John and Rodelyn Holbrook grew up playing together in the mountains of the Philippines where John’s family served as AFM missionaries. Both John and Rodelyn heard God’s call to missions while still in elementary school, and both pursued educations to prepare them for this calling. After John’s graduation in the States, he returned to the Philippines to start a new AFM project among the Tawbuid. His friendship with Rodelyn was rekindled, and they eventually married.
John and Rodelyn, along with their daughter Ellen Joy, continue to plant churches among the Tawbuid on the Philippine island of Mindoro. God’s ministry through them and the native church leaders has grown to include four tribes and numerous churches. Currently, their primary focus is training and equipping native leaders and missionaries in church leadership, evangelism, healthcare, agriculture and earning a livelihood. They are also working to help native students receive higher education in order to return and help their tribes in development and evangelism.
Help! If anyone reads this, please tell John that I love working with him, but could he please go easy on the rocks? I know that crossing those rivers and bouncing over the washed-out road is the only way to get to our people, but those rocks will be the death of my shocks one of these days!
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John Holbrook
April 30 2012, 8:09 pm | Comments 0
One day, as he read aloud Pauls words, I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me . . . (Gal. 2:20), I gave my heart to Jesus.
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John Holbrook
April 01 2012, 7:20 am | Comments 0
I had never heard of such a crazy treatment, and I was afraid the villagers would run me out of town if I tried it, but anything was worth a shot.
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John Holbrook
February 01 2012, 6:10 am | Comments 0
Our enemy is very real, and he is fighting very hard to keep Gods lost sheep in slavery.
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John Holbrook
January 01 2012, 7:27 am | Comments 0