Merry Christmas From The Jr. High ToHu Staff

May you experience true joy and true peace this Christmas season through the God who made Himself known as a babe in a manger.
Merry Christmas!

Elementary Soup Feast

Our 1st ever Elementary Soup Feast on 11/14 2010 was a wonderful event! Our students brought TONS of veggies for the soup and prepared them to go into the soup pot during class time. We had a blast peeling, chopping, dicing and dividing the piles of vegetables into 4 big stock pots. The kids also took the lead on decorations for the event with handmade placemats and table decorations. Such a fun way to learn how GREAT it feels to serve others!

In the end, approximately 120 people sat down to a lovely lunch of vegetable soup, dinner rolls and wonderful fellowship together. Even kids (and some grown-ups too!) who don't usually eat their vegetables, enjoyed this soup feast.

We wish you an equally loving and joyful Thanksgiving holiday,

Ingrid & Crysta

Beautiful Day 2010

This past weekend, the youth from our church spread some love to our church neighbors. Called a Beautiful Day, it is where churches reach out to their local communities by serving in a variety of ways. For our Beautiful Day, our youth offered to rake leaves and wash windows. As it turned out, it happened to be a beautiful day, and as we walked around the neighborhood, we were encouraged by appreciative residents, some who didn't even ask for our help. We didn't get many pictures, but you can watch the video for the few pictures we did get. GREAT JOB TOHU-IANS and HOLY BROKEN!!!

October 2010 Golf Tournament

The rain stayed away and the sun shone bright as 33 golfers of all ages and skill levels enjoyed a wonderful day together. It was a very close tournament and the winning team, with a score of 9-under-par, was Rick Iwamoto, Chris Young, Randy Wong, and Wayne Hoyt. We’ll add your names to the “PBCC Tournament Champions Cup”.

The trophy for our “Putting Champion” goes to Marty Brill.

The trophy winner for “Closest to the Hole” was Scott Smithwick.

The winner for “Longest Drive” was Randy Wong.

The Family Low Score goes to the powerful mother-son duo of Donna and Scott Smithwick. Congratulations to all of you!!

Not only did we benefit from a great time together, but the donations for “Birdie” and “Eagle” packages went toward our ongoing support of our Mexicali Orphanage. A very big “Thank You” to all of you who contributed!

Our next tournament will be in May of 2011. I look forward to see you there! (Andy “three-putt” Drake)

Click on Golf Tournament see more photos.

Sunday Night Life 9/12

Sunday Night Life was a huge success! What a blessing for all involved. We had a terrific turn-out with lots of folks, young and old, newcomers and old-timers, married and single. The food was delicious, the fellowship was fantastic, and the classes were friendly and informative. A huge thanks to all of you who helped out!

Please feel free to join us for our remaining 5 weeks (every Sunday night until 10/17). We would love to see you enjoy this great time of community. Space for our dinner together is limited and our seats fill-up quickly, so in order to eat with us you must make sure to save your spot by going to http://mysignup.com/pbcc or contact Linda Marten (lindamarten@gmail.com). We have lots of room for our classes, so even if you don’t make the dinner at 5:30pm please come to the classes that start at 6:15pm.

If you need child-care you must make a reservation with Lisa Harmon at lisaharmon2220@sbcglobal.net

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at andy@pbcc.org.

See you Sunday!

Andy Drake

And take at look some SNL photos!

Peru Medical Mission Report and Pictures

The Peru Medical Team is back home safely, and reports that the Lord gave them many opportunities to share God's love and to see about 250 come to faith in Christ! Please go to the MPPC website for day-by-day reports as well as dozens of photos.

Peru Medical Mission Update Tuesday 9/7

Our ministry was super slow this morning due to a Catholic church fiesta being held today, so we prayed and sang and walked around town talking with different groups about the clinics and the church we were working with. By 11 am we had quite a crowd of interested and hurting people. One man in particular comes to mind. His daughter had heard of our presence, so came to the clinic to ask about her father who was bedridden at home due to a paralyzing injury twenty years earlier. We sent a few people with her to the home and checked him out, prayed with him and presented the gospel to him via the Evangicube. In the end, with tears in his eyes, he accepted Christ. In the afternoon we sent the pastor with another delegation to him, this time with medicines for a few medical problems but also with a device called the Proclaimer that has the New Testament on cassette. It is solar powered and requires no batteries or other power for operation. He cannot read due to the accident´s effect on his vision, so this aural Bible will be a real blessing. The pastor will continue visiting him to help him grow in his faith.

By the end of the day we had seen many patients with the usual variety of physical complaints, all of whom also received the touch of the Gospel message in the counseling and prayer. The day has been an emotional roller coaster with the spiritual warfare of the morning.

We are all functioning well together as a team. The relations with the non-Bay Area people has been a tremendous blessing as we have been mutually encouraging to one another. (Steve Belton)

Peru Medical Mission Update Monday 9/6

The Lord is evident in the events of our trip to date. We made it through customs without problems - the meds were not a problem at all and the paperwork delay turned out to not create any difficulty at all. There were two public health officials there to meet us and check our drugs for expiration dates - and we then passed through.

Madeleine and team were present at the airport to greet us and we made our way to the hotel in Lima without problem, arriving there at about 2am. Sunday we travelled to Cocachacra, a small pueblo deep in the valleys northeast of Lima. (Beautiful setting, by the way, with great weather and very comfortable accommodations.) The people from the church host are wonderful and we spent some holy moments with them in worship on Sunday night after having set up the clinic supplies and pharmacy that afternoon. One man shared that he had fasted for the past few days in anticipation of the clinic outreach and that he would fast for the clinic days. Others shared that they have been in prayer for one year for their neighbors to come to Christ through the work of the clinic.

Today´s clinic was slow enough to allow us to work the "bugs" out of our systems and processes but was busy enough that it was a fulfilling day for all. The dental work is strong, the medical team is well balanced and working well, the pharmacy is busy and efficient, the public health teaching has started, and the evangelism team is doing a superb job of praying and speaking with each and every patient seen. Today 41 persons prayed to receive Christ and 11 of those people specifically asked that the pastor would visit them in their home in the next week or so. What a blessing to see the Lord´s hand in all of this!

Please continue to pray that God would have His hand in and on all that transpires here, both with each of us individually and with each of the nationals. What a glorious time of fellowship and service this is. ¡It just does not get any better than this!

Blessings to all!
Your Brother in Christ, Steve Belton

Habitat for Humanity Work Day

"It was the perfect weather for working outdoors - warm and sunny with a cooling breeze - an unusual but welcomed gift in the typical summer heat of Morgan Hill. Eleven volunteers from PBCC joined the Habitat for Humanity work crew Saturday, Aug. 28, for a day of framing, roof joint work and preparation for insulating on the 6 home project at various stages of construction. As we donned our hard hats, customized with name tags, we set to work alongside other volunteers from the community and future home owners, Lupita and Jesus, excited to be there and putting in their "sweat equity" hours. Over lunch, Lupita shared a bit about her family and we got to see a small window into her very full life with their young adult, Downs son, high school boys, and grandkids. Brent, the project leader took the time to patiently explain construction terminology and the reason behind the method for the tasks that day. Though most of us had swung a hammer before, our experience was wildly varied, and yet each person felt like an important contributor. We all came away with technical skills, a new awareness of muscles we never knew existed, and a deeper sense of our bigger community. "Let's do that again!", was the refrain as we made our way home." Julie VanLoan

Click on PBCC volunteers for some photos of our crew.

Click on Habitat for Humanity's Cory Project for photos of the project

VisionTrust Silent Auction

Current High Bid is $200!
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions with frame: 19"x23"

Each of our youth classes at PBCC support a student in Liberia. This student is in the same class as them, and they raise money each month to pay for food, discipleship, medical care and education for their student. Our JHers have done a great job giving money and praying for their students! One of them, George Mathen, has created this fantastic painting with the intent of selling it somehow and giving the money to our sponsored students. We have decided the best way to do this is by silent auction. Here is how it will work:
- The silent auction is for the entire church, not just youth ministry families.
- It will run until September 19.
- Bidding can be done in a variety of ways: email (to Ryan or Shawn), phone, text, face-to-face, etc. Basically, any way that you can get your bid to Ryan or Shawn will work.
- Each week I will notify you of where the highest bid is through some of our church communication: JH web-page ( http://pbccjh.org/thelatest), JH e-newsletter, HS email, the this blog and our church newsletter.
If you have any questions, please contact Shawn. Thanks!

Jr. High Beach BBQ Baptism Bonzai Day

The JH ToHu-ians swam the summer away at Manresa Beach on August 14. It was the last event of a summer full of fun and significant spiritual decisions. On this day, Mike Mulkey, former JH parent, gave surfing lessons to those ToHu-ians interested in surfing. The conditions weren't the best, but the ToHu-ians made the best of it, as you can see in the video. Lots of great wipe-outs! :) There was also lots of boogie boarding, skim boarding and digging, building and burying in sand. As is a ToHu tradition, the day finished with Smores and Smeats (take out the marshmallow & insert a burger). And, this year a new one - Smogs - replace the burger with a hot dog. It's pure yumminess. :) The highlight of the day were the baptisms in the cold Pacific Ocean. Four boys made public their decision to follow Christ. What a great day!!

Jr. High River Camp

Last week, the Jr. Highers spent three incredible days swimming, doing ropes, rafting, jumping off rocks, hiking, worshiping, doing campfires and eating smeats all in the wilderness around the Klamath River, near Yreka. It was an absolutely AWESOME weekend of fun and experiencing God in new ways. The highlight of the weekend was the baptism of 10 students and one staffer at Clear Creek, a high mountain paradise. Thanks to all for praying for us and to our God for some unforgettable memories!! Click below for some great pictures from the weekend.

River Camp 2010

Jr. Coaches at Sports Camp Were Awesome!

The Jr. Highers (ie. ToHu-ians) serve our church each year by being Jr. Coaches during Sports Camp. They are the ones in green shirts in the pictures. This year, I was blown away by the amazing job they did at loving on the children! They really showed their servant hearts. In Philippians 2, Paul urges the Philippian church to 'in humility, value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others'. He then goes on to say that if they do these kinds of things without grumbling and arguing, they will 'shine like the stars'. The Jr. Highers sure shined during Sports Camp this year! Good Job ToHu-ians!

From Jim Ross in Liberia:

Hi friends, family and supporters!
After a week here in Liberia I’m finally sending you the first “60 seconds or less” Liberian children update! I am really excited to begin helping the hurting children in the area you will see on the video… Liberia is considered one of the poorest countries in the world and one moving statistic is that about 1 out of 7 children here die before the age of 5. I have brought a phenomenal team of people with me (including my youngest brother Sean!) and we have seen hundreds/maybe thousands of children in need in the past week and it has been a little overwhelming. I would love your prayers for wisdom about what children to begin helping first, how to best help them, and for the means to do so.
Thanks!
Jim

Click here to view Jim's video.

8th Graders Are Moving On

This time of year is always one of great celebration, but it is also a time of great sadness. That's the way it has been over the past week for me as I have been saying good-bye to our 8th graders. We had our 8th Grade Grad Banquet at the church on Friday night, and it was simply awesome - but also very sad. After spending three years with this awesome class, my staff and I must send them onto Ryan and the high school group. They have blessed our ministry for three years, brought life to our group for three years, but most of all, they have been awesome friends for three years. We love them, we will miss them and we wish them well as they enter into this new season of life.

All-Church Picnic May 30

Our All Church Picnic was a smashing success, with over 450 attending. God blessed us with a beautiful day, great food, and wonderful fellowship. We're already looking forward to 2011! A special THANK YOU! to all who volunteered this year. A great team effort, and it's a good thing to see the body work together to love and serve one another. To view photos from the picnic, click on Picnic 2010.