Greetings from the
Philippines!
We just finished our 8-day adventure in Cag-lao-an, and lemme tell you, God did BIG things! This was the biggest barangay of the summer and we stayed busy doing Bible studies, playing basketball, hiking through the jungle and playing with the many, many precious kids. We had Bible studies everyday from 12-8 on the hour, every hour- how awesome is that? The people were so eager to learn about God and grow in their faith. Many accepted Christ while we were there and we even got the incredible opportunity to baptize a few young men! What I was super pumped about was that all of the baptisms were directly after one of the night studies. They approached us and said they wanted to be baptized so we were like "Awesome, how about we do it in the morning?" and all of the guys were like "Nope, it's gotta be right now." Okay, lets suit up! So we all went to the river, with our flashlights and prayed with them and baptized them. It was so encouraging to see those decisions being made, and not only made, but acted upon right then and there!
The people in Cag-loa-on are such wonderful people and they opened their homes to us, shared food with us, and encouraged and shared with us just as much as we encouraged and shared with them.
As we had to say goodbye, we challenged them to:
1. Stay unified as
believers
2. Reach the unbelievers
through love, example and service and
3. Stay strong through
opposition and remember their purpose
Please join with us in
praying for the believers in that way, and pray for the un-believers to open
their hearts.
And please continue
praying for our team as we leave for our last barangays in 2 days to:
1. Finish strong
2. Stay in good physical
and spiritual health
3. Continue to love the
Waray-Waray people like Jesus does!
-Julie