Pastor Kent and Leonda George have been serving as missionaries in the Philippines since 1995. Kent, a graduate of Pacific Union College and Andrews University Seminary, pastored in the Georgia-Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists before joining Adventist Frontier Missions as a church planter. Leonda, also a graduate of Pacific Union College has worked side by side with her husband establishing indigenous churches and schools mostly in the interior of southern Palawan.
Kent has a passion for mission aviation and is skilled in construction and mechanics. Also a great story-teller, he has, through his example, influenced and helped to develop many indigenous preachers. Leonda, with a passion for medical ministry and education and has been instrumental in establishing a jungle clinic/hospital and opening 5 elementary schools and a secondary school, as well as a remote clinic. She and her team continue to train indigenous health workers and teachers. She has collaborated with her daughter Gielyn George, a native speaker, in translating a number of books and other materials for use in school and churches, as well as a songbook for use in their churches. Bible translation and editing continues.
Kent and Leonda are the proud parents of 7 children/foster children and have 14 grandchildren that bring them great joy.
“God will not leave us even when we sometimes forget He is with us. I am learning I can always trust Him.”
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Leonda George
February 01 2024, 2:14 pm | Comments 0
Through repeated contact with Rumil, we can continue teaching him about Jesus, who will gladly take Rumil’s problems, anxieties and sorrows upon Himself and give him peace.
By:
Leonda George
December 01 2023, 9:24 am | Comments 0
How important it is to immerse ourselves in their lives and culture—to experience their experience—until we find ourselves a lot less judgmental.
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Leonda George
November 01 2023, 8:57 am | Comments 0
May our prayers be, “Lord, please give me a heart like Thine, a heart of love for those who act unlovely, who may be smelly, unruly, rude and seem incorrigible. Help me see past the exterior to the heart that You see. Change my heart, O God.”
By:
Leonda George
October 01 2023, 10:34 am | Comments 0