April 11, 2011 - NEW VAN! Yay!!

Just in time for Revival, the Lord provided a van for TBC...oh, this is such a relief because they all wanted to come to the revival at LBC and we couldnt figure out how to get them over to it. I was thinking I was going to have to drive there like 3 times back and forth..and it's a 30 minute trip. So, that was not going to work. But, the Lord worked it all out and allowed Ferd's friend to contact him about a little passenger vehicle for sale within our budget. It has totally new seats and the interior is so nice. The engine appears to be good, so we are super excited to finally have this need met!!!

April 10, 2011 - Sign Language class

It's been a whole week and my hand is healing so well. The medicine has helped and I am so thankful because this week is our final week to practice our Sign Language special number. We will be performing a song in the Revival next week and we are trying hard to get it perfect. So, we practiced and practiced..and I think we are ready. We have been having Sign Language classes for about 9 months now...but next week will be the first time we do a song!!!

April 3, 2011 - Leah's Bday

Leah is no doubt my best friend here. She has been there for me through thick and thin..and has cried with me and prayed with me over my health. She is a gift from God to me here... Today was her birthday and so we went to there to celebrate with her. That girl can cook! I love filipino food anyway, but man...hers is always stinkin' good!!! We ate till we were sick.. sooo good!

April 3, 2011 - Soul Winning Team

I tell you, the Lord is using this burnt hand to remind me about the reality of hell... Praise HIS name forever that I have been saved from that torment. I will never experience the second eternal death! I have been saved by HIS grace! Well, my hand is all bandaged up and it is totally useless. Not only does it hurt like mad...but I can't do anything. I can't even put my hair up in a pony tail. Poor Ferd has to fix my hair for me.

But, the spiritual lessons have been worth the pain. Today in my Soul Winning class, we reflected on the realities of hell. I wanted to remind them that before we go out and soul win, let's remember what horrible punishment of sin lays ahead unless we reach these people. Of course, we dont just reach them to rescue them from hell...but to restore their relationship to God Almighty. But, through my burnt hand, I am just so much more burdened for the people we are trying to reach. Even though they ridicule us, we must keep going.

Today, we made a circle and we each wept for 2 special people who are close to us personally who are not saved. I have a dear friend and a relative that I cried for in our meeting..it was so moving to just pray together for those close to our hearts!

April 2, 2011 - Burning )-:

Today was horrible..

First of all..I woke up to the horrible news that a man was killed right outside our church. He was drunk riding home on his motorcycle frm a Birthday party and crashed right outside the church, killing him instantly. He is Dave's (the young boy who is like my son here in the church) uncle. I know that guy. I have soul winned at his house 3 times just this month. His wife is pregnant with their 4th kid and now she is a young widow. It's just a tragedy! There is blood everywhere outside..It was on my mind all day...

Then, around 1pm..I was cooking outside because it's way too hot to cook inside. Well, I tripped and fell into the outside stove thingie that I use and it just completely scorched and melted my hand. It hurt so bad..the entire palm was al blistered and burnt. After crying all day and not being able to take it out of cold water, Ferd took me to the hospital where we had to cut off the burnt skin )-: and they gave me special ointment and wrappings. They told me it was a 2nd degree burn and that it will just take time to heal...wow, it hurts BAD~

All I could think about as I wept..was what Dave's Uncle is feeling right now. He is no doubt in hell and it's not only his hand that hurts...and it won't heal in a few days, he is there for all eternity. Oh Lord, use me...to reach these people before it's too late .....

April 1, 2011 Graduation

Ferd and I spent the whole day..from 9am till around 5pm doing all the graduations and award ceremonies today. It was very tiring, but we felt like proud parents as we watched so many of our kids here from our churches get awards...truly God has blessed them and they just shine!

We also had 2 girls from LBC graduate..and 2 kids from TBC graduated from High school.

March 31, 2011- A gift for Greg

Today Ferd and I spent the day visiting again.. We went back to visit with Greg and surprise him with a special gift. I honestly have to hold back tears when I visit him..just seeing his physical condition, it's horrible. He doesn't know what it means to sit upright, walk, run..just being a normal kid. He has never experienced that. He just lays on that plastic chair all day.

So, today, we brought him a little MP3 player where we downloaded all the Christian songs and kids songs we could find and brought it to him. He loved it! Now he can lay there and listen to something and learn Christian songs.

We began sharing the Gospel with him as clearly as we could but it will take time since he has such a slow mind. His mental capacity is about 5 or 6 years old I think.