Manila Day 196

Updates

Doug Nichols and his wife Margie are here visiting with us. They arrived last Thursday and have a very full plate ahead of them. Doug is speaking several times each week at men’s prayer meetings, church services, and pastoral leadership consultations. Margie is lined up to speak with many of the women of ACTION and also of local churches around Manila as well. It is really good to see them here in the Philippines.

I have begun language school as of 1 month ago. I am currently only going 2 hours each week but starting June 8th I will be going full-time, which is 5 days a week two hours each day. Please pray for that. Pray that I would study and work hard to learn Tagalog as it is my goal to teach my hometown church discipleship material in Tagalog. We are going to have the material translated into Tagalog and that way I will be able to really speak to the hearts of the youth here in the Philippines. I am very motivated in learning this language, please continue to pray for me as I learn and grow more in it.

I will be traveling tomorrow to an island called Palawan. I will be there for 10 days. I am traveling with Pastor Jovy and his two godsons. Pastor Jovy is the man that I am working with in discipleship with the youth. He is a great man and a joy to be around. There are several churches that we will be visiting and fellowshipping with. Please pray for safe travel and also for good health. This area is an area known to have malaria. Many of you know what happened to me in Uganda last June 2008 so please pray that I will remain healthy and that those little buggers (no pun intended haha) will stay at bay.