Accomplishments
By God's grace, 2008 is another productive year of ministry with God's clear direction and sufficient provisions. Despite the oil crisis and the global financial meltdown, we were able to focus on our work.
PTC Seminars
The PTC Team was able to conduct a total of 35 seminars, 1 facilitator’s training, 1 trainor’s training, and leadership training. There were 509 participants in these training activities mostly pastors and church leaders. This means more than 100 local churches and congregations were strengthened as their pastors and leaders were trained in biblical exegesis, expository preaching, and leadership.
PTC Center
The PTC Training Center is 80% completed. Most of the funds were provided through the contribution of Crossway Community Church. Some funds were also sourced locally. The building is being used as a worship center of church that was planted as result of a 2 nights Proclaim Jesus Crusade in April.
Encouragement from our work
Encouragement from our work
Foremost is God’s direction through His Word as we work as a team in teaching and training the pastors and church workers in different parts of the Philippines. The personal relationship among the PTC Team Members grows stronger as years go by.
Another encouragement is the sufficiency of God’s provisions for the work we are doing through Entrust Foundation and Crossway (especially for the construction of the PTC Center).
One more encouragement is the transformed lives of the delegates attending the seminars and the impact of their training to the members of the 
congregation they are leading.
congregation they are leading.Testimony of one pastor who had been attending PTC seminars for about 2 years:
"I am Pastor Gumer P. Alburo from Nueva Ecija. When I was transferred to Bataan last year, 2007 at IRM Parang (Bagac, Bataan), I started to join Pastoral Training Course seminars because all the pastors under the leadership of our Provincial Administrator, Rev. Lorenz Lara are studying. At first, I did not enjoy the training because I was just new in the place, and I thought it was just additional work and burden. But I was wrong. Eventually I realized that PTC is the ministry that could be a great help to me, especially in studying God’s Word. Today, I am able to prepare sermons very well every week for the worship service. My preaching became very clear, easily understood, and relevant to the needs of the members of the congregation. I’m very grateful to the ministry of PTC. Even though they don’t receive love gift, they continue to give time and spent money just to teach us. I thank all the PTC Staff, especially to the Director Pastor Paul C. Caampued. The topics they teach us are relevant to my situation and needs. May God continue to bless the ministry of PTC. For me, it is a treasure that I will never forget as I continue serve the Lord. Praise God".
Challenges we experienced
Some participants in the seminar could only understand their native dialects and we felt really limited in this matter. There is a great need of learning more dialects to be able to connect with them effectively. There are 136 dialects in the Philippines, I can speak only 6!
We were not able to put up the planned Emergency Fund of Sixty Thousand (Php 60,000) Pesos for the “unforeseen needs” of the PTC Team Members and their immediate family, although we were able to give some help to 2 members of the Team whose family members fell ill.
Ministry Goals for the year 2009
PTC Seminars and Conference Goals
1. Conduct about 36-40 PTC training seminars regularly on quarterly basis in existing PTC seminar clustered locations and the newly opened locations in different parts of the Philippines with about 500-600 participants.
2. Conduct 2 facilitators training for pastors who have attended at least 4 PTC seminars who have clear calling in training others.
3. Organize the PTC 9th Annual Ministers’ Conference with a theme “A Minister whose life shines before men”.
PTC Team Goals
1. Continue to build on, and develop the confidence in the Holy Spirit, and enhance the level of competence in the Holy Scriptures of the members of PTC Team through Leadership Training and Trainor’s Training.
2. Choose members of the PTC Team to attend training run by other learning institutions.
3. Recruit and train additional PTC Team members.
PTC Center Goal
Finish the construction of the PTC Center before the end of 2009.
Personal Prayer Requests - Paul Caampued
1. Pray for Arcy that her health will be restored. She was diagnosed to some sort of stomach disorders, enlargement in the right kidney, and fatty liver after undergoing several laboratory test and ultrasound. She will continue to undergo series of laboratory testing and endoscopy to determine if the present diagnosis is correct for correct prescription of medicine, and to effect proper treatment.
2. Pray for Paul III that he will be able to complete all his academic course requirements for his studies by April 2009, and that he will be able to start writing his thesis for his MA in Political Economy by June.
3. Pray for Marichu that she could find time writing her thesis for her MA in Education as she work full time as Administrative Officer at Home of Joy , a children’s orphanage run by a Christian organization.
4. Pray for me that I may (by God’s grace) become a model husband, father of 2 young professionals, and mentor to the members of the PTC Team.
Ministry Prayer Requests
1. Pray that our ministry goals will not only be achieved but that they bring glory and honor to God as local churches are be lead by pastors whose lives were transformed.
2. Pray that I could lead the PTC Team with humility, gentleness, and sincerity with courage and determination as we continue to train pastors and church workers.
3. Pray for local resources that would augment our budget for 2009.
