When God said that He loved us, He did not just say it but He did it. To prove His love. He gave his one and only Son Jesus Christ. Giving out of love is the most special gift to those who receive it. We receive the precious gift from God of eternal life through Jesus. It is the birth of Jesus that is the reason we have Christmas.
As a follower of Christ, it was our joy to share the gift of Christ’s love in a unique way. We are so thankful for your untiring support to iRock Ministries. Through your support, iRock Ministries was able to gift the kids receiving ministry through The Joshua Center with a memorable meal last December 17.2011. 
We were able to feed approximately 80 children a meal that they will not soon forget. iRock Ministries shared the blessing of food; spaghetti, bread, hotdogs, fruit salad and popcorn. The kids loved the unlimited orange juice.To help better understand the impact of this gift you need to realize that this type of food is rarely in their diet since it is expensive for most household budgets. Many Filipinos only eat these food items when invited to someone’s home or to a party hosted by a wealthier family. It is nearly impossible that these children would ever be invited for such a banquet.
Although I know how the kids really loved the food, we should never forget the main purpose for bringing everyone together. Along with this gift, we were there to lead the children and even the parents to Christ. Using the EvangeCube, my wife Nene shared the message of Jesus’ love and forgiveness and that salvation can only be found in Jesus.
After hearing and understanding the message, we had the opportunity to lead kids and their parents to accept Jesus into their heart and lives.
This is the best gift they could ever receive in their life. The physical food is just a consolation prize but the eternal Life of accepting Jesus is the grand prize.
We had Praise and worship and funny games for everybody. Despite the daily struggles and problems in their homes and physical lives you could see the sweet smiles and happiness brought to them that day as we served Jesus through our actions and deeds.
Because of the gift Jesus gave at Christmas, we were also able to bless each person with a gift worth 10 pesos ($0.23). What a joy to bring happiness to a child that may not have received a gift otherwise.
Thank you for such a wonderful act of love. Such a joyous Christmas celebration was made possible because of your great prayer and financial support. We are looking forward to seeing the children and their families grow more in Christ as we continue to minister to them in 2012.
From the Island of the Philippines… Merry Christmas and Happy and Prosperous New year.
Oning and Nene
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