Pictured above are several images from today. Top left: Morning worship service at New Life Church. Top right: New Life Church Building. Bottom left: Church officials presented "certificates of appreciation" to each of our team members. Bottom right: Juliet Dales shows her tithing envelope. (Church members use the same envelope each week to record their offerings and the envelope is distributed to each of them on the next Sunday).
Sunday Afternoon, January 13, 2008
Dumaguete City, Philippines
This will most likely be my last report from the Philippines on this trip.
Everything is winding down now. This morning we went to the worship service at New Life Church. I brought the invocation, Darrell sang, Randall preached from Daniel 6, and Thamer did the offertory prayer. After lunch we went back to the church again at 2:30 for their “Bon Voyage” celebration. They had refreshments, people sang and shared testimonies, and played games. It was 6:00 PM when we left New Life Church and headed back to our rooms. All that remains to do now is to finish packing and get some sleep before leaving for the airport at 6:00 AM on Monday. Our flight is scheduled to leave for Manila at 8:15 AM on Monday – that’s 7:15 Sunday night back home (EST). Please pray for safe, uneventful travel home.
It has been an excellent mission trip. 187 adults have received Jesus as their Savior. A number of people have recommitted their lives to Christ, or have answered the call to Christian service. A few hundred children have also heard the Gospel and many of them seem to have responded in a positive manner. We are down to our last box of Bibles, which means that nearly 400 Cebuano Bibles have been distributed to new believers, and others. We have also given away 400 Bible coloring books and crayons for children.
We said our goodbyes to most of our friends tonight, although several of them will probably come to the airport in the morning to see us off. These are truly precious people. It’s not quite as sad for me leaving this time as I will probably be back again in May for the Mission activities, Seminar, and Evangelistic Crusade. We are all looking forward to getting back home to family and church, but we all dread the LONG plane rides and five different flights that still separate us from our loved ones.
The time changes are the toughest things we have to deal with. Coming this way, we lose a day. Going back, we get in to LA the same day we leave Manila. In fact, if the flights go as scheduled, we will leave Manila at 12:10 PM on Monday, and will arrive in Los Angeles at 12:30 PM on THE SAME DAY!
20 minutes…
I don’t know if I want to be on that plane, or just stand by and watch that bad boy take off!!!
Hopefully we will arrive at Tri-State Airport on Tuesday around 9:00 AM. It will be good to be back home again.
Dumaguete City, Philippines
This will most likely be my last report from the Philippines on this trip.
Everything is winding down now. This morning we went to the worship service at New Life Church. I brought the invocation, Darrell sang, Randall preached from Daniel 6, and Thamer did the offertory prayer. After lunch we went back to the church again at 2:30 for their “Bon Voyage” celebration. They had refreshments, people sang and shared testimonies, and played games. It was 6:00 PM when we left New Life Church and headed back to our rooms. All that remains to do now is to finish packing and get some sleep before leaving for the airport at 6:00 AM on Monday. Our flight is scheduled to leave for Manila at 8:15 AM on Monday – that’s 7:15 Sunday night back home (EST). Please pray for safe, uneventful travel home.
It has been an excellent mission trip. 187 adults have received Jesus as their Savior. A number of people have recommitted their lives to Christ, or have answered the call to Christian service. A few hundred children have also heard the Gospel and many of them seem to have responded in a positive manner. We are down to our last box of Bibles, which means that nearly 400 Cebuano Bibles have been distributed to new believers, and others. We have also given away 400 Bible coloring books and crayons for children.
We said our goodbyes to most of our friends tonight, although several of them will probably come to the airport in the morning to see us off. These are truly precious people. It’s not quite as sad for me leaving this time as I will probably be back again in May for the Mission activities, Seminar, and Evangelistic Crusade. We are all looking forward to getting back home to family and church, but we all dread the LONG plane rides and five different flights that still separate us from our loved ones.
The time changes are the toughest things we have to deal with. Coming this way, we lose a day. Going back, we get in to LA the same day we leave Manila. In fact, if the flights go as scheduled, we will leave Manila at 12:10 PM on Monday, and will arrive in Los Angeles at 12:30 PM on THE SAME DAY!
20 minutes…
I don’t know if I want to be on that plane, or just stand by and watch that bad boy take off!!!
Hopefully we will arrive at Tri-State Airport on Tuesday around 9:00 AM. It will be good to be back home again.
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