In February 2012 Ingebrigt Hoset and a team for Siloa Church travelled to Mindanao for an evangelical campaign named “Jabonga Salvation Explosion”. Jabonga is an district in the province of Agusan del Norte, and the purpose of the campaign was to reach the entire district with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The meetings were held in eight different “barangy”, (meaning “village”) in Jabonga, with one meeting in each barangy.

Siloa Church had been praying and fasting before this trip, to get the largest possible breakthrough. And breakthrough it was, this would be a time of visitation never seen in Jabonga District before.

Camilla Warmøy from Siloa prays for a lady. At the left, Christinalyn Cutamora, the interpreter.

Our host in Jabonga District was pastor Bonifar Abanel in the Church “Bridge of Hope”. He told us that when Ingebrigt first visited in 2005 he had one church. During this visit he was prophesied and prayed for, which released something new. In the beginning of 2012 Abanel pastored 18 churches, many of them started as a result of our campaigns. The nineteenth church was started during Jabonga Salvation Explosion.

To be born again is the greatest experience a man can have. During the eight evangelical meetings we had, as many as 780 people called upon Christ for salvation. It is powerful to witness their change, as they walk from darkness to light. You can see the change in their eyes, because the eye is the lamp of the body. As the new believers stood in front of the podium, many lights lit up in this dark world.

One of the new believers told our chauffeur after the final meeting, that he could not describe what had happened inside of him. He felt such an indescribable peace and joy, he had never felt like this before. He was so grateful for receiving Jesus and having his sin forgiven. This man used to be an Adventist, and was one of the leaders in this village.

His testimony was not unique. Everyone we asked told us about the peace and joy that they had not felt before, but now had received after accepting Jesus as Lord. They were all so grateful. The oldest Ingebrigt talked to was a seventy-year-old women, who had lived a difficult live in poverty. After the meeting she sat down next to Ingebrigt, and told him how well she felt, now that she had become a child of God.

One of the meetings was for the youth. It became a very special meeting, where the presence of God was so tangible. 55 youngsters accepted Christ, many with tears streaming down their face. Pastor Lillian Abanel, the wife of Bonifar, said that we experienced the glory of God, both in the youth meeting and in the other ones, and indeed we did. Many people were saved and healed!