THIS SONG TELLS THE STORY
Oh Lord my God
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works
Thy hands have made
I see the stars
I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout
The universe displayed
Then sings my soulIn this picture, Pastor Ludring (75 years old), his wife, & Emie are standing in front of a new addition to the Church building in Catarman. Their attendance has been growing and several people were standing outside with just a tarp covering. Thanks to the kindness of a church mission’s donation, this is one of the projects we were able to complete. The members are poor financially and they greatly appreciated the help with the native building addition. “Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12:13
#2. These are some of our children at the home church in Tacloban doing a special presentation. The children and youth are the future of a congregation and we continue to pray for God’s best for their lives.
“Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.” Psalm 34:11AMP
#3. This vehicle is called a tricycle in the Philippines. It is a motorcycle with a sidecar and is a common form of transportation here. It can take 4 to 8+ people. Sometimes in the province people even ride on the top. The Filipino people are creative in making inexpensive modes of transportation. Several people come to our church services using these.
“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.” Luke 14:23
#4. At our July pastors meeting we celebrated the birthdays of Emie, & Pastor Teddy who is from Looc, Biliran. The pastors and workers really enjoyed the dinner, cake, & ice cream. Our little girl Noreen is on the right.
In these monthly pastors meetings we usually have an average of 20+ people attend, and it is a good time of fellowship, prayer, teaching and encouragement. “As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.”---Proverbs 27:17
My Savior, God, to Thee
How great thou art
How great thou art
Then sings my soul
My Savior, God, to Thee
How great Thou art
How great Thou art
And When I think, of God,
His son not sparing,
Sent Him to die,
I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden
gladly bearing He bled and died
to take away my sin.
Psalm 40:5 (NKJV) Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered
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Dear Friends,
Hi! We send you our warm greetings once again from the mission field here in the Philippines. Emie and I pray the Lord will continue to strengthen and encourage you in all your life & service to Him. May He abundantly supply all your needs in all aspects of your life to help you fulfill His purpose and plan for your life. “The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” ---Isaiah 58:11 NIV
?As we keep our thoughts and heart focused on the Lord, and His wisdom, compassion, power, and amazing love for us all---He gives us peace. “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” ---Isaiah 26:3 NKJ
It seems that when we watch and listen to the world news we can sometimes be discouraged and it can have a dampening effect on our countenance. In Philippians 4:8 the Scripture tells us: “ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” JESUS IS ALL THESE THINGS.
This song says it well: “We are the reason that He gave His life-- We were the reason that He suffered and died--To a world that was lost He gave all He could give, To show us the reason to live.”
{for in Him we live and move and have our being,}---Acts 17:28
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This young lady was praying with deep emotion and passion at the end of one of our recent
church services where the Lord was touching many people’s hearts to draw closer to Him. The Scripture states that if you draw close to God,
then God will draw close to you.
We continue to see the Lord to touch and transform many people’s lives as we share the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the Living Bible, Psalms 49:8-9 it says: “For a soul is far too precious to be ransomed by mere earthly wealth. There is not enough of it is all the earth to buy eternal life for just one soul, to keep it out of hell.” Jesus came to seek and save the lost, He gave His own life and blood to pay in full, the price for salvation. One of the great blessings in sharing the gospel--- is seeing people’s lives transformed by Jesus.
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In this picture, Pastor Ludring (75 years old), his wife, & Emie are standing in front of a new addition to the Church building in Catarman. Their attendance has been growing and several people were standing outside with just a tarp covering. Thanks to the kindness of a church mission’s donation, this is one of the projects we were able to complete. The members are poor financially and they greatly appreciated the help with the native building addition.
“Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12:13
#2. These are some of our children at the home church in Tacloban doing a special presentation. The children and youth are the future of a congregation and we continue to pray for God’s best for their lives.
“Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.” Psalm 34:11AMP
#3 This vehicle is called a tricycle in the Philippines. It is a motorcycle with a sidecar and is a common form of transportation here. It can take 4 to 8+ people. Sometimes in the province people even ride on the top. The Filipino people are creative in making inexpensive modes of transportation. Several people come to our church services using these.
#4. At our July pastors meeting we celebrated the birthdays of Emie, & Pastor Teddy who is from Looc, Biliran. The pastors and workers really enjoyed the dinner, cake, & ice cream. Our little girl Noreen is on the right.
In these monthly pastors meetings we usually have an average of 20+ people attend, and it is a good time of fellowship, prayer, teaching and encouragement.
“As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.”---Proverbs 27:17
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