eVANgelcal van - an Urgent appeal

In 1997, we received a gift of a second-hand 14-seater Mazda van. Though it had no power steering, and required a lot from the driver to drive it, especially on the long distances, it has served the needs of the mission centre faithfully. From moving the missionaries around to various venues of outreach, to the weekly ministry outreaches to Montalban, (an hour’s drive away on days without traffic jam) to meeting all the travel needs of the mission centre. Recently, during a thunderstorm, it was also converted into a make shift classroom with the missionary-teacher seated at the driver’s seat facing the back of the van, with 25 kids squeezed onto the 2 rows of seats.

However, after more than a decade, the trusty van is showing signs of aging. Since a few years ago, it had gone on an overhaul, a radiator change, the compressor of the air conditioning needed a few changes, full body repair work, and rust is now even visible to the naked eye. When it rains, it leaks as well, this can be tricky when we have equipment to transport to our ministry sites; amplifier, musical instruments, teaching materials etc.


Because Mazda has now phased out this particular make of van, it has no resale value in the market. It still runs on gasoline (not diesel as most vans are) and can run only 6-8 km per litre.

We are in urgent need of P800,000.00 approximately US$20,000.00 to purchase a new locally manufactured van. After making all the preliminary fact finding, we found the Mitsubishi L300 to be the most economical, since we only need a simple van to serve our needs, no additional accessories will be added. The mileage is 10-12km per litre of diesel.



We are making this urgent appeal now, the rainy season is arriving, the rust is getting worse from week to week, every time we close our door, some rust is falling out. It only takes 40people to contribute US$500 or 200 people to contribute US$100. If this call is in your heart, if you know someone, or have some idea of how we can purchase this van, please, feel free to contact us immediately at our email found on this blog. Thanks and God bless you!