Reflection # 9

       This is the most important part of our class, for me it is interesting because we can see that God had his own plan in the Philippines, and  I am so proud of that because I am a Filipino myself. but before it happened in the Philippines, it started in the United States, the Baptist Methodist grew rapidly in this frontier area. but before the American missionary came, we have now some religions existed in the country, the Muslims and the Roman Catholic of course, because we are invade by the Spanish for how many years, because the Catholic Church are related to the Spanish, they introduced to us, that Pagan practices, though before that we an animist, I understand now that, the country and religion are religion have a great role at that time. But good thing God intercede.
       It is sad to look back that the Catholic Church was rich at that time but the Filipinos are poor, some priest are oppressive, they failed to educate us, we have no knowledge about the bible, they claim as a Christian nation but no real conception of Christianity. They taught many things that will not found in the Bible.
        But praise the Lord in 1900's true Christianity arrive in the Philippines, not only Christian by name but by heart and in practice many American mission group acme to the Philippines through medical help and many ministries, then the Gospel spread through the whole Island of the Philippines.
       It is a wonderful thing to think that I am one of the result of those effort, God really works in amazing way, because at that time, God sent missionaries from the outside but now, many Filipinos are already ministering to their fellow Filipino, and not only that Philippines is one of the country that sent missionary to the unreach place.