Recodo Baptism Clip

Planting Trees.....Visiting the sick.....Jubab's time in Japan.....

Planting Trees!

This past week we have been planting some trees with our family in Tumpagon: a very special time of  building memories and bonding with our family!

Thousands of fruit trees planted in the Tumpagon and Cauyunan areas which the Lord provided years ago, are now mature and this year they are just bursting with flowers promising a great harvest in a few months’ time.

There is a time to plant and a time to harvest and this is true not only on the farms that our brothers and sisters are working so hard on in this planting season, but also out in our Lord’s field which surrounds us wherever we go.

Visiting the Sick…

Not only have we been planting trees and seeing the blooms promising the hope of a huge harvest, but we have also been visiting the sick, the weak and the heartbroken….. Over this past weekend, we visited four households, held their hands, hugged them, wiped tears, prayed with them: two families who have family members who are housebound because of strokes, one family who had a death, and another family with a young Mom who is suffering heart problems due to recently giving birth.

Olivia, Jubab’s girlfriend - who is here with us for a month - came with us on these visits and God used her to bring comfort and encouragement to Minda (front, second from right in the picture below) who has been housebound now for 3 years and is partially paralyzed from a stroke. Before we left, we joined hands with the whole family and Olivia prayed for Minda and the family. There is no language barrier with prayer! Minda’s face was beaming after Olivia prayed for her. 

Jubab’s Time in Japan

Jubab is loving his time in Japan and is seeing a lot of the ministry and is feeling more and more like Japan is the mission field that God is calling him to after Bible College. Please pray for him as he looks to the Lord for direction and wisdom over the remaining five weeks he has there.