koreaconference08-02to072009

Day 1 (11:00 am) - Philippine Delegates prepare to board Philippine Airlines at NAIA 2 enroute to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea.

Day 1 (2:00 pm) - Onboard Philippine Airlines

Day 1 (9:00 pm) - Incheon International Airport Escalator

Day 2 (9:00 am) - MCCID Group wears Filipino costume in front of DreamTel International Youth Center Hostel.

Day 2 (10:00 am) - Yewon Church Korea Main building

Day 2 (10:00 am) - Yewon Church Department of Deaf Ministry Chapel

Day 2 (1:00 pm) - Philippine delegate attends the afternoon church service with Sir Jojo interpreting. Rev. Chung Eun-chu, Conference Chairman and Senior Pastor of Yewon Church gives the sermon.

Day 2 (3:00 pm) - Philippine delegate made a courtesy call to Senior Pastor Chung Eun-chu.

Day 2 (4:00 pm) - Philippine Team outside the Yewon church

Day 2 (4:00 pm) - Sir Jojo takes a shot with his Korean counterpart sign language interpreter Ma'am Gloria Nayeon Kwon.

Day 2 (6:00 pm) - Philippine team in front of local Korean restaurant after a delicious dinner

Day 3 (9:00 am) - Sir Jojo interprets the Worship-Lecture Service at Dreamtel Conference Hall. Ms. Hanna Jong, Korean interpreter is beside him.

Day 3 (10:00 am) - Worship-Lecture Service with Philippine deaf participants

Day 3 (11:00 am) - CAP College SFD Registrar and Pastor Julius Andrada's wife Ma'am May Andrada interprets for Senior Pastor Chung.

Day 3 (2:00 pm) - Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome pose in front of famous Korean national warrior hero in the middle of Seoul City.

Day 3 (3:00 pm) - Philippine Team joins the Korean deaf members performs a sign language interpretation of a popular Korean tune beside the man made Seoul River.

Day 3 (4:00 pm) - Sirs Jerome and Ervin pose in front of unique UFO shaped Korean building.

Day 3 (9:00 pm) - Philippine Team on stage with Korean Department of Deaf Ministry Evangelism Alliance for World Evangelization.

Day 4 (7:00 pm) - From left: Eleazar Fancubit, Sir Jerome Marzan, Joanna Teves and Sir Ervin Reyes of MCCID group perform "Esperanza", a Filipino Cultural Dance.

Day 4 (7:30 pm) - From Left: Michael Valois, Harold Viray, Ptr. Julius Andrada, Ptr. Rolando Landicho, Rodante De Torres and Perseus Rendal representing Capitol City Baptist Church Deaf Ministry and CAP College School for the Deaf perform the famous "Maglalatik" or Philippine Coconut Dance.

Day 5 (10:00 am) - Rev. Choi Duck-Keun, Director of the Department of Deaf Ministry with Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome

Day 5 (3:00 pm) - Sir Jerome Marzan pose in front of Korean Buddha Temple inside the Korean National Museum.

Day 5 (6:00 pm) - Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome pose in front of majestic N Seoul Tower.

Day 5 (7:00 pm) - Philippine Delegate pose at Manila Window inside the Seoul Tower Dish some 236 meters from the ground.

Day 6 (4:00 pm) - Philippine Team bids goodbye to Korea inside the huge Incheon International Airport.

Day 6 (7:00 pm) - (From Left:) Licca Andrada, Ms. Lilet Onggon, Ma'am Revie Garcia of CAP College SFD, Sir Ervin and Sir Jerome aboard the Philippine Airlines Flight 469 enroute to NAIA 2

The Philippine Deaf Christian Community was privileged to be invited by Korean Yewon Church to attend as special guests to the 2009 World Deaf Mission Conference from August 1 – 7, 2009 at Seoul, South Korea.

Rev. Chung Eun-chu, Conference Chairman and Senior Pastor of Yewon Church wants Christ’s light to shine to the deaf all over the world including the Filipino people “where is is with filled the culture of darkness, deaf remnants, deaf lay leaders and deaf businessmen will arise.”

The nineteen-person Philippine Team was led by Pastor Julius Andrada, Deaf Pastor of Capitol City Baptist Church Deaf Ministry (CCBCDM) and Deaf Coordinator of CAP College Foundation. She was accompanied by his wife and CAP College Registrar May Andrada, their two children (Jules and Laicca) and their ward Miraluna Onggon.

The CCBC Deaf Ministry was composed of Ptr. Rolando Landicho, Catherine Mailem, Rodante De Torres and Jeremicah Penir. CAP College group includes Harold Viray, Michael Valois, Perseus Rendal, Ylena Kristina Reyes and Ms. Revie Garcia.

MCCID College Team was led by Sir Jojo Esposa who is also the team’s official sign language interpreter. Other members from MCCID include Sir Ervin Reyes, Sir Jerome Marzan, Eleazar Fancubit and Joanna Teves.

The Korean Team was led by Rev. Choi Duck-Keun, Director of the Department of Deaf Ministry, Deaf Asst. Pastor Juwon Chung and Sign language/English Interpreter Ms. Gloria Nayeon Kwon. Ms. Hanna Jang and Mr. Deayeob Kwan provided the English interpretation.

The conference aims to equip the deaf participants to commit themselves for spreading the Good News of God through Jesus Christ and evangelize the world focusing on deaf people. Based on Korean statistics, there are 300,000 Korean Deaf population and around 70 million Deaf people worldwide.

Aside from attending the conference, the Philippine Team were also treated to the beauty of Seoul, Korea. The team visited the Seoul Manmade Stream, National Museum of Korea, Namsan Cable Car and N Seoul Tower.

All expenses were paid for by the Korean Church as part of their worldwide evangelization. Visit their official website at www.deafmission.net.

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