HAPPY THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my friends and family in America.  Its an ordinary day here in the Philippines, but I do find my thoughts turning to turkey from time to time.  I will be out of town again over the weekend, going to Ragay and San Jose.  I should be back by Monday night.

BACK IN NAVOTAS - SOON TO BICOL

I made it back to Manila and Navotas Tuesday night.  I praise God for a warm welcome at the airport by bunch of special church friends.  I will be here only until Friday.  Friday night, I will travel to Ragay, Camarines Sur, where I will spend the weekend in ministry. 

Chinese Silent Night

Here is a short video that I took of a church group in Jiangmen practicing Silent Night for their upcoming Christmas program. The director of the group has been my close friend for almost 20 years in Jiangmen. Hope you enjoy it.

Back in Hong Kongj

Thank you for all your prayers while I was in China. I'm sorry that communications didn't work out quite as planned while I was there. I am now in Hong Kong where things like Blogspot and Facebook are not blocked. I will be back in the Philippines by tomorrow night (Tuesday).

My travels and ministry in China all went very well over the last 10 days, but I am really tired out. I have only one meeting here in Hong Kong, plus a little rest. Yesterday (Sunday) I was able to preach in a small church meeting in a newly donated house and later in a factory where the Christian owner invites a weekly service for his workers, both in Jiangmen. This morning I spent three hours on a boat coming down the Pearl River to Hong Kong.

Here is a picture of the congregation in the small church I preached in yesterday in Jiangmen.

Some Pictures from China

Here a three pictures from this week in China. Taken on November 3-4, 2009.

We had an outdoor meeting of a group of Christians gathered in a farming community near Ziyang, Sichuan

During the dedication service for the new building in the mountain village of Kanjia near Ziyang, Sichuan

A group of Christian leaders from various churches around Ziyang, southeast of Chengdu, Sichuan. Taken in Kanjia.

Update from China - Jiangmen

Facebook and Blogspot are blocked everywhere here in China, so I will just do another short post via an alternate method.

 

We arrived here in Jiangmen yesterday (Thursday) night, after 3 days in the Chengdu and Ziyang area of Sichuan Province.  The building dedication in Kanjia went well.  We visited several house churches in the Chengdu area and one near Jianmen last night.  Praise God for a quiet, but strong, spreading of the Gospel among the people here.  Pictures and detailed reports will have to wait until I get back to Navotas.

 

I will be here in Jiangmen until Monday morning.  Monday afternoon I will meet with some people from a Christian group in Hong Kong that are handling the earthquake relief project that we are involved with in Sichuan.  By Tuesday evening, I'll be on my way back to the Philippines. 

 

I have a very hectic schedule of meetings for the next few days.  Please pray for my strength and for wisdom in sharing the gospel in a wide variety of situations. 

UPDATE FROM CHENGDU

I am doing this a round about way because it seems Blogger.com and Facebook.com are blocked in this part of China.  I made it to Chengdu today and spent the evening visiting with some new friends from new Christian ministry we discovered.  Tomorrow, we will go to Ziyang as planned.  Thank you for your prayers.  Detailed updates will have to wait until I get to Jiangmen by Thursday night.