Howard and Leslie arrived on Saturday night. Howard preached at our church on Sunday morning. After his teaching, Howard and Leslie prayed for the sick.
Jay, Howard, Leslie and Tony left for Mindanao early Tuesday morning. The first meeting being held on Wednesday early afternoon. We are expecting awesome things to come out of the meetings.
This is a group of older kids that were not coming to the bible study because there were to many little kids there. So, we set up a separate study for them. They all got born again and we were able to give them Bibles. They have all committed to coming every Saturday so we can disciple them. Praise God!
Ptr. Tony and I along with some musician's from the church
This is J.R. I schooled him in bass on Saturday and on
This is our state of the art drum kit.
Linda, the lady on the far right, and I visit the widows of our church every Tuesday. Linda picks 4 ladies to visit who live in close proximity to each other. We visit, encourage and pray for them. The 2 ladies pictured with Linda are her sisters. The gal on the far left recently gave her life to Jesus after many years of prayers from her sisters.
This woman and her children lost her husband/father right before Easter. Linda is her sister-in-law. Linda brought me to the house with hopes that they would listen to the Gospel. I shared with them the Gospel and they said "yes" to Jesus! Linda was so excited as we left their home. She will be meeting with them for a Bible study weekly. Once again, there have been many years of prayers leading up to their decision.
We had an acoustic worship service this morning, not because it's a cool thing to do but because there was a "brown out". It turned out to be a sweet time of worship.
Ptr. Sonny, his wife Jing, and their son Isaac are here from Thailand. They are missionaries sent out from the F.R.E.E. Mission. Pastor Paul and I visited them last year. They are doing great things for God among the Muslims in southern Thailand where they live. He preached today about how we are all called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This is a group of young people from Purok Sais who are called the "Evening Teens". They are a group of kids who have decided to refrain from drugs & alcohol. Ptr. Tony and Ptr. Jay had visited them previously and at that time, they requested having a Bible study. This past week Ptr. Tony invited them to come and learn guitar, key board or the "hands ministry". First they listened to Ptr. Jay give the Gospel message where they all made Jesus, Lord of their lives.
After the alter call, they broke up into different groups depending on their interests.
Jay counted 32 youth but thought there were more that he couldn't see to count. Praise God!
He's in the process of "expiring". Jay did the duty of spraying last night and this morning the results were visible. He's about 1 1/2" long. I've been reading up on the critters. This particular breed generally likes the outside but when doors get open, they get caught in the house. That's not good! So Jay comes to the rescue with the bug spray... and gone are the roaches. I'm getting
Aunt (Tita) Portia preparing the Spaghetti for Johann's 2nd Birthday Party
Johann had daddy re-light the candle 3 times. He enjoyed blowing it out. Such a cutie.
Jayson is enjoying his hotdog kabob which included marshmallows and something else that we were unable to identify. The kids put them together and seemed to like them.
Grandma (Lola) Lourdes and Aunt (Tita) Portia
Aunt (Tita) Pressy enjoying her cake.
walking into Purok Sais
On the way to pick up our passports, the vehicle started acting like it had a flat tire. We were on a very busy freeway. We knew we needed to get off to find a gas station. We saw a familiar exit and took it. As we were coming down the offramp, the vehicle acted like we had a tire blow out. It was a scary situation, with Jay using all of his super-human strength to keep the vehicle going straight.
After stopping the vehicle and noticing that all tires were perfectly fine, we realized that the tortion bar to the rear axle had severed. Wow! God had us covered though. As we were standing there evaluating the situation, the head of security for the university that we were parked in front of, stopped and asked if our vehicle was broken. Jay showed him the situation and asked if he knew of a welder.
We just happened to be parked in front of the maintenance part of the school and they had a welder there. Praise God! This really was an amazing situation. It's hard to put into words just how blessed we were to be stopped where we were and to have the right people at hand to help us.
The welder made the bar extra strong until we can replace it permanently.
After many hours we made it to the U.S. Embassy. This horse drawn carriage was parked across the street. Jayson and I want to ride one. On another trip. Our whole trip took us 7 hours. Traffic is amazing here!
My big speech went well. I was addressing the 6th grade graduates who will now be attending high school. The students graduate from high school at the end of 10th grade.
Jayson in line for the processional.
Jayson just received his gold bar pin for being an honor student.
Jayson is pretty excited about this whole event. We are going to celebrate by going to watch the
Jayson is having fun decorating Easter eggs. We had to do it the old-fashioned way using food dye just like when we were kids. We had some friends over for dinner. Their kids had so much fun with the egg hunt. It was fun to watch their excitement with this new experience.
Here some of the girls in Anna-Lisa's small group. They are studying "The Believer's Authority"
Jayson passed his final exams with flying colors. He is now officially a Grade 2 Student. Woohoo!
