Final Filipino Fellowship

Day 11 and 12

On Sunday we enjoyed our last fellowship with the Church here – every first Sunday of the month they sing hymns (with only keyboard), and partake in the Lord’s Supper.  A guest speaker came all the way from New Zealand, and he tried his best to share about Jesus Christ and the worthiness of Him.  It was indeed harder to preach with a translator, because you can’t really get into it, you have to pause a lot.  Gary and I were able to give a love gift (financial) to the Church that morning, and it brings us much joy to give what our supporters have given.  We are convinced that the ministries here are Christ-like, and we know that they are advancing the gospel in this community! Praise God.

In the afternoon Gary shared a message to the youth group about how God is better and how we don’t have to look elsewhere.  We taught them a game (ninja) and it was good to pray with them too.

On Monday we took a day of rest.  We visited Taal volcanoe – it was a very hot day, but worth the walk (I raced (ran) down the volcano J).  We then went to Taytay waterfall and enjoyed icy cold water under a powerful waterfall – the day long trip was worth both experiences.

I have been able to share with our security guard at the place where we are staying.  He has many questions about things in the bible and it is a joy to talk with Him – knowing and hoping that Christ will convince him, not me.  We were able to give him a full bible, which he was very pleased about.  I will not forget too soon the comment of his: “The bible is so hard to understand – I wish a missionary would come and speak Tagalog AND English and teach me so I could understand!” 

Gary and I have also been enjoying studying through Jude together – though we don’t have much time to.  A truth to heed is the warning in Jude (1:4) about those who have ‘crept in’ to the church and they deny Jesus Christ – note that they do not deny that He is the Christ, nor do they deny his life or death on the cross, but they deny Him by using God’s free grace as an excuse to sin more!  So ask yourself, as we are: am I denying Jesus this way?  Do I know anyone who is doing this whom I should speak to?  I hope this encourages you towards a closer walk with Jesus Christ.

Please pray for our security guard – Rezol, that he would submit to Christ, and accept the gospel.

Please pray for safe travels for us – we leave on Friday the 6^th back home from KL.

Give thanks that Gary and I have come out of our sick spells each day, and have enough strength to carry on.