You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Since our last post, Bicol Teach and Heal teams have left their first location and entered their second one! Both teams left their locations with joy, knowing that there is a system in place to follow up with anyone who has been attending Bible studies or who has been baptized. Right before leaving, one team celebrated their barangay's fiesta (village's festival) with multiple, delicious pork lunches. The last day for the second team started off a little discouraging because they were unable to find many of the friends they had met, but finished the day by seeing everyone and having dinner and karaoke with their host family. God is good!

Team A's first location.

Team B's first location.

Both teams were a little discouraged after entering their new locations because we did not know nearly as much about our new location as we initially knew about our first locations. We started our ministries, unsure of where to go or who to talk to, but God has guided us and shown us His sovereignty. Both teams have had many Bible studies set up and have high hopes!

Team A's second location.

Team B's second location.

Prayer Requests:

• that friends from our first locations continue to grow in their faith
• that the Holy Spirit will help the Bible study participants understand what God wants to teach them
• physical endurance (these new locations are much larger than the previous ones and require much more walking)
• emotional endurance (the longer we are away from home, the more we miss loved ones)
• spiritual endurance (we need to remember that God is always working, even when we cannot see it)