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 the 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 and schools mostly in the interior of southern Palawan.

Kent has a passion for mission aviation and is skilled in construction and mechanics. Also a great story-teller, he has, through his example, influenced and helped to develop many indigenous preachers. Leonda, with a passion for medical ministry and education and has been instrumental in establishing a jungle clinic/hospital and opening 5 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, a native speaker, in translating a number of books and other materials for use in school and churches, as well as a songbook for use in their churches. Bible translation and editing continues.

Kent and Leonda are the proud parents of 7 children/foster children and have 14 grandchildren that bring them great joy.

Frontier Stories

Blessed are the Pure in Heart

Curiosity is not sin, but the wily serpent uses it even today to ensnare and enslave the world.

By: Leonda George
October 01 2014, 5:29 pm | Comments 0

No Pig for the Wedding

Weddings are a big deal in Palawano culture. Everybody loves wedding feasts, and, of course, there must be roasted pig. How could you have a feast without a pig?

By: Kent George
August 01 2014, 6:25 pm | Comments 1

Campmeeting Memories

Riding in the car with Bubit and Jilin to Puerto Princesa to shop for Bubit’s wedding dress, I took some time to start writing my next AF article.

By: Kent, Leonda & Jilin George
July 01 2014, 2:26 pm | Comments 0

Cream of the Crop

The life stories our high-school students, Timuk, Dyilin, Hilin, Arlin and Maribel, told were horrific. Only one of them still had two living parents.

By: Leonda George
May 01 2014, 7:53 pm | Comments 0

The Morgue

Kent and I heard Juwil’s heart-wrenching cries before we saw him.

By: Leonda George
March 01 2014, 3:41 pm | Comments 0

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