrest experienced in some parts of this Asian island nation. Discipleship and character change are taking place. Dyak families don't know how to show love, so we taught them about the Christian family. In Tumbang Tangoi and Tumbang Baroi they were able to show the film in the schools.
Plans are to build church buildings in both villages.
A church in Tarakan has seen numerous miracles of healing and deliverance. A comatose patient can now walk and talk because of that church's prayers, the Dates report. The 6-month construction job resulted in new building to serve as a dormitory, dining room and kitchen. Following the transfer of people and equipment to the new building, renovations have been planned for six other areas in order to better utilize existing facilities. We're praying that additional deaf persons will be able to attend BID through a recent government initiated plan and that we will be able to meet the needs of more deaf people in this section of Metro Manila.