September 23, Bulacan Capitol Provincial Gymnasium:

With an attendance of almost 600, God once again proved what He really aims at in every event dedicated to Him, that is, to draw people and save them.  Thirty-one (31) souls humbly accepted Christ and were baptized in Jesus’ name.

October 21, Grand Square Stadium:

A thousand crowd squeezed through heavy traffic at Sta. Rosa Laguna to experience another powerful night of praise and worship, where the Holy Spirit overflowed and filled the hearts of every participant, IDO4 team and production crew.  God bestowed shining smiles and gleaming faces that overshadowed the spectacle of lights, which inspired thirty-four (34) people to step forward and obey the gospel.

October 24, Quezon City Sports Club:

Despite the technical difficulties – joy, inner strength, encouragement and faith radiated from the stage to the last seat.  The biggest hall within Quezon City Sports Club was teeming with hopeful brethren and guests as they join the IDO4 team in bringing forth infinitely devoted praise and worship to the one and only God who is worthy of all honor and majesty and power.

These elements, coupled with a moving, passionate and zealous message of the Lord delivered through Jesus Christ To God Be The Glory Church’s Founder and Head Pastor, Bishop Luis R. Santos, induced a heart-changing and life-transforming experience that overwhelmed every person present at the venue.  The whole event was concluded with baptizing forty-nine (49) yielding hearts, ready to take on a new life with Christ.

We are now heading towards the last leg of the 2011 IDO4 tour and we will be very delighted to see you there!

NOVEMBER 25: FRIDAY 6 PM   PEOPLE’S ASTRODOME, TAPUAC, DAGUPAN CITY

DECEMBER 9: FRIDAY 5:30PM  CLSU AUDITORIUM SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, NUEVA ECIJA

Together, let’s stand up for God’s purpose, for God’s Glory and Honor, and shout His PRAISE!

To God be all the glory!

At the onset of 2011, our Church Administrator and I.D.O.4. Worship Leader, Ms. Leslie Santos had a meeting with Bishop Luis Santos, the Elders and Satellite Pastors resulting to the decision of holding monthly concert tours commencing at Pampanga with Japan included in the list.  By March, before the first concert tour was held, a devastating tragedy struck Japan.  After the earthquake and tsunami, rumors of radiation spreading throughout Japan were sensationalized thus inducing more fear to people.  By this time, pursuing the concert there seemed fuzzy and was even temporarily removed from all promotional materials.

Months after, everything changed.  Negative rumors died down, the trip was reviewed and the Japan concert was good to go!  When I.D.O.4. began with the visa processing, we just submitted everything to the will of God.  Two (2) weeks after the applications were lodged at the Japanese embassy and when all eighteen (18) applications got approved, we instantly recognized that God’s purpose in Japan is ripe for the taking.  God is truly amazing!

On August 11, the dream was actualized step by step.  Our plane touched down Kansai International Airport and we knew right there and then that God’s hand moved…as we passed through immigration smoothly and rode our bus exactly on schedule.

As the praise and worship event drew nearer, many obstacles came but we just navigated our way over it.  We thought that there would be language barriers especially in the technical production group, but God eliminated it.

The whole event ran smoothly and without difficulty, with an attendance of almost three hundred (300).  KONNICHIWA FUKUYAMA!  Thirty eight (38) souls were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Glory to God!

On our way back home, we learned from our Satellite Church Pastor in Hiroshima, Ptra. Josefina Abrazaldo, that another Christian group planned to hold a similar concert but was denied of their visas.  They were fewer than us, but God has given our church a huge divine favor.

God gave the vision, God executed His plan and purpose…He is truly awesome and works in marvelous ways we cannot be able to comprehend…

To our brethren in Japan and to all who attended and supported the praise and worship night, Domo Arigatou Gozaimashita! ありがとうございました

Trust God and be blessed always!

I.D.O.4. headed for Bustos, Bulacan at 8:00 in the morning of July 31^st and went straight to Pastor Somer Bigcas’ home for a visit.  He has contracted a serious illness yet he welcomed everyone with a very pleasant smile, ever trusting the Lord for His purpose.   We pleaded to the Lord and declared that healing be upon him; this prayer not only encouraged every soul present at that place, but established God’s promise of overflowing miracles that will happen during the concert.

The place where the team stayed was astoundingly delightful and refreshing, coupled with an abundant supply of food and all other necessities that the team needed.  We felt the heart of the people who gave the best of their time, effort and resources just to express their love for their home church.

In turn, God has rewarded the Bustos satellite church with thirty two (32) souls who were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  But it doesn’t stop there because we also believe that there are more blessings coming for the Bigcas family.  Everyone who attended the concert was fully satisfied with God’s presence “up-to-the-brim”, and it overflowed when the team unexpectedly extended the encore with three (3) more songs.  In one of the cameras, an angel-like figure was captured confirming that His angels joined us during the praise and worship.

31 degrees Celsius, on the 31^st of July…in a venue without airconditioning units… the scorching heat was easily overturned by God’s overwhelming presence that filled the hearts of the people…To God be all the glory!

The promotion was so bongga.  Posters and streamers were everywhere.  I.D.O.4. even had media guesting via Love Radio 95.1 and ABS-CBN TV3 Baguio’s morning show“Naimbag nga Morning Kapamilya”…

Baguio Satellite brethren are the paragon when it comes to the display of support, excitement and eager anticipation of an impending Christian victory in propagating the Gospel…

I.D.O.4. Baguio Concert Tour is a sure hit that even outside the Philippines, one sister is caught longing to be in Baguio for this event:

The Hospitality (with a capital H) of Baguio Satellite is the awesomest!  The whole workforce — I.D.O.4.Worship Team, Technical Production Group and Admin staff were accommodated at Asian Traveler’s Inn and had the best“no lapse” meals catered by Gablets.  They even hosted the group’s summer outing at Baguio’s finest places like PMA grounds and Mines View Park…

The concert date was on May 20, 2011, a Friday afternoon.  Despite the heavy downpour, Baguio Convention Center was filled with approximately 2,400 attendees resulting from invitations of Baguio Satellite’s congregationhaving a population of about 390.  In my book, let me just state that this is the most exhilarating concert tour we’ve had so far.  The devotion conducted by Pastor RoddyVeneracion before the concert already signified victory.  The technical aspect was epic– from sound quality to L.E.D. and projector screen output up to the lighting effects.  For the record, as a person working in the Tech Prod group, it is hard for us to get lost in worship especially that we have to concentrate on our tasks throughout the duration of the concert.  Surprisingly, my tears flowed when the I.D.O.4. Santos siblings namely, Sis.Leslie, Bro. Ludwig and Sis. Weily began their simple remarks before each of their songs where their voices cracked as they hold their tears from being touched by the Holy Spirit.  I grabbed the chance to worship freely like the rest of the attendees that night.

Did I mention that Baguio Satellite’s Pastor RoddyVeneracion and Pastora Annabel Veneraciongot the best surprise of ‘em all?  Bishop Luis Santos, Pastora Norma Santos together with Bro. Wiglie Santos and the Elders made a 5-hour trip from Quezon City to Baguio for the sole purpose of attending the concert and then drove back to Quezon City the same night.  Cool, huh?

Then the ultimate result of the concert was revealed to us, the report: 134 newbies were baptized in Jesus’ name…

Maybe the reason why all I.D.O.4.concerts are successful is because we all know that God alone can make it work…that’s why we are accustomed to surrendering everything to him:

But do you know what’s unique about the Baguio Concert Tour?  Our Baguio satellite brethren aimed for their very own “KFC Double Down Sandwich” where everything about the concert from the songs to promotions and technicalities were taken merely as contents pinched in between two goals – Soul Winning and Soul Strengthening.

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Enough digressing, allow me to share my thoughts on the success of the past two concert tours.  Note that when I borrowed the term “Tale of the Tape”, I didn’t say Olongapo “vs.” Cavite.  I used “and”.  It’s because the Kingdom of God grows by addition, not by comparison.  With all gladness, let’s appreciate the below table:

Results showed lots of 7’s, huh?  Coincidentally,(or was it more likely planned by God?) the morning of May 1 before I.D.O.4.and the Technical Production grouphurried to Cavite, we were all ears on the topic preached by Bishop Luis R. Santos during the Sunday Service held at Cuneta Astrodome.  The preaching was entitled “Level 7”.Does number matter?  Nah, but it’s nice to know the numbers because this way, we’re counting our blessings…and when we count, bear in mind that one soul is worth more than the entire world.  To back this up, I recall this verse from the Bible which says: “there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Yes, I’m smiling and nodding while realizing these things.  The experience from these tours, starting from the weird movies we watched on board along NLEX and SCTEX, including the dinner near the beach of Subic where the food disappeared in a blink of an eye (parang rapture) and the funny photo shoots were just some of the details I could share.  The concert was not without its technical difficulties though.  Jesus has heard the muted songs and shouts of praise and had seen the dance offering despite insufficient reddish lights.  We know this for a fact because He worked gracefully on the hearts of the guests.  How could He not when there is such thirst for His presence?  There was a random family who attended the Olongapo concert “by chance”.  They saw a promotional streamer, searched I.D.O.4. inyoutube, attended the concert and the rest is a salvation story.  In Cavite, one of our videographers witnessed how several wiped their tears even when the concert has barely started.  The hearts were already moved by the VTR concert introduction during the portion where Sis. Leslie Santos said: “He pulled me up” (a clip from the 2004 concert).

The mission of salvation being completed by I.D.O.4.through this concert tour will continue to resonate.  Share the experience with us as we climb our way up North on May 20, 2011, 5:30 p.m. at Baguio Convention Center!  Cool!

Last March 27, 2011, I witnessed the first “Friends Again” concert provincial tour unfolds before my very eyes.  With news of earthquakes happening in various countries, Bren Z Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando Pampanga had its virtual “earthquake”.  The place was shaken with enthusiastic praise and worship at exactly 4:30 pm with an intensity of 8.  My goose bumps that afternoon only meant one thing…that without doubt, I.D.O.4. delivered to God the responsibility of leading the people to an extravagant worship.  The preparations, logistics and rehearsals behind the provincial tours were not easier compared to the Araneta Coliseum concert.  I could personally vouch that it was much harder and had required greater sacrifices.  Each member of the worship team went beyond themselves – distance, sicknesses and jobs were just a few aspects I could think of that they had to set aside.

Behind I.D.O.4. are Jesus Christ To God Be The Glory Church International Pampanga satellite churches, namely, ARAYAT, PALINLANG, MEXICO, MINALIN, ANGELES and GUAGUA, FLORIDA BLANCA.  They had collaborated to host this event all because of one motivation…the love for lost souls.  The regular church goers of all the Pampanga satellite churches combined are merely 350.  So it was really amazing to know that the attendees of this event reached 1,200 and those who accepted and were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ was more than a hundred.

In closing, I would like to share an excerpt from Sis. Leslie Santos’ text message a day after the Pampanga concert experience: “…Sobrang ibang feeling yung andun ka habang naghahatid ng souls sa heaven’s gate…at pinapanganak sila sa Kingdom of God…sobrang rare privilege noh?”

Hey, Amen to that!

Join us in our next stop as we move further North to Olongapo Convention Center, Olongapo City on April 14, 2011, 7:00 pm.  See you there!

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The I.D.O.4. team is set on a series of tours. See the following poster for details, or call (02) 711-3698 / 414-3638 local 113 for more info:

FOR TICKET INQUIRIES, CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:

PAMPANGA TOUR – Ptr. Boy Navarro (0923-9094542) / Ptr. Jhong Dalusong (0920-9524648) / Ptra. Len-len Esmilla (0922-8775265)

OLONGAPO TOUR – Ptr. Rey Toledo (0922-8287338)

CAVITE TOUR – Ptr. Gino Ergina (0919-8569808)

BAGUIO TOUR – Sis. Roanne Veneracion (0922-8394425)

Be blessed. Be safe. Be encouraged. To God be the glory!