Praise God for another BUSY day!!!

Today was filled from early morning to late evening with various events. Calvary Chapel Manila's sanctuary makeover continued from early morning.

(Keith trying to buy paint...and bargain a bit)

We also went to the University in Rizal and had the opportunity to share with about 50+ students. Larry shared his testimony and Robert shared a couple of devotionals.

(Robert sharing at the University)

We then went to CC Montalban and got to be part of their children's feeding ministry where they invite the very poor neighborhood kids to come sing songs, recite Bible verses, and eat.

(Larry feeding this little guy who was too small to feed himself)

After that we went to a music outreach which had a lot of the same University students in attendance. The gospel was shared many times and the students appeared to respond :)

(Joe de Jesus sharing at the music outreach)

Another Great Day

Today we had some time during the first half of the day so we decided to bless CC Manila and paint their sanctuary. Well, as many of you know, Keith does remodels for a living and a simple paint job would not suffice for him. So he started tearing out old ply wood that was warped and molded from a flood. He then decided that he was going to build a built in book shelf for the Bibles in the area. Needless to say, we did not finish the project in a half a day but will have some time tomorrow and Saturday to finish it up.

Around 4:30 we left with a bunch of folks from CC Manila to go play basketball with a bunch of young men that Joe de Jesus has been discipling. We had a great time playing and then afterward Robert was able to share a few words to encourage the young men to read their Bibles and begin practicing what they learn. Joe and Cynthia then fed all of us a wonderful meal :)

Happy Thanksgiving! We love you all!!!!!

"Bone" Appetit

BALUT

We have passed the Filipino acceptance test...we all had our first, and hopefully last, balut (duck embryo). Yes, that is Keith's in the photo...he ate it without any facial expression...or as some said, he took it like a man. As for Larry...well, you'll have to see the video...but he did get it all down :)

We were able to join CC Manila for their homeless feeding ministry. The homeless were given opportunity to bathe, then joined us for Bible study, and then were fed dinner.

We also had the opportunity to visit Gerry Penalosa (former boxing world champion) today at his gym and began a friendship with him. Gerry is Catholic and thanks the Lord for his success but we are praying for another opportunity to share that salvation is by faith alone in Christ alone.

We miss you all and love you very much! Thanks for your continued prayers!!!

God Blessed the Pastor/Leader Conference

It was wonderful to see many pastors from different denominations come together as one body. Together we dug deep into God's word for His guidance on how to equip the saints. We enjoyed fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ. The women prepared lots of delicious food that was fed to all throughout the conference.

Keep these pastors and leaders in your prayers as they have all been challenged to follow Christ at His word. Also pray about future conferences...specifically a Pastor's Wives/Leader's conference sometime in April.

We love you all and thank you for your support! God is so good!!!!

First Stop Pastor's Conference

Calvary Chapel Montalban

We were picked up once our plane landed and driven through a lot of traffic to Montalban, Rizal where the Pastor's Conference was located. Since we were running late, Pastor Rowell taught a devotional in the morning and had another pastor share a short teaching until we arrived. Once we arrived they asked Robert to come on up. Robert taught session 1 and then we had lunch and fellowshipped with all the pastors and leaders...what awesome people!!! After lunch there were two more sessions that Robert taught. We then hung out a bit and were taken to Shop Wise...basically a Walmart like store and bought some basic necessities since our luggage is still on a broken plane at LAX.

Checked into the SIL Guesthouse and are blessed with nice accommodations in a gated Christian guesthouse which is used for missionaries who translate the Bible into native tongues of various groups of peoples.

Tomorrow morning we'll be back to CC Montalban for day 2 of the conference.

We love you all!!!

Safely in Manila

Well it took longer than we planned but was actually what God had planned. We are ready to get off the plane and get quickly to conference. We are late according to mans plans so adjustments have been made. Thank you for your prayers!!!!