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Floodgates History

On January 12, 1977 (when I was in third year college), I met three squatter children – Boboy Sabarez, Lucy Palec and Salvacion Palec – who were helping their mothers do laundry for UP students.  I told them bible stories.  I asked them what they needed. One told me he needed medicine for his mother, one said she needed water color for a school project, and the other said she needed paper and pencil.  So after the bible stories, I brought them to the UP shopping center and after eating some light snacks, I bought them what they needed.  (Today I am surprised how my weekly allowance of 20 pesos could last the whole week).  I told the kids to come back for more bible stories.  The next time, more kids came and I led a bible study with them.  The group went on growing.  Their parents got curious who was telling their children about all these Jesus’ stories. 

 

On the birthday of one of the fathers (Fred Cubang), they invited me to visit their squatter area in Old Balara at the back of UP-Diliman.  I went and met their parents and older brothers and sisters.  The elders said they also wanted to have a bible study with me.  So I held a bible study for the older ones every Saturday at 3 pm on the hilltop of Capitol Hills (they called it Golf-9) or under a tree, overlooking the scenic Marikina River.  I taught them how to tithe. 

 

On Jan. 11, 1981, Assistant Principal Ms. Te Natividad of Balara Academy (BA) visited us and saw that we did not have a roof on our heads and had problems when it rained. She invited us to hold the bible study in the premises of BA as part of their value formation program for the students.  On Jan. 18, 1981, we held our first formal worship service; at this time the bible study group became a formal church.  The group went on growing.  We transferred to Balara Elementary School because of persecution from a religious group. 

 

From our savings, we were able to buy the rights to a property at the heart of the Old Balara squatters area.  We called our group the Old Balara Christian Community (OBCC).  I trained the most spiritual and dynamic among the members to become the church elders – Christopher Sabarez, Renato Tuazon, Tereso Balgos, Dennis Manas, Susano Vargas, JR Maximo, Felicisimo Maximo, Dong Alcayde, Ferdinand Gedalanga, and Arnel Samoy.  Some members had a calling to be pastors; so from our savings we gave them scholarships to finish pastoral training – one from the Asian Theological Seminary, one from the Foursquare Bible School, and one from the Temple Bible School. 

 

The elders and members led their own bible studies in their respective areas; these became our daughter churches – the Body of Christ Fellowship in Calderon, the God will Provide Fellowship in Pasong Tamo, the Spirit of Christ Fellowship in Barangay Holy Spirit, the Servants of Christ Fellowship in V. Luna, and another Fellowship in Erap City, Montalban.  Other pastors asked for support and they affiliated their churches and NGOs based in Caloocan, Antipolo, Tanay, Mindoro, and others with OBCC.  From our savings, we bought 7 hectares of land for the Mangyan tribes near Victoria, Mindoro Oriental.

My wife Anji noticed that there were so many children running around the area without anyone taking care of them.  With the help of Mission Ministries, she organized a pre-school for these kids called the OB Christian School.  With the help of Principal Dorothy Sabarez, the school grew to offer educational services from pre-school to High School. 

 

Since these organizations are urban poor-based whose members could not give sufficient financial support to the pastors, I opened a special bank account and arbitrarily called it “Floodgates of Heaven.”  Through this, I gave support to deserving pastors and the poor.  Later, I registered the “Floodgates of Heaven Foundation Inc.” with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 1999. 

 

Because I became a licensed entrepreneurship trainer of GTZ, UN-ILO and UN-ITC, I motivated the members to go to business; and many started their own enterprises and NGOs.  They employed the members of the community.  Those occupying good positions in government agencies and private companies facilitated the employment of qualified members. 

 

Floodgates Foundation provides financial or technical  support to deserving pastors and young entrepreneurs and professionals from urban poor areas.  I organized this group of churches, enterprises and NGOs into a loose network called the “Sons of Joshua Community.”  They are all committed to fulfill the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus and they are composed of three armies – the Army of the Preachers (pastors and missionaries), the Army of the Prayer Warriors and the Army of the Providers (Christian entrepreneurs).  Our goal is to become “Mighty Warriors” of the Lord doing mighty exploits for Him. (Written: February 9, 2008)

 

Principals

 

The Lord guided the principals to found Floodgates Foundation, OBCC Educational Foundation, Passion for Perfection Inc., the OB Christian Community, the Sons of Joshua (SOJ) Community and the the OB Christian School.

 

My family and I are committed to serve God and the deserving poor.  We envision a Philippines that will become a holy nation that glorifies God. We dream that each local church in the Philippines will have:

 

  1. an activated "Army of the Providers" and
  2. a "Parunungan" - a Filipino Christian School that will inculcate wisdom among Filipino children through the teaching of five subjects: Christianity, Nationalism, Scientific thinking, Entrepreneurship and Excellence.

Client Accolades:

"Floodgates has been a tremendous blessing to God's pastors and missionaries in Old Balara."
Pastor Dennis Manas

"Thanks to Floodgates, my ministry continues and grows."
Pastor Al Generale

A Financial Miracle
 
The Lord called Rex to go to business in 1995.  During the first year of operation, he and his wife served local clients.  In 1996, he received his first international project.  He and his wife dedicated this firstfruit income to a special account called Floodgates of Heaven.  All the funds were shared to God's kingdom workers.  God multiplied their foreign assignments.  On September 22, 1999, Floodgates of Heaven Foundation Inc. was officially registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

 
My Personal Testimony

I belong to a family of 13 children. I was the one closest to my wise, upright grandmother. I admired her for her wisdom, common sense and strength of character. In school, religion and God appealed to me. I went to church everyday and became very devout to the point that I almost became a priest. However, despite my religiosity, everything seemed meaningless to me. I seriously studied martial arts and various self-cultivation philosophies. Life seemed mechanical, boring and lonely. My self-righteousness only made people uncomfortable with me. God seemed so far away. I felt lonely and depressed. In one moment of loneliness, I cried to God, "Are you real? Do you really exist? If you do, please reveal yourself to me?"

In college, my older brother, who became a follower of Christ, shared with me the good news that Jesus died for my sins. From the Bible, I understood that the reason why God seemed far away is because "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Convicted of my sins, I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.

Immediately after that, I bought a Bible and read it voraciously. I found great joy reading and memorizing the Book of Proverbs because of its excellent words of wisdom. I led bible studies and pioneered a church in an urban poor area of Old Balara, Quezon City. I succeeded in my career as University professor and manager of a multinational company in Makati City and became a businessman. Now, I lead and train my fellow businessmen how to manage their enterprises using the wise principles of the Bible. My vision now is to be a provider in God's kingdom and to activate the Army of the Providers in each local church.

"Store up treasures in heaven"