23/07/2025
VISION 5000
WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN?
Read this TESTimony:
😊 It was July 7, 2024 when we started dreaming and praying for a more accessible Church location.
☺️ It was July 6, 2025 when God finally entrusted us the new place of worship where we eventually held our first worship service.
The funny thing was that, we have prayed for Primark Cordon, but God didn't grant us exactly as what we have asked. Nevertheless, He gave us the privilege to have a church situated beside Mr. DIY (2nd floor of Malgapo Enterprise). Not in Primark but still in PRIME location of Cordon. 😅
At first, it seemed to us that God was quite a humorist, set us beside Mr. DIY, and we just thought that He's saying to us, "DO IT YOURSELF" because we were like jumping into the open sea not knowing if we could even swim to the end of the shore, haha! 😂 But nope! God has proven that we can watch Him move and make things happen if we will only obey, thus, we should be the ones telling God, "DO IT YOURSELF, LORD!"
God is our Mr. DIY. 😁
Indeed God was working while we were praying and obeying! From the day we started dreaming to the day we ended up having no other way than trusting His ways, His miracles have begun unfolding!!!
👉December 2024: Four catastrophic typhoon swept across Isabela and nearby provinces and left our makeshift church devastated. We needed about a hundred of thousands to recuperate from the turmoil. We have asked for help from various churches, friends in faith and families. Because of God's favor and the generosity of other people, we were able to rebuild what was destroyed and replaced what was broken. What the enemy meant for evil, God has turned it for our good. We didn't only rebuild our tent, we were also able to upgrade our sound system! Hallelujah!
👉April 2025: A nearer and better place of worship was right before our eyes, our feet were ready to step in and our faith was ready to be challenged. We didn't have enough resources to prep the venue and dress up the unit. But we believed in God's favor and generosity. Hence, God used a businessman (not even our kith nor kin) to finance the necessary expenditures in dressing up the space. It was 200,000 in all but all we had was God's favor!
👉June 2025: We needed to install at least 3 Airconditioning units. We needed another 200,000 for the purchase and installation. Our pastor swiped His credit card, unfortunately it didn't work. There was a technical glitch but it was God's favor again that they still delivered the 3 AC Units despite what happened. The air conditioners aren't yet fully paid but they are already fully functional by God's grace.
👉July 2025: The outreach is booming, giving birth to more and more new disciples. Worship gatherings are now held in two services and we are very optimistic of what God has to do yet.
From July 7, 2024 to July 6, 2025:
WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN?
Everything was sort of small and big miracles.
God turned our tests into testimonies.
God turned our mess into a message.
God turned our trials into triumphs.
God was working while we were praying and obeying. His miracles were unfolding!
We are all rooting to the promise of God during our midyear prayer and fasting.
🙏"You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance." -Psalm 65:11
🙏"Arise and begin working, and the LORD be with you". -2 Chronicles 22:16
A BRIEF BACKGROUND OF VISION 5000:
(Perceived in God's plan, Conceived in Cavite, to be 'Achieved' in Cordon)
❤️ July 2013 When Ptra Shiela had a vision of her and Ptr Francis, tilling the tough and solid soil under the scorching heat of the sun. At first it was just a dream, a vague revelation that is yet to unfold.
❤️ July 2018 When God showed to Ptr. Francis the 5000 souls to be harvested in five years. That's the time when vision 5.5. was launched.
❤️ July 2023 When God shown to Ptra Shiela the same barren land she and her husband were tilling under the heat of the sun, but the difference after ten years was the presence of a fruitful tree standing robustly in the middle of the dry land.
❤️ July 2024 Another vision was revealed. A number of 5000 souls are crying out for water because they are burning. And that place was 'Quirino'. God revealed it to Ptr. Shiela exactly while Ptr. Francis was praying for God to reveal His will not only to him but to His wife as well.
That was the time that Ptr. Francis was in the crossroad praying earnestly for God's direction.
Years and years have passed but it seems like very little has accomplished in the ministry.
They pioneered. They have experienced the church division twice. They have supported the church without salary in a decade, have cried a lot for the lost souls, have sacrificed their own personal dreams for the dream of the Lord (vision 5000)
❤️ Aside from the revelations, God used other pastors for the confirmation of the redirection.
Bishop Monico Alvaro Simon III said, "the Church needs you" (he offered COG Maddela) So since it's Quirino, as the vision revealed, they said YES! But suddenly Bishop Monico offered Cordon, which depleted PF and PE's assurance of the vision.
❤️ They become 50% convinced and yet ready to obey the call. Then another servant of the Lord gave a word, Ptr. Hope Villarta who stated that THE SOIL IS READY! Since Ptr Hope had no idea of the vision and yet His word flamed a spark as if it was God's direct message to them to serve in Cordon, this boosts their 💯 percent confidence to be uprooted in Cavite and get back to the drawing board to serve in Cordon.
❤️ The first three months were a tough test of their obedience. They left their full time jobs in Cavite. They left their flock in the church where they pioneered, they bid goodbye to their friends there and came to a place unknown to them. It took them 7 days to settle in. Their fridge was empty. Ptr. Francis' wife and four children got sick for 3 weeks straight. After recovery, an intruder broke into their apartment and took their valuables. Their faith was shaken, their pockets were drained but still they obeyed the Lord..
❤️ Our pastors sought God and were so much surprised that Maddela-Nagtipunan District with Cordon's mother church, Church of God Maddela had the VISION 5000. Same vision that the Lord has encrypted in the hearts of PF and PE way back July 2018.
❤️ God had proven the vision to be right. God used someone to help them find a place to stay after a tireless trip of coming to and fro (Cavite to Cordon and Cordon to Cavite for 1 whole week). At that time, all apartments suitable for their family size were full, but one building reserved by the Lord for them in Fedz Residences that was situated in Barangay Quirino of Cordon Isabela was available and ready for occupancy.
❤️ So that's the Quirino in the vision, not a province but a Barangay. In a span of a year, people are coming to church and those who stayed are mostly from Barangay Quirino of Cordon.
God is mightily working on the realization of the vision!
This might be a big question, how can two very ordinary servants of the Lord carry out the extraordinary vision from he Lord?
The Lord spoke through Dr. Andrew Binda who stated, "You don't need to be everywhere, just be somewhere and you don't need to do everything, just do something!"
If our portion to God's commission is to serve and minister in Cordon, then we are committed to taking part and embarking our lives in achieving vision 5000: Reaching out 5000 souls for the next five years.
Nevertheless, this won't be possible without God's favor and your fervor in achieving this vision for the Lord.
We are then knocking on your heart to partner with us for the next 5 months (at least in this critical pivotal period). We need all sorts of help in achieving this vision. Our pastor is a family man of four children who committed to full time ministry for the realization of this vision. You are cordially invited to give a hand in any way that you can for the fulfilment of this mission!
Thank you and God bless you!
DM us for more info. ☺️
