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
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