Greeting to you all from Baguio, I pray that you are all
doing well and rejoicing in our wonderful Lord.
A couple of things to report
for your prayers:
Please pray for the various
on-going home Bible studies. We are
seeing good fruit from a couple of them, and two families who have come to know
the Lord are now in fellowship at the assembly, for which we thank the
Lord. We pray for consistency and growth
in their spiritual lives. In another study
we are encouraged to see the hunger that these saints have for the clear
teaching of the Word. Pray that they may
continue to grow in grace.
Secondly, please be praying for the
upcoming Bible school session scheduled to begin on October 14th. It is the second “semester” of classes on
Eschatology, and we will begin our look at the book of Revelation. The first “semester” of classes was well
attended by young and old alike and I was much encouraged by their desire to
learn. We are praying that they will all
be able to return to continue this study.
Thirdly, please be praying for the
assembly down in Baguio Gold. They seem
to be struggling a bit and could certainly use your prayers. Pray for wisdom and guidance for the elders
as they deal with some recent issues.
We would also appreciate prayers
for Joyce. She has been having some
health issues which we are trying to get diagnosed. She has had some heart problems and has gone
through a battery of tests. We will be
finding out the results today (Wednesday September 19, 2012). She has been quite fatigued and has been
experiencing many heart palpitations, please keep her in your prayers.
We are preparing for the Men’s
conference in December on the topic of “Protecting the church from modernism”
and for the Special Study classes in February on the topic of “Expository
Teaching” Please keep these preparations in your prayers as well.
We will return
later this month to Kayapa which is a new outreach about two hours drive
Northeast of Baguio on the Mountain Trail. The last study there went very
well and there were many questions regarding salvation by grace through faith
without works. It was our third visit to this remote village. Now that the
rainy season is coming to a close we hope to make monthly trips up for studies,
often times this requires hiking three hours on the trails to reach the homes
where these studies are taking place. Our goal is to eventually see a new
assembly started in this town.
This week we head down to Manila
for a visit. Joyce has a weekend
conference to attend with our daughter Kim this coming weekend. I will be speaking at one of the local
assemblies in the area. Next week Joyce’s brother Dale, his wife Lois and their
daughter Dorothy along with her husband Aaron will be arriving for a two week visit. Dale will be the speaker at our expat
missionary retreat the first week of October.
The retreat always is a time for us to reunite with fellow missionaries
and learn of what the Lord is doing in different parts of the Philippines. Good teaching that feeds our souls is also
much appreciated. We will return to
Baguio on October 8th.
Well, I have given you a lot to
pray for!! I trust you will continue to
support us by your prayers. Pray for the
Lord’s provision for the needs of the poor among us. We love you all and give thanks to our Lord
for you. God bless….
