A Short Update - 07/08/26

Dear Praying Friends,

We praise and thank God for His mercies and help. After 17 hours of flight, we arrived safely in the Philippines. Marcia is now reunited with her birds, Joseph is re-discovering the weirdness of jet-lag (we all are doing that), William is excited to start a new chapter of life with a two-year goal of attending Bible College for his preparations to serve the Lord (He desires to attend Fairhaven Baptist College - praise God). I am catching up with everything, and more (life - right? What's new? nothing).

FIRST, Praise God for a wonderful sending church (Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Brogue, PA). The pastors and people of our sending church is a huge encouragement to us personally. They fit the Biblical model of sending church.

SECOND, Praise God for His provisions. We could not praise and thank God enough for providing for us a van, a couple of airplanes (loaded with a great flight crew), safety, health. A meaningful time of re-connecting with supporting churches (some we will certainly re-visit in two years since we were not able to get to them in four short months), families, and friends.

THIRD, Praise God for helpers. We have church workers and helpers who truly exhibit sacrificial service for us. Two good and godly men and their families have supplied our pulpit ministries (Sunday school and church services) for 17 weeks faithfully. A family took care of our house and pets in our absence. We are very blessed to have such wonderful, kind, hard working, and faithful helpers and ministry friends.

As we transition back to life in the Philippines, please pray that we can get through the jet-lag quickly and that we can set up to resume ministry work this week and weekend.

Thank you for your prayers - we don't take that for granted.

Bro. Bill

Three English Gospel Tracts to Consider

Dear Friends,

Here are three English Gospel tracts that I have written through "Moments with the Book." You can order them in bulk as a giveaway, or to fill up a tract rack for church, etc. Please make sure to order them using the KJV Bible since Moments allows for the same content to be made with other English Bible versions.

1. Calvary's Darkest Hours - https://mwtb.org/products/pmt-calvarys-darkest-hours?variant=27603703815

2. Saving Faith - https://mwtb.org/products/pmt-who-is-jesus-and-what-will-you-do-with-him-kjv?variant=27603720519

3. Who is Jesus? - https://mwtb.org/products/pmt-who-is-jesus-and-what-will-you-do-with-him-kjv?variant=27603720519

I trust you may use these. God bless you and be well!

Bro. Bill

A Succinct Gospel Audio File for our Filipino Friends (including a Mandarin Chinese audio file of the same)

Dear Friends,

Feel free to share this link to hear a short Gospel audio file designed to communicate the good news of Jesus Christ to our Filipino (Tagalog speaking) friends. You can listen to the presentation by clicking on the link below. Thank you, and be well!

https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/mzbmp/sermons/626262031587952/

A Short Update - 06/06/26

Dear Praying Friends,

This past week (June 1-5), I was able to take part in a week long Seminary module under Dr. Thomas Strouse. He taught on the Minor Prophets 2. The gracious host was Dr. David Smith and Community Baptist Church in Coopersburg, PA. It was a blessing to be able to once again listen and take in copious notes and materials from Dr. Strouse (Pastor, Bible Baptist Church, Cromwell, CT and professor emeritus of Bible Baptist Theological Seminary).

Next week (June 8-12) the boys will get enjoy Youth Camp which is a ministry of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Brogue, PA - our sending church. Naturally, they are absolutely looking forward to spending a week with their friends, and enjoy lots of exciting activities. Most importantly, they will get to hear many good preaching and teaching from the Holy Bible. Marcia and I will be able to get away during the boys' camp week and so we are also excited for that up-coming week. PRAISE GOD!

Please pray for Heidi Butler (formerly Starr) - Marcia's sister. She has to undergo some serious surgery and we just ask that you would pray for her. For a successful procedure and a swift recovery for her.

Sincerely,

Bro. Bill

A Short Update - 05/28/26

Dear Praying Friends,

We praise God for the safety and health that He has given us. The Lord enables us to travel and report to a number of our supporting churches in PA, MD, and DE.

1. We praise God for two new supporting churches. We praise God for this since we have lost three churches. We did not solicit their support but God put us in their hearts and all glory goes to God.

2. We praise God for spiritual growth in both of our missions work in Tuktukan, Taguig City (for new batch of visitors - they are returning, and are starting to attend all of the Sunday services - Sunday school, AM and PM services. One of them is now attending the Wed. Night Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. The missions work in Candelaria, Quezon Province purchased an electronic piano keyboard. They also conducted a two-day special Bible study time for children and teens on the topic of the doctrine of sin (Hamartiology). Pray for an effective follow up.

3. Pray for spiritual protection for our spiritual leaders and workers in these respective ministries.

4. Pray for souls to be saved and for true and good disciples to be made.

5. Pray for a meaningful time of fellowship and catching-up with our families and church friends. We desire to truly enjoy some "quality time" with them.

Sincerely,

Bro. Bill

Prophetic Mysteries Revealed - 2026 edition

Dear Faithful Friends,

When my e-booklet, "Prophetic Mysteries Revealed" was first published, it was in 2021. Anyone who has done any writing knows a couple of things: 1. You will never be the last word on any topic of writing; 2. You will always be improving your material. Well, it's 2026 and there are some small but relevant improvements that were made to my e-book on Bible prophecy. I trust you will take a look, consider it, and gain something from it. I would appreciate a good review of it on Amazon dot com if you have not yet had a chance to review it.

Have a great day, and Maranatha! - see it here: https://a.co/d/0007EKJs

Sincerely,

Bro. Bill

A Short Update - 04/13/26

Dear Praying Friends,

Praise God for His healing touch. After weeks of fighting the cold plus added sinus problems (I personally can't believe how many tissue boxes I have emptied - unbelievable) - I am finally done with it (for now). At least none of us got into any serious fevers and complications - God is good.

We are now in our second-phase of our mini-furlough (the first phase was the wedding - and it was a most beautiful occasion). This phase is a special combination of connecting with family and some of our supporting churches. This is mainly in Indiana and Ohio. Please pray for safety and provisions as we travel. God is good and our report to some of our churches has been met with such gladness as we get to rehearse to the brethren the many wonderful things that God has done in opening the hearts of our now church families in Tuktukan, Taguig City, Metro Manila and in Candelaria, Quezon province.

We finished a precious and wonderful Missions Conference at one of our supporting churches and we were refreshed to meet fellow missionaries, reacquaint ourselves to the church (our boys were 6 and 4 years old back when we were with them last time - now, of course, our boys are 15 and 13).

We are looking forward to being with family - getting to spend time with them and sharing our experiences and catching up with them will be such a blessing.

Do pray for our mission works for safety, provisions, health, and for God's blessings as they continue evangelism and discipleship without us.

Until a next "update" - Thank you and keep yourselves in the love of God (Jude v.21a).

Bro. Bill

BTW, my temporary mobile number is now located in the "About Us" tab. I still use the "old" number that you may have on record. That number is a voice over the internet type of a number. I will be keeping that - since - that's the number that I am sticking with. I just won't be able to reply so easily with it. My temporary mobile number is good only till early July since I am only using it during this short furlough.