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, too, experiences the joy of anticipating new birth. He, too, has labored, persevered and endured sheer agony for this new birth to be possible.
By:
Leonda George
February 01 2018, 3:54 am | Comments 0
Friends, the battle for your heart and mind is now, and it is real.
By:
Leonda George
January 01 2018, 5:47 am | Comments 0
To paint a picture for you of what life is like here in the mountains of Palawan, I will share a few things I do here that I didn’t do before I came to the Philippines.
By:
Leonda George
November 01 2017, 9:23 am | Comments 1
I know there will be many, many children in the Emrang valley with smiles of joy on their faces when a dedicated teacher is found for them.
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Leonda George
September 01 2017, 5:57 am | Comments 0