In Baguio - October 23, 2007

Greetings to you all from Baguio! We moved up last Saturday and are safe and sound. Joyce is still busy unpacking and sorting through things, I am busy repairing things and cleaning, there is much to do. The former tenants left a few pieces of furniture so that has been a help since we brought none of our own over with us. Joyce is making the place look like home.
I spoke this past Sunday at the assembly at Navy Base. We have begun a series on some highlights in the life of Abraham. On Wednesday nights we will be beginning a series on the love of the Lord for Israel and for the Church, using the book of Song of Solomon. Please pray that the Lord would uses these times to the encouragement of His people. For the meantime I am going to concentrate on teaching the saints and wait on the Lord to begin to open up other doors of opportunity. Pray with us for His leading and guidance.
Once the raining season is over we will plan to make a trip up the mountain trail and see Sagada. Pray with us as we pray that the Lord would give clear guidance.
Thanks for all your prayers. The Lord is blessing and encouraging our souls. His name to my heart is "...as ointment poured forth. Therefore...we love Him."

Ken

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Tia Elizabeth Oct, 2007

Tia Elizabeth sitting outside for the first time in over 8 months. She laughed all the way out her door and across the small bridge and praised the Lord as she went up the hill to visit with her friend....thank you all for your prayers for her.

September 27, 2007 Tia Elizabeth's Home and the upcoming move to The Mountains

Greetings to you all once again from Manila. We wanted to send a short update for those who have been praying for and concerned for Tia Elizabeth, an elderly, poor saint, who was bed ridden 8 months ago because of a fall she took outside her home. Due to the generosity of a married couple who just wanted to help her, we were enabled by the Lord to pour a concrete slab in front of her home and extend a bridge over the small ditch beside and continue the slab to the other side. Next week, Lord willing, we will be purchasing a wheel chair and she will be able, for the first time since her fall, to be mobile. She will be able to be pushed out, across the bridge to visit with the saints! She is so excited. This dear couple provided all that was needed to pour this slab and provide some food and meds for her. She thanks her brother and sister for their kindness to her. The wheel chair was made possible by an assembly in the midwest which send a gift to "help the poor among you". The remainder of that kind gift has been set aside in a fund to be used for emergency medical needs for the poor in the future. Thanks you all for praying.

I have been teaching a series in Antipolo for the last several Wednesday nights, it has been well attended and the saints seem encouraged. This past Sunday I spoke my last message in Cogeo and finished the series on Ephesians four with them. This Sunday I will be speaking in Quezon City, it will be good to visit with the saints there as it has been several years since I saw them last. The following Sunday I will be speaking twice at the anniversary meetings in Antipolo on the topic of "knit together in Love" The following Sunday in the mountains!!

Please continue to pray for us as we make our transition to the mountains. We are so looking forward to finally being settled, we are looking forward to what the Lord has for us in the years to come, if He not come. Once we have made the move we will send another update for you all. Thank you so much for your prayers for us.

September 2 - Ministry in Angono, Baptism in Cogeo

Greetings to you all once again. It was such a joy to spend this morning among two groups of saints. I spoke this morning in Angono, Rizal and finished up a series of messages. I trust the Lord will use them for His glory and for the edification of the saints. Following that meeting we quickly drove over to Cogeo for a baptism and to celebrate their 24th anniversary. I had the joy of baptizing seven, a older husband and wife, who just recently accepted the Lord as their Savior. As a result of their conversion and testimony now their entire family have come to Christ, even their daughter in law now is a believer. What a joy to see. Then I had the joy of baptizing some younger believers, some whom I have know since they were babies....and now they have matured into nice young Christian men and women. It was such a time of blessing for me personally. Rejoice with me!!!

August 24, 2007 - Baguio Trip 2

Greetings to you all. Thank you so much for your prayers and for checking in on this site from time to time to keep updated as to our activities for the Lord.

We traveled up to Baguio once again last week in order to get some work done on the new place. It began raining on Monday afternoon after we arrived and continued to rain almost non stop for the next seven days. Super Typhoon Egay (Cat 5) was swirling in the Philippine Sea off the east coast and moving North toward Taiwan. It never made landfall in the Philippines but greatly enhanced the South West Monsoon rains and dumps several inches on the main island of Luzon. This caused several landslides on the roads leading out of Baguio and some bad flooding in the lowlands. We had planned on leaving Baguio on Friday morning but due to the conditions we had to extent until the rains subsided. We were finally able to pull out at 5:15 Monday morning. The trip down Kennon Road was absolutely beautiful. The rains had caused all the rivers to swell producing, what seemed to be, hundreds of waterfalls of various sizes. Some which actually fell over the road and had to be driven through. We arrived safely home in the late morning hours, thankful to the Lord for once again giving us safety as we traveled.

While in Baguio we were able to once again meet with the saints there both on Wednesday night and Sunday morning. I was asked to speak at both meetings and was glad to do so.

Rebecca Coburn arrived from Pennsylvania on Thursday the 23rd and will be staying with us for the next six weeks. She is a delightful young lady and will be doing some student teaching at Faith Academy. She is a much needed PE teacher. Pray for her that this experience would both be helpful for Faith Academy and may be a learning and rewarding experience for her. She will be staying until October 9th. We will be moving up to Baguio on October 13th.

Things, for us, are going well. We continue to study Ilokano twice a week and are busy speaking in the local assemblies. Our hearts continue to yearn for the mountains, both for Baguio and beyond. To finally be settled into a place we can call “home” and to be able to finally unpack all our things will be a blessing.

I am scheduled to speak in Cogeo this tomorrow on the Lord’s Day. Next week I will be speaking in Angono in the morning then traveling quickly over to Cogeo, once again, for their anniversary celebration. Since we served the Lord in that assembly for many years they have asked if I would come and baptize several new believers, which of course I am delighted to do.

Thanks for all your prayers and support. The Lord has blessed us and challenged us in the work here. We look forward with grant anticipation to what He will do in the mountains.

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