Thank you all for all your prayers. The typhoon which threatened Northern/Central Luzon has moved across the extreme northern sections of Luzon and it now rotating out in the South China Sea. It remains stationary and so we remain under a storm signal warning. But all indications are that it will move south west and away from the islands. Although it spared us a direct hit it did cause a great deal of damage north of us. Many have lost homes and several deaths were reported.
We had some strong winds and lots of rain, which began Saturday afternoon and continued through Sunday. I was able to travel down to Baguio Gold to speak on Sunday morning. The roads were passable and we were able to drive down fairly close to where the chapel building is. The remainder of the way we walked but both on our walk down this rather steep staircase, and our walk back up the rains let up. From Baguio Gold we went straight to Navy Base for their meeting which we much enjoyed. Then in the afternoon we had our fourth session of bible school. So the routine has returned to normal.
Today we continue our study of Ilokano. It is a long hard road, and we would continue to covet your prayers. We are trying to use what we know, but currently that is still quite limited. I will continue to translate outlines and main points into Ilokano for my teaching down in Baguio Gold, this will greatly help with my vocabulary. I have found it very hard at this point in my life to get a hold on this new language, but the Lord is gracious, and the people so very happy to hear us using it.
Again, thank you all so very much for your prayers. There is still much need down in the Manila area because of the floods. Several chapel buildings were destroyed and many believers lost everything. Please keep that recovery effort in your prayers.
