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.
When I was growing up, I prayed a prayer that I thought nobody heard. My sister Bubit had been praying the same prayer, too. Our prayer was to have a family.
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Jilin George
July 01 2013, 4:09 pm | Comments 1
Time. We all have the same number of hours in a day, days in a month and months in a year.
By:
Leonda George
June 01 2013, 7:58 am | Comments 0
If you have ever waded through a bog and felt the drag on your feet, you know how mission work often feels.
By:
Leonda George
April 01 2013, 1:50 pm | Comments 0
I’m grateful to the Lord for the team He has given us this year and for the united strength they bring.
By:
Leonda George
March 01 2013, 12:17 pm | Comments 0
Seventeen years is indeed a long time to be in the mission field, and people often ask when we are planning to come home.
By:
Kent George
February 01 2013, 11:28 am | Comments 0