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For ten years, the Box of Hope initiative has blessed children from around Mindanao, Philippines. This year, Box of Hope was brought to children near the Iligan Church of the Nazarene, in the Libandayan barangay.

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Philippines and the Nazarene Disaster Response team provided immediate help to 400 affected families from 18 areas in Eastern Mindanao 3-6 February 2024 due to severe flooding that devastated the province.

During the 70th district assembly for the Philippine Luzon district, the district split into two fully self-sustaining Phase-3 districts, the Philippine Luzon Highlands and Lowlands districts, respectively. The election of Sam Galino as the first superintendent of the Luzon Highlands district

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Philippines, along with the disaster response team from the Bicol District, provided immediate help for families forced to evacuate due to the threat of the Mayon Volcano eruption. The relief operation was carried out on 28 June 2023.

10 students and faculty from Point Loma Nazarene University came to the Philippines as part of the LoveWorks team.

The Bicol District welcomed the first Work & Witness team post-COVID-19 to serve their district and the community in Bicol, Philippines. 3 members from the Grace Point Church of the Nazarene in Albany, Oregon, traveled to Legazpi City to partner with the district on a project to build a new district

George Miller, 72, of Carnegie, Oklahoma, passed away 28 May 2023. He was a retired missionary who served for 27 years in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Philippines. Miller was the pastor of Carnegie Church of the Nazarene at the time of his death.

Betty Jean (Cherry) Owens, 88, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away on 29 November 2022. She was a missionary who served in the Philippines from 1964 to 1982.

The Philippines Field recently sent its third team of young people on a local missions trip. The group of eight served at Panabo Church of the Nazarene in Davao del Norte, Philippines.

Super Typhoon Karding (known internationally as Noru) hit the region of Luzon, Philippines, on 26 September 2022, leaving destruction in the surrounding provinces.