Greeting once again to you all from Baguio City. We thank you all for your continued prayer and support of the Lord’s work here amongst us in Baguio and the surrounding areas.
This past Saturday we had a wonderful time at a resort being built by one of the brothers and his family down on Marcos Hwy, one of the main routes in and out of Baguio. The site is located in the mountains and is actually surrounded by mountains and affords beautiful views in all directions. This resort has been dedicated to the Lord and we were the first to be able to use it for our assembly outing. It was actually a combined outing this year with both assemblies, Baguio Gold and Navy Base. It was a wonderful time of fellowship and singing. In the morning we had a brief meeting which was followed by a baptism in which 12 young people were baptized. All those baptized were in their teens or above and there were six girls and six boys. Four were from the Navy Base assembly and eight from Baguio Gold. What a blessing!! Following the baptism we had a brief time of prayer to dedicate these young lives to the Lord. It truly was a blessed time. Then it was a time for swimming, lunch and relaxation. A few of us got together and began to sing…I enjoyed that time very much.
On Sunday this week I spoke down in Baguio Gold both in the morning and afternoon, and used three languages to communicate the Word. I am truly blessed to be able to spend time with those lovely saints. This week they asked if I would be willing to come down two times a month on Sundays to speak. We had already been thinking and praying about asking them if they would like us to come down an additional Sunday, so it was really a confirmation to our hearts when they asked. So beginning next month we plan, Lord willing, to spend both the first and third Sunday of each month with the saints down in Baguio Gold.
We have one more week of bible school to teach at Baguio Gold to end the first semester of classes with them. Then we will take a two or three week break from teaching the bible school classes and then begin the third semester with the folks at Navy Base. It really has been a joy for me to teach these classes, we pray that they have been a help and encouragement to the saints.
I was asked this week to speak later this month at a local Baptist church. So we will be speaking there on the 23rd of this month, please keep these things in your prayers as we prepare all the lessons for the bible studies and Sunday morning meetings. Please also continue to pray for the ongoing bible school sessions.
The school year is winding down at Faith Academy in Manila so Kim and Larry are very busy for the next several weeks. Please remember to pray for them as they finish out the year and have to say good bye to 7 of the boys who will be graduating this year from their dorm. Please continue to pray for them as well as they contemplate a move to a different dorm for next year. They will be moving from an off campus dorm to an on campus dorm and will be changing from an all boy’s dorm to a co-ed dorm. So there will be new challenges ahead for them.
Thank you all so much once again. It is through your kind prayers and support that we are enabled by our Lord to continue in our service here for Him. May the Lord richly bless you all and may you continue to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our wonderful savior.
