Our time with Jubab....and other news!!!!!

Praise God for all of His blessings and for the privilege it is to be involved in translating His Word and being part of the team spreading the Gospel here in Mindanao!

Big news here at the moment is the joy and the preparations going towards our ‘Kaamulan’ which is a family conference involving all of our churches here. We are expecting hundreds of believers to gather and a big baptism as well.

There are huge amounts of firewood being cut in preparation for all the cooking that will be done, houses being cleaned and readied for guests, food being planned and speakers studying the Word and preparing to share wonderful truths that will encourage and feed the flock spiritually!

We’ll have more news to share about this conference before too long! On the translation side of our ministry, we are working this week on Matthew 7-8. Not many more months now and we will be able to tell you Lord willing that the whole Tala-Andig New Testament is finished and we will be in the final preparation stage before printing!!!!!!

On a family note, we are praising God so much for allowing us to have a wonderful visit with Jubab!! Jubab is doing great. He is super challenged to be a full time missionary in Japan. It is a really hard mission field and only a real small percentage of Japanese people know the Lord. Very Challenging. He wants to work with OMF in a ministry with university students and is currently applying to do an internship with OMF over his summer break next year. God has been working incredibly in his life.

During the 11 days we had there with him, we got to go to classes with him and also had opportunities to share with some of the students there in chapel times. We stayed in the guest apartment at the college together so we had lots of family time, ate all our meals together, got to hang out, watch movies, have lots of coffees and talks.  After the 11 days with Jubab, some dear friends took us on a holiday which was an amazing provision for us from the Lord. We really needed a break and the time was so special and so refreshing in every way. 

It was fun watching Jubab in action: doing dish crew, working on his assignments, going to class, meeting his friends and dorm mates…..it was such a precious time!!

Please pray for Jubab’s support needs as he prepares to go to Japan, first for the internship next summer and then as a full-time missionary. His support level is better than it was but he still in need of more regular support.

Please pray too for the upcoming conference, for the speakers and all the people who are planning to attend, for safety for all the travelers and that God will be glorified!!