Monday

Tammy and I are relaxing today, after a busy weekend.  We're a bit under the weather lately.  I think the pollution, the cigarrette smoke (2ndary smoke), and the people with the flu eventually caught up with us.  Had a good weekend with our friends Adora and Ralph.  Got to meet their kids yesterday.  We are really thankful for their hospitality..  We enjoyed going to their church and meeting their pastors and friends, and getting to know their ministry here.

Tomorrow we will be headed to Ternate.  Please pray for a great time with the extended family there.  I'd like to share the Gospel there with everyone.  Our cousin Jess is short on time and wants us to make it out to Alabang in the evening to have dinner there. 

We'll be heading out Wednesday for Manila, and eventually Pampanga.  Cousin Jay is coming for us.  When we get back we want to teach the bible in the homes and in the bakery for short stints.  I really want to get hold of a projector and sound system to show several Chrismas videos for the public, but I'm not sure if it's all going to line up as it seems so many churches are already busy with their christmas plans, and people are visiting family and shopping. 

Please pray for some of the logistical stuff for us.  It's a really busy time for people here, and we just want to not be an imposition, but enjoy the time.  There's so many things I want to get done here, and so llittle time.  Between the land stuff here I want to deal with, dealing with illegal squatters, and being so dependent on others for transportation and for professional guidance from our lawyers who are cousins, it's a painfully slow process. 

I'm hopeful these upcoming 10 days towards Christmas eve will be very fruitful.  Please lift up my extended family in Ternate and Pampanga in prayer.  There are some factors out of our control that are currently draining both Tammy and I, and I believe it's part of spiritual warfare to significantly reduce our effectiveness here.  I'll leave the details of it out right now.   I want to enjoy this as a part vacation while we're here, but like I said earlier, there's a lot I want to get done here too.

Thanks for joining us in prayer.  God bless,