Greetings to all.
We were able to visit the mountain city of Baguio last week and the Lord answered several of our prayers on that very first visit, for which we give Him thanks.
When we first arrived we were told how difficult it may be to find suitable housing in Baguio as several others have tried and been unsuccessful in securing housing. We spoke with another single missionary who had been looking for a place, just to get some tips on how to proceed. She spoke of a place she had"checked out" but that was not going to work out for her, but perhaps it would be nice for us. She gave us the name of the owner and directions to it. We visited it, and by the following day we had secured it. What a blessing. It will need some work to make it livable for us, but it will meet our needs nicely.
The following day was the Lord's Day and we visited with one of the assemblies in Baguio. This is the assembly called Navy Base Gospel Chapel, a work the Lord allowed Ken Engle to start back in the 60s. It is the work we have been praying about helping, and felt led of the Lord, for this past year, to work with. When we arrived on Sunday morning we expected that word of our desire to live and work among them in Baguio would have reached them. But to our surprise they had no idea of our plans. One of the elders met us at the door, he is a man I have known for years,and he was so excited to see us. Then when he learned of our plans he was almost in tears he was so happy. Then when he shared it with the assembly there was clapping and excitement all around. We felt so warmly welcomed. What a blessing and confirmation from the Lord to our hearts. Then they read a letter that Ken Engle and his son Kevin Engle had written by way of introducing us to the assembly and they were just so happy to know of our plans. The Lord has indeed blessed us!! Thank you for all your prayers.
We head back up the mountain in a week to do some work on the new place. Our plans are still to move up in October, and we can't wait to finally get settled in there Lord willing. Continue to pray for our visas. We are still awaiting a hearing, and the issuing of our 9G visas, after which we will begin the process of acquiring Permanent Residence Visas.
I spoke in Angono this morning here in Rizal Province. The saints there seemed to listen with much interest to the word of the Lord. We pray that in some small way He will use us to encourage them in their walk for Him. Next week we will be once again in Molabong.
Again, thank you all for your prayers and support, it has indeed encouraged our hearts.
Ken
