TABLE OF CONTENTS
About Operation Blessing Philippines
About Ilocos Sur
Prayer Points/Things to Bring
Important Reminders
Devotion and Itinerary
Crossword
Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines, Inc.
Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines, Inc. (OB) is the humanitarian arm of CBN Asia, the producer of ‘The 700 Club Asia’, a TV program aired every night in the Philippines. Since its inception, Operation Blessing has inspired change in the lives of more than a million people from all over the Philippines. Whether aboard helicopters or trucks, by banca or on foot, OB travels hours— even days—to reach places where many others have not gone.
As mandated by God, OB’s mission is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ and demonstrate God’s love to the people of the Philippines. To achieve this, OB is committed to conducting community transformation programs on: Disaster Response, Healthcare, Children’s Programs and Hunger Relief. Its vision is to see Filipino families achieve transformed lives by alleviating human needs and suffering, one family and one community at a time.
OB is registered with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as a Social Work Agency, licensed to operate and implement social welfare programs all over the Philippines, and is accredited by the Philippine Council for NGO Certification as a donee institution. OB also works with other government and non-government agencies, both in the local and national levels, churches, and other groups which serve the best interest of its target beneficiaries.
Ilocos Sur is a province located in the Ilocos Region of the Philippines. It spans 2,596 square kilometers, comprising 32 municipalities and two cities, Vigan and Candon. Known for its rich cultural heritage, historic landmarks like Vigan’s Calle Crisologo and picturesque coastline.
Healthcare Challenges
Ilocos Sur faces the following health-related issues:
1. Limited healthcare access: Rural areas struggle with inadequate facilities and personnel.
2. High infant mortality rates: 21.6 deaths per 1,000 live births (PSA, 2020).
3. Malnutrition: Prevalent among children under five (NSO, 2015).
4. Infectious diseases: Tuberculosis, malaria and dengue fever persist.
5. Insufficient mental health services: Limited specialists and support.
6. Natural disaster vulnerability: Typhoons, floods impact healthcare infrastructure.
Key Statistics
1. Population (2020): approximately 706,000 (PSA).
2. Poverty incidence (2018): 23.8% (PSA).
3. Health facilities: 12 hospitals, 107 rural health units (DOH, 2020).
Initiatives and Opportunities
To address healthcare challenges, Ilocos Sur benefits from:
1. Universal Health Care Law (2019).
2. DOH’s Health Facility Enhancement Program.
3. NGO partnerships (e.g., WHO, UNICEF).
4. Community-based health programs.
Sources:
1. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
2. National Statistics Office (NSO).
3. Department of Health (DOH).
4. World Health Organization (WHO).
PRAYER POINTS:
1. GOD’s presence to be with us during the preparation, journey, and the mission proper.
2. Favorable weather
3. Favor of GOD and the favor of man to rest upon the whole team (staff, volunteers, and partners)
4. Protection and covering of the blood of JESUS to the team, to the people, and to the locations of the Medical Brigade.
5. Good camaraderie among the team
6. Ministering of the LORD to the team and to the beneficiaries
7. Great harvest of souls for JESUS through the counselling headed by pastors and church partners in the location
8. Remarkable experience and testimony of the LORD’s goodness as they receive free medical services and JESUS’ love and salvation.
THINGS TO BRING:
• For MD’s, please bring your own stethoscope
• Personal Tumbler
• Clothes for 7 days (Light clothes)
• Swimming attire (preferably rash guard)
• Sun protection (jacket or cap, sun block)
• Any of the following for sleeping purposes: hammock, sleeping bag, malong, blanket.
• Mosquito repellant
• Identification card
• swimming attire
• Clothes for 5 days
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
• Be modest in your conduct & wear appropriate non-revealing clothes during the mission.
• If you have an Operation Blessing shirt, please do wear it. (Navy Blue –staff, Royal Blue -for volunteers)
• For the MD’s, please wear your scrub suit (if no OB shirt yet).
• For non-MDs without OB shirt, any blue shirt will do
• No smoking
• No drinking of alcoholic beverages
IN THE MISSION
• Bring comfortable clothes (Optional: Bring extra clothes if you desire to change after the mission)
• Let us be responsible of our trash
• Buddy System
• No one is allowed to leave the Medical Mission sites & accommodations alone without consent from the coordinator.
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails
Proverbs 19:21
December 10, 2024
Day 1 Mobile Medical Clinic
Daily Devotional:
Readings:
1 Samuel 25:21-35
21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good. 22 May God deal with David,[a] be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!”
23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. 24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal. 27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
28 “Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”
35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”
Notes:
ITINERARY
5:30 am Team Prayer & Devotion
6:00 am Breakfast
6:30 am Travel to Brgy Nagtenga
7:00 am ETA in Nagtenga Barangay Hall/ Set up venue/ Short Orientation (Prayer, intro OB, Acknowl edgement, Flow & policies)
8:00 am Start of Registration & Clinic
12:00 nn Cut off of Registration or whatever comes first - 300 patients
4:00 pm end of Clinic (or finish registered patients)
5:00 pm ETD from Brgy hall, Nagtenga to accommodation
7:00 pm Dinner/Evaluation
8-9 pm Lights off
December 11, 2024
Day 2 Mobile Medical Clinic
Daily Devotional:
Readings: Philippians 1:12-18
Paul’s Chains Advance the Gospel
12 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters,[a] that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard[b] and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.
15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. 16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. 18 But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
Notes:
ITINERARY
4:30 am Team Prayer & Devotion
5:00 am Breakfast
5:30 am ETD to Brgy Mapanit, Burgos Multipurpose Hall
7:00 am ETA in Day 2 site/Set up venue / Short Orientation
8:00 am Start of Registration & Clinic
12:00 nn Registration Cut off (or 300 patients whatever comes first)
4:00 pm end of clinic (or finish registered patients) pack up
5:00 pm travel back to accommodation
7:00 pm Dinner/Evaluation
9:00 pm Lights Off
December 12, 2024
Day 3 Mobile Medical Clinic
Daily Devotional:
Readings: 2 Corinthians 1:8-11
8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Notes:
ITINERARY
5:00 am Team Prayer & Devotion
5:30 am Breakfast
6:00 am ETD to Brgy Ronda Covered Court
6:30 am Set up venue / Short Orientation
8:00 am Start of Registration & Clinic
12:00 nn Registration Cut off (or 300 patients whatever comes first)
4:00 pm End of clinic (or finish registered patients) pack up
5:00 pm Travel back to Accommodation
7:00 pm Dinner/Evaluation
9:00 pm Lights off
December 13, 2024
Day 4 Mobile Medical Clinic
Daily Devotional:
Readings: 2
Corinthians 8: 1-12
The Collection for the Lord’s People
8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 6 So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
10 And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
Notes:
ITINERARY
5:00 am Team Prayer & Devotion
5:30 am Breakfast
6:00 am ETD to Brgy. Oaig Daya Covered Court
6:30 am Set up venue / Short Orientation
8:00 am Start of Registration & Clinic
12:00 nn Registration Cut off (or 300 patients whatever comes first)
4:00 pm End of clinic (or finish registered patients)/pack up
5:00 pm Travel back to Accommodation
7:00 pm Dinner/Evaluation
9:00 pm Lights off
December 14, 2024
Day 5 Mobile Medical Clinic
Daily Devotional:
Readings: 2
Corinthians 8: 1-12
The Collection for the Lord’s People
8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. 5 And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 6 So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you[a]—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
10 And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. 11 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. 12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
Notes:
ITINERARY
5:00 am Team Prayer & Devotion
5:30 am Breakfast
6:00 am ETD to Brgy. Oaig Daya Covered Court
6:30 am Set up venue / Short Orientation
8:00 am Start of Registration & Clinic
12:00 nn Registration Cut off (or 300 patients whatever comes first)
4:00 pm End of clinic (or finish registered patients)/pack up
5:00 pm Travel back to Accommodation
7:00 pm Dinner/Evaluation
9:00 pm Lights off
