Paul & Mary Wilson
Vision for Missions, Inc.

Paul and I have been doing a lot of traveling since our visitors left in November. We spent several days in Palawan visiting the church work there. They are excited about the new building plan developing for Christ the Center Church. I had a time of sharing with them (as well as another church earlier) how to use the curriculum in their Sunday School from College Press. We had an enjoyable time and I actually felt my voice leaving from talking too much!!!

I have greatly enjoyed giving away many school textbooks, teaching supplies, children's toys, items for new mothers, clothing for families, and Sunday School curriculum from College Press. The container that we shipped in July (arrived in September) was sorted and materials stored in a rented bodega for disbursement. I had one public school select many items for their high school several weeks ago. One more will be coming next Wednesday to do the same thing. I have other items to send in various directions and hopefully have all the books in schools before the end of the school year in March. I am looking forward to visiting the teachers and taking pictures of the books in use in their various locations.

Our guest bedroom has been turned into a "printing room" for VBS materials. Our two helpers have been keeping the copier busy and sorting and preparing packets for the churches to use. VBS will start in April after the school year ends in March. The 4 age groups for the 3 language groups are all in the bedroom ready to go!!! 

Paul has been working on the TEE (Theological Education By Extension) leadership manuals for church leaders to use. The girls have also been copying and laminating and binding these materials as well!!

Please continue to pray for Paul in the use of his leg. He goes to therapy clinic everyday for an "intense therapy" session on stimulating the nerves to his foot. Then he uses a gym to exercise his leg on the treadmill. There is some response but seem to be a slow process. They opted against further surgery for now and encouraged him to try therapy instead.

Also, please continue to pray that we may have a location for permanent placement for VFM's ministry. We are renting a bodega for storage and use our home for printing. The incubators are loaned out to another ministry and the animals were disbursed when we lost the lease a year ago on the bodega in Bacolod. Paul would like to have an opportunity to collect everything back in one place and not have to rent in the future. We are still waiting on the Lord to show us where that place might be.

Subject: Hello from Mary:)
October 31, 2009

Greetings to you from the Philippines!  Earlier today I was looking at facebook pictures showing the snow already falling in several areas. We are hot, mostly dry, and running the air conditioner to keep cool! What a difference… We are constantly reminded of the Christmas season (without snow) by the Christmas trees and decorations already displayed in offices, restaurants, and shopping malls.  

Paul and I have greatly enjoyed our time with Dan Wilson and Tracy Morris. We wish we could keep them a little longer…but I think they are missing home now and will be ready for the long airplane ride on Tuesday. Paul and two other pastors have been traveling with them today to visit some final churches.  They have attended 2 weddings, a men’s retreat, visited several schools, spoke in many churches and pastor/wife gatherings, fed new food items (lots of rice), experienced the traffic coming and going, some “down time” at the beach, and encouraged many Filipino’s by their words, gifts, and kindness. Many lives have been touched by Dan and Tracy!

Paul has been excited to see a little improvement in lifting his injured foot. Please keep praying for him and a full recovery. He is encouraged by this change and hopes to have further testing done in November.

We will be flying on Sunday afternoon with Dan and Tracy to Manila. Sunday also happens to be “All Saints Day” so many people will be making journeys to the cemeteries to visit family and honor the dead by offering prayers, food, and crying for the loved ones. It is also a time of family reunions.  I will be flying back to Dumaguete on Tuesday after the guys fly home to the states. Paul will be flying also that day to another part of the Philippines to visit churches and attend one more wedding in Suriago on Saturday. He will be gone almost a week. Keep him in your prayers.

We are happy for the bodega God provided for us to rent in storage of the books and Sunday School curriculums. We have all the textbooks organized and College Press materials sorted for distribution. We have already started giving away many items.  I have 60+ boxes waiting to go out to the Island of Cebu to be used in many public schools in need of textbooks. Thank you  so much for collecting the books and school supplies for the Philippines. A special thanks to each and everyone who donated items for the Philippines! You are a blessing to many teachers, students, and schools!

In His Service, Mary Wilson

Hello everyone!

Paul and I are doing fine. The typhoon was centered in the Manila area mostly and we were only receiving rain on this part of the Philippines. You will see lots of disaster areas on internet and newspapers for the Manila/Luzon area with flooding and loss of homes and material things. They were hit very hard. Very sad.

Please continue to pray for us in the final stages (we hope) of getting the container released out of customs. Paul went to Cebu today to "oversee" and help the lady working with us for the release. Paperwork can be overwhelming and time doesn't seem to be a factor here. We will have to unload the container when it is released and then rent trucks to bring it to our part of the island. The port in Cebu is approximately a 3 hour drive to the area where it will then board the cargo ships to come to Dumaguete. We have a bodega rented now to store everything and sort out to distribute to schools and churches.

Dear John,

Mary and I just returned from visiting at Puerto Princesa, Palawan for the building dedication for the church. The land is at a busy corner lot in a subdivision, a wonderful location for a church.  They have had several baptisms there and have several more individuals that will be making decisions soon.

Thank you from the Palawan church to the Christ's Church of Yukon for buying the land on a distant island of the Philippines. The building was constructed with one side for a parsonage and the other side is open  where the church has their meeting area.  A small  kitchen and restrooms are located at the back portion.  We saved a space at the front of the property for their permanent church building in the future.

Please share these pictures with your congregation and thank them for their generous gift for the church here in the Philippines.  We hope to start many other churches on Palawan in the future, and this location in the capital city will be not only a city church, but a camp site and a place for leadership training.

In His service,
Paul and Mary Wilson