Awesome News!

We had an awesome weekend at Colawingon this past weekend 

and want to share it with you!

Believers from Migpait, Gahiton and Colawingon all gathered 

at the Ticalaan River near Colawingon.

It was a beautiful day and as we sat along the bank of the river, we were able to 

witness some wonderful things:

the bond between brothers and sisters in Christ 

even when meeting each other for the first time;

a young man who preached the Word so beautifully, clearly and confidently

(he is 19 year old Marlon, a disciple of Ronnie and the others who planted the church in Colawingon);

quite a number of old people being baptized, being led into the water 

by their children and grandchildren;

a crippled man on crutches being helped into the water to testify of his faith in the Lord Jesus

....... about FORTY baptisms in all.

None of the amazing wonders in the world can thrill us as much as being on the banks of the Ticalaan River

last Saturday morning witnessing those baptisms!

Praise our God, all you His servants,

you who fear Him, small and great!!

Rev 19:5

Together!

New beginnings amongst the rubble

This little girl and her family were some of the ones we saw, talked

with and helped two weeks ago when we returned

from Manila after our time up there for our

missionary conference.

After spending some time in Cagayan with the flood victims,

we came home to Lapoc and the last two weeks we’ve

been immersed in the many facets and twists

of missionary life:

Discipling the church leaders...... 

A big area of our ministry involves discipleship.

We both spend many hours each week with the men and women

who are involved in ministry and in outreach.

They come to us with reports on the work the Lord is doing through

them, with questions about scripture or for counsel on how to

deal with certain problems they are facing, or just for fellowship.

Using our muscles..........

Last week we worked as a group of believers on cleaning the church

building and it’s surroundings.

Paul’s muscles ached after spending the afternoon cutting off

thick brush in the field.

Children’s ministry.........

Watching the children grow up in the church is one of our joys!

We believe that this next generation of believers will

have great faith in the Lord Jesus and be used

mightily of Him!

Part of our ministry involves discipling and helping

youth leaders and scripture teachers for the school.

We are developing a lot of new study materials for kids at this time

and also making changes in how Young People’s ministry is being done here in

the Lapoc church:  mainly in more discipleship of the young people

themselves and getting them involved in leading Bible Study

groups with their peers and with the younger kids. 

Praise:

·         Ben and Leonie arrived safely back this week and

they have started teaching Jubab Grade 8!

·         We are so thankful for spiritual refreshment and rest

while we were in Manila.

·         God is growing His church here and overcoming all

obstacles!

Prayer:

·         A new outreach starts this Monday – pray for the

Bible teachers as they go out.

This new outreach is a long way away and is in the area of Talid-talid.

Thank You......

for your involvement in this work here!

We need your prayers

and we praise God for your partnership

because the only way to get this job done is:

Together