Dear Friends and Family!
We wish you a very Merry CHRISTmas!
In Him!
Patrick and Karen
Romblon Island
PHILIPPINES
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.(God with us)…“ – Isaiah 7:14
Dear praying Friends and Family!
Wow! The Lord brought us 120 kids this last Saturday! Amazing! And, we had the exact amount of rice (120 x 11 lbs) & food for them! Praise the Lord! The kids had a good time saying their memorized verses, singing Christmas songs, eating Spaghetti with hot dogs, and playing games! Please find some pictures and a short video below…
Also, we had our “date night” dinner last night, and we again had the opportunity to share the Gospel with our friend Mae, the young operator of our favorite restaurant! She is still grieving the loss of here fiance Carlos, who passed exactly one year ago…
Please continue to pray for salvation for:
♦ all the kids
♦ Narciso “Gene” R. is the father of our late friend Carlos. He is a dear friend of Patrick’s, a very smart, highly intellectual man, who “wants to believe”, but just can’t
♦ Mae is the 23 year old fiance of Carlos
♦ Grace, the young lady at the coffee shop and the “What the Bible teaches” in Tagalog…
And please pray for:
♦ The CoffeeTime shop, our livelihood project, as we are considering closing it
Thanks for praying with us and thank you for your fellowship with us!
In Him!
Patrick and Karen
Romblon
PHILIPPINES
“I will praise the name of God in song, and magnify him with thanksgiving!” – Psalm 69:31 (KJV)
Here are some pictures of the Kid’s Christmas Party:
(all pictures are remote & do not download with the email…)
Click here for a short YouTube video!
The kids loved the spaghetti & hot dogs!
Our wonderful helpers…
The kids took their shoes off…it is cultural…
Playing games…
Dear praying Friends and Family!
Please pray for the upcoming kid’s Bible Verse Memory Club on December 7th. We will be handing out 120 bags of 11 lbs of rice to the kids, and there are some logistics to figure out…
Also, we are going to attempt to show the King of Glory Movie in Tagalog to the kids. Please pray for this also…
Please continue to pray for salvation for:
♦ all the kids
♦ Narciso “Gene” R. is the father of our late friend Carlos. He is a dear friend of Patrick’s, a very smart, highly intellectual man, who “wants to believe”, but just can’t. He considers himself an “agnostic” and we had many good discussion about this.
♦ Mae is the 23 year old “fiance” of Carlos. Karen had many good talks with her about Jesus, and she is in favor of all of it. There are just some “Catholic” superstition and confusion that come up now and then.
♦ Grace, the young lady at the coffee shop. Karen gave her a “What the Bible teaches” in Tagalog…
And please pray for:
♦ The coffee shop in town…
Thanks for praying with us and thank you for your fellowship with us!
In His Love,
Patrick and Karen
“I will praise the name of God in song, and magnify him with thanksgiving!” – Psalm 69:31 (KJV)
Dear Praying Friends and Family!
Please pray for our Bible Verse Memory Club (kid’s club) this coming Saturday (tomorrow), as it it raining heavily right now! It will be held at 10am Philippine time…
Also, we are planning to travel to Manila on September 1st, for some appointments. We will be in Mandaluyong, Manila, for 10 days. Please pray for safety and good weather!
We appreciate your prayers and fellowship so much!
In His Love,
Patrick and Karen
Romblon
PHILIPPINES
“…to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen” – Jude 25
Dear Friends and Family!
After a few cancelations, due to heavy rains as it is rainy season, we finally had a Kid’s Bible Verse Memory Club this last Saturday! We praise the Lord for that! Around 80 kids showed up! They were so excited to come that most of them came 2 hours early! Please find attached some pictures and some short videos.
Also, the Lord provided a very good, trustworthy worker for the coffee shop, praise Him! Her name is Grace, and she is 18 years old. Karen will take her through the “What the Bible Teaches” Emmaus course very soon! The Lord is so good!
Please continue to pray for salvation for:
♦ all the kids
♦ Bill M. is an atheist that Karen is witnessing to on an almost daily basis at CoffeeTime shop in town.
♦ Narciso “Gene” R. is the father of our late friend Carlos. He is a dear friend of Patrick’s, a very smart, highly intellectual man, who “wants to believe”, but just can’t. He considers himself an “agnostic” and we had many good discussion about this.
♦ Mae is the 23 year old “fiance” of Carlos. Karen had many good talks with her about Jesus, and she is in favor of all of it. There are just some “Catholic” superstition and confusion that come up now and then.
♦ Grace at the coffee shop
♦ The coffee shop in town
Thanks for praying with us and thank you for your fellowship with us!
In Him!
Patrick and Karen
Romblon
PHILIPPINES
“For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us…looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us…” – Titus 2:11-14
Karen holding Ethel’s baby…
Here are some videos:
Dear Praying Friends and Family!
We would like to ask for prayer for the kid’s club that is going on right now. The kid’s are memorizing Romans 7:25 – 8:4. Verse 8: 1 says “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus!”. Please pray that the Gospel will fall on solid ground! Each kid will take a bag of 11lbs of rice home today!
Also, last week we had a birthday “party” for Karen at our favorite restaurant, and the Lord provided an incredible opportunity to share the Gospel & give testimony to a bunch of people:
♦ Bill M. is an atheist that Karen is witnessing to on an almost daily basis at CoffeeTime shop in town. He is the only one that walked out during the presentation…
♦ Narciso “Gene” R. is the father of our late friend Carlos. He is a dear friend of Patrick’s, a very smart, highly intellectual man, who “wants to believe”, but just can’t. He considers himself an “agnostic” and we had many good discussion about this. On that evening he clearly heard the Gospel.
♦ Mei is the 23 year old “fiance” of Carlos, and is also the manager of that restaurant. Karen had many good talks with her about Jesus, and she is in favor of all of it. There are just some “Catholic” superstition and confusion that come up now and then.
♦ Chad, Matt and Megan are people that we just met and we do not know where they stand with God, but they also heard the Gospel presentation clearly, and were listening!
We thank the Lord for providing this opportunity to share the Gospel with all of them.
Finally: April, May, and June are the hottest months of the year. Please pray for us, for endurance and good health!
We appreciate your prayers and fellowship so much!
In His Love,
Patrick and Karen
“…to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen” – Jude 25
Dear Praying Friends and Family!
We would like to ask for prayers for a lady named Sarah, who is a Jewish Filipino and who is searching the Bible for answers.
Also for Jimmy, an agnostic man, with whom Karen had many opportunities to share the Gospel.
And for a young lady named Mei, who is searching for God as she grieves the loss of her boyfriend Carlos.
Also please pray for Katie, a British lady, who doubts that there is God, but listened to Karen out of respect.
All of these and many more are contacts made at the “CoffeeTime” shop, and God continues to give opportunities.
Pray for a faithful worker for CoffeeTime.
Pray for the Bible study with a new baker across the street from CoffeeTime.
Lastly, please pray for Bible Verse Memory club this Saturday, for all helpers and for salvation for these kids.
We appreciate your prayers and fellowship so much!
In His Love,
Patrick and Karen
“…to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen” – Jude 25
Dear praying Friends and Family!
The Lord gave us 100 kids on December 29th, that came to our Kids Bible Verse Memory Club! We provided meals, 11lbs bags of rice, great games & fun that day to all of them! We praise & thank the Lord for all of it!
Patrick produced 50 pieces of USB drives with the King of Glory Movie on it, and they all were handed out at a Bible Conference in Manila! Praise the Lord!
Karen is trying to revive the CoffeeTime shop in town, and she enjoys witnessing to people there very much.
On January 2nd we traveled to Manila for our work visa, to get finger printed and our pictures taken. We hope and pray that we will receive the new visa soon! The travel this time was harder than usual, due to the boat being full, because of the Fiesta in town that week! The Lord provided 2 bunk beds on the open deck of the boat back to Romblon, before selling all out! Praise Him!
Please continue to pray for:
⚑ Kid’s Bible Verse Memory Club
⚑ The King of Glory Movie distribution
⚑ The renewal of our work visa
Thanks for praying with us and for us!
In Him!
Patrick and Karen
Romblon Island
PHILIPPINES
“I will praise the name of God in song, and magnify him with thanksgiving!”
Psalm 69:31 (KJV)
Dear All:
We wish you a very Merry CHRISTmas!
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.(God with us)…“ – Isaiah 7:14
Dear Praying Friends and Family!
First of all, we praise & thank the Lord for His goodness, and His love for us!
There is some exciting news in regard to an upcoming Bible conference and the King of Glory Movie distribution on USB drives. Patrick made and sent out around 50 of them to be handed out at that conference!
Also, there will be another conference in February! Please pray that we will be able to get enough of the USB drives delivered by then!
We would appreciate prayers for the upcoming Christmas party for 180+ kids, coming soon! We will give each of them 11 pounds of rice…
On a sad note, our dear friend, Carlos Reyes, 48, passed away a few weeks ago unexpectedly. We, and another couple here on the island, had been witnessing to him and his family for some time. Please pray for this family.
We appreciate your prayers and fellowship so much!
In His Love,
Patrick and Karen
“…to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen” – Jude 25
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Translation of William MacDonald's Believer's Bible Commentary in to the filipino language Tagalog
The Mangaring Family, left to right:
Lani, Mary Cris, Tamara and Anthony
Phyllis Rapha, a Missionary from Singapore, who assisted SIL/ Wycliffe in translating the NT in to Romblomanon
The rental property...
It looks bigger than it is...it needs a lot of work, because it has been abandon for a long time...
Romblon Town Harbor
