Morning Glory Assembly- Baguio

Brother Ruperto Jaleco and his wife, were among the first ones in the assembly after Evelyn Balanag was saved in 1968. Today, they are still faithful to the Lord, and the assembly.



Numbers were down this Lord's day because of a typhoon that was nearby

Baguio - August 5, 2007

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

Update - July 12, 2007

Greetings to you,

Just a brief update for all of you who have been praying....we will be beginning our Ilocano language study on Tuesday!!! Praise the Lord He has provided a school, about 45 min drive away, where we can take some classes for the next few months. Thanks for praying.

I will begin teaching additional studies at the end of this month at Hill Crest, for their midweek meetings. So between language school, Wednesday night studies and Sunday speaking we have a pretty full schedule right now so would appreciate your continued prayer...


Ken Hardisty

Angono Assembly July 2007

Cogeo Assembly July 2007

Update, July 1, 2007

I just arrived back from speaking at the assembly in Angono in Rizal Province. It was good to remember the Lord with them and be able to share with them from the Word of our Lord. We began what will be a four part series in Romans 6 thru 8. We will be speaking there on the first Sunday of every month until October when we will make the move up to Baguio, Lord willing. Last Lord’s Day we were with the saints in Cogeo, and the week before I spoke at the assembly in Antipolo called, Hill Crest. My messages have been all in Tagalog and it seems to be coming back quickly, thank you for all your prayers.

We have purchased an older car that we pray will meet our needs for the next few years. Thank you for praying. It seems to be a solid car and in very good shape.

We will make our first visit up to Baguio on the last week of July and will visit with the assembly at Morning Glory and will begin to scout out places for us to live when we finally make the move up in October. We plan, Lord willing, to make a trip up each month. Be praying with us that the Lord would open up a secure place for us to live in Baguio that we can use as a base for reaching further up into the mountains in the coming years.

We had planned to take some language classes here in Manila to study Ilocano but that is not going to be possible since the school currently has no one to teach that language. So the Lord obviously has other plans. Keep us in your prayers as we seek His guidance for the months ahead.