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Timothy Internship Program 2009

It is over. We have successfully completed our first Timothy Internship Program here in Iloilo. We had eight interns, five of them were students from Christ for the Nations Institute, a Bible school in Texas.

It was an incredible ten and a half weeks. We did prison ministry, medical ministry, children's ministry, and we even met a child who was raised from the dead. And we ate waaaaay to much pizza.

I am glad I can say this without a shred of doubt. This is my purpose. Equipping people, giving them the tools and the skills to help them succeed is my purpose. It was truly an honor and a privilege to have these incredible men and women of God here with us for these ten and a half weeks. These are lives who will make history, who will change nations.
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