For many, the Philippines is known as a Christian nation. Churches are visible, worship songs fill public spaces, and faith is woven into daily life. And yet, beneath this familiar picture lies another reality—hundreds of unreached and least-reached people groups scattered across mountains, islands, and remote communities.

On November 3, 2025, the Evergreen Missions Team Philippines, together with our friends from Hill Country Church in Texas, visited Museyo Kutawato in Mindanao. We were there for one specific reason. Caleb Byerly, the founder of Evergreen Missions, had come to see the Salimbaa once again—a handcrafted tribal instrument of the Tinananon people that he donated to the museum in 2018.

There’s something powerful about crossing into a new year. It’s as if God whispers again, “This is a fresh beginning. A fresh commissioning. A fresh yes.”