Dear Friends, Because of your faithfulness, you are now supporting more people and more ministries than you originally started with by sending Karen and me to the Philippines. Let me introduce you to your latest ministry. A young Bible school graduate got the burden four years ago to win the people of Ragay, her hometown, […]
Full of contrasts Journey for Tom
Good and bad news in Mindanao (Philippines) Bad news…Because of terrorist tensions in Mindanao, all games had to be played during the day and in the hot sun. Good news…Tom Randall was able to keep clear of the amoeba and Marco’s revenge problems by not drinking the unsafe drinking water. Bad news…Tom was instead drinking […]
Busy trip in the Philippines – Sept 1982 – Tom Randall Letter
Tom wrote a letter to people supporting us in September 1982 telling about a trip to the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines. A basketball team came from the US to play two to three games a day with the goal of sharing the Gospel message with the crowds. The crowd was always given […]
Letter to friends after Tom’s serious motorcycle accident
In January of 1989 Tom was in a serious motorcycle accident that left him with lots of bumps and bruises but most seriously, a severely broken leg. The following letter was sent to friends asking for prayer and recognizing that God is our help when everything goes wrong! WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG? […]
Seoul Experience as a delegate from the Philippines
World Congress on Sports Tom was standing in front of the Seoul Olympic Complex in South Korea where the next day 13,000 athletes from 160 countries would open the games of the 24th Olympiad. But Tom wasn’t there to watch the Olympic Games even though he would have loved that. He was there in Seoul […]
Being Content – By Tom Randall
In 1981 Tom shared in a letter with the people praying for him about what it means to be content in a world full of contrasts This was written 42 years ago but the message is the same today. Many people have great contrasts in their lives but may not appreciate what those times are […]
About the coach Tom Randall – June 1999
They were still clearing puddles of water off the rain soaked court when the basketball team pulled up to play in the town of Baltaraga, Palawan Island, Philippines. The town had no electricity that night but officials had secured a generator to run the string of lights above the court to guarantee the game could […]