Kent & Leonda George

Career Missionaries since 1995, serving the Palawano people of the Philippines.

Pastor Kent and Leonda George have been serving as missionaries in the Philippines since 1995. Kent, a graduate of Pacific Union College and Andrews University Seminary, pastored in Georgia Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists before joining Adventist Frontier Missions as a church planter. Leonda, also a graduate of Pacific Union College has worked side by side with her husband establishing indigenous churches mostly in the interior of southern Palawan.

Kent has a passion for mission aviation and is skilled in construction and mechanics. Kent is a great story-teller and through his example has influenced and helped to develop many indigenous preachers. Leonda, with a passion for medical ministry and education and has been instrumental in opening 4 elementary schools and a secondary school, as well as a remote clinic. She and her team continue to train indigenous health workers and teachers. She has collaborated with her daughter Gielyn George in translating a number of books for use in school, as well as a book of hymns and choruses for use in their churches.

Kent and Leonda are the proud parents of 7 children/foster children and have 10 grandchildren that bring them great joy.

Frontier Stories

She’s Family

We stood anxiously scanning the exiting passengers. “They should be here by now. What is taking them so long?” I wondered out loud to my equally excited husband.

By: Leonda George
September 01 2009, 4:41 pm | Comments 0

Travels in Mindanao

We finally went to Mindanao! For the last 14 years, we have wanted to visit Mountain View College (MVC). But due to many reasons, including sporadic rebel uprisings in the province, it just hadn’t worked out.

By: Kent George
August 01 2009, 4:55 pm | Comments 0

Field News: July 2009

We are in the process of adopting Jilin, a Palawano girl we have known since she was very young. Both her parents died when she was only a baby.

By: Kent George
July 01 2009, 5:01 pm | Comments 0

Moving Forward

At our Kamantian church, many members are conspicuously absent. Usually that is bad news, but we take it as a good sign.

By: Kent George
June 01 2009, 5:06 pm | Comments 0

Growing up in the Lord

Our first Palawano believers were baptized into the faith of Jesus as teenagers. They were babies in the faith and needed to be bottle-fed for many years as they grappled with how to apply the principles of the Christian walk to their lives and culture.

By: Leonda George
May 01 2009, 5:09 pm | Comments 0

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