I have been living and working for the past 9 years with the Pangasinan people here in the Philippines. So many things have happened and I thought I had better start writing it down...
Today we celebrated our first church, LBC's Anniversary..I can't believe it's been 4 years since we merged from a Bible Study to a church. Time sure does fly!
Today was awesome...tiring ...but awesome. We didn't sleep at all last night, preparing the food, equipment, activities, etc. Everyone was pitching in getting ready for the BIG day today. We had to leave between 3-4am to pick everyone up from both church plants and make it to the beach by 5am. That is when the sun rises here. So, we were all very sleepy..but it was such a great day. We had a beautiful service with music and Ferd preached a great message. Then, we went to the ocean where both church plants had their baptisms. Our church had 7 new converts and the our other church plant ( where Pastor Ronald is the pastor now) had 5 converts. SO, 12 new Believers!!! 
It was incredible. Some of these are my converts from my Singles class, some are from my Patch kids, and Ferd had an older man who is his convert. Plus, many others...it was just wonderful to witness. 
Then, of course, we had a delicious meal of sinigang baboy, giniling, mechado, and grilled bangus. Yummy!!!
I absolutely love Filipino food..I guess that is why I don't lose weight over here like normal Americans would (-: Today I was invited to my best friends son's birthday party where I got to eat some more good food.
The Campers had a great time... Ferd brought them back today. I only stayed at the beginning of the week due to responsibilities here. But, they are just so pumped right now and ready to serve more in the church. What a blessing to see them grow like this! I am so thankful that they had this opportunity..especially the new kids from our 
So, we are jumping right out of Revival and straight into a week of camp...but that's ok, because I am so pumped up from Revival ( and so is everyone else)!!! We had an AWESOME service today, just so filling. Ferd is an amazing speaker and I enjoy his approach to sharing God's Word. He definitely knows how to get your attention. I love that man!
These people are such a part of our lives, that they are like family. Today Jennelyn, the sister I never had..graduated from college with her degree in Elem Ed! Seriously, she is my sister. I have bonded with her so deeply over the past 7 or 8 years. Watching her bloom into a mature Christian young lady. To see her now is one of the greatest accomplishments that Lord has allowed me to be a part of..sharing the Gospel with her, discipling her and now she is the BIGGEST help to me in the church. She is my right hand woman! And today, God has blessed her for her faithfullness. She completed college and He supplied all her needs, which was incredibly hard for her coming from a family that doesn't have much..but THAT is how our God is! One of my favorite verses is Psalm 37:25 where it says " I have been young and now I am old and have never seen the righteous fosaken or His seed begging bread". ..I am quoting that from memory, so I may be off a few words. But I have seen that verse fulfilled here many times and Jennelyn is no exception! God WILL take care of HIS own!
Ferd was gone all day working the papers on the new van for TBC over in Lingayan..so Sean and I decided to have a date day all to ourselves. We finished up school early around 1pm and decided to go over to Rosales where they have a nice shopping center. It's about an hours drive, but we always play stupid games in the car which have us crackin' up so hard that we forget the time. We had a nice time, even though we came home late when it was dark and I missed one of my turns and we got " a little " lost... but that was part of the fun. (-: I am so thankful everyday for the miracle of Sean...he's my best buddy over here! As scary as this sounds, he is my "mini-me!"
