As of June 1st, the Philippine government has changed some entry policies, and there seems to be more confusion than before.  We received an email from the US Embassy in Manila just the other day, that clearly stated that we are now allowed to enter the country, with only some minor procedures. The airlines seem to have no knowledge of this yet, same with other Philippine government agencies. So, buying tickets right now is not advisable, so we are aiming for our return to be about mid of July.  This might also help to lower the current high prices of airline tickets.

Please continue to pray for the LORD’s leading and direction in this regard.

Also, our team at home on Romblon are planning another kid’s club soon.  Please pray for this.

Please pray for the Tuesday’s Bible Study here in Abilene.  Many more folks came to watch portions of the King of Glory movie, and we had good comments and good discussions about it.  We praise the LORD for this wonderful tool!

We praise the LORD for allowing our team back home on Romblon to have the Bible Verse Club last week Saturday!  60 kids showed up!  We are so thankful for the team!

LORD willing, on March 31st, we will be moving our camper trailer from Paola KS to Abilene KS, on to a piece of acrage that was offered to us to stay.  We are so thankful!

Also, it seems that the restrictions and requirements for going back to the Philippines are easing up a little. There are still a few issues with going back to our island though.  We are relying on the LORD’s timing & directions (Pro 16:9).

We thank the LORD for the wonderful fellowship with our assembly, for the spiritual refreshment, and for good health check-ups!

Please continue to pray for:

• the team back on Romblon island & the Bible Verse Club
• the upcoming move to Abilene KS
• our return to the Philippines, ease of restrictions on Romblon
• continued strenght & health

The Bible verses are being prepared…

We would like to ask for your prayers for Patrick’s brother, Michael Carder.

Mike has been back in the hospital again since last week Friday. The doctors found that he had pneumonia. Now the question was – which kind? Today the pulmonary department performed a bronchoscopy of his lungs. No results yet. As they also checked his blood, they found that Mike has a fungal infection of the blood and the lungs. The markers in the blood point towards Mucor. Again, not confirmed yet. The transplant doctors, pulmonologist, infectious disease doctors and lead surgeon are all checking Mike out and are awaiting the test results. As of now, he will have to stay for the next two weeks here in the Stanford hospital. The antifungal medication that he gets is very potent and has to be monitored. Depending on what the outcome is, Mike will possibly have to have surgery on his lungs. That is the only way to eliminate the fungus.

We made it to California and had the 1st session with Patrick’s brother’s medical team at Stanford Cancer Center. We praise the Lord for such a great team! Patrick’s brother Mike Carder was diagnosed with Leukemia (AML), and he is in need of Patrick’s stem cells.

And, we thank the Lord that, while we were waiting in the lobby, there comes Patrick’s brother in a wheelchair, pushed by his wife Ursula!  We had a wonderful time catching up!  We were hoping & praying that we would be able to see Mike, even just through a glass window, but we were prepared if not…The Lord is so good!

So, Patrick will have the 1st of 4 injections starting on Oct, 16th, and then one everyday, until the collection of his stem cells on Oct. 20th.  They will then be transferred to his brother Mike on Oct, 22nd.  We will be in the hospital that day to pray for the procedure. Please pray with us!

We probably will not see Mike for a while, since he has to stay in the hospital for about a month…

We finally arrived in Kansas and are enjoying the wonderful fellowship with our Church family at Shawnee Bible Chapel.

The LORD has been in every detail of our journey, and we praise Him!

Please pray for Patrick’s brother Mike Carder, as he is battling leukemia, in locked down California.  We are not allowed to visit him, neither in the hospital nor at his home, due to his compromised immune system.  He is not a believer in the LORD Jesus Christ and we would appreciate your prayers for him.  We are also standing by to travel to California in a seconds notice, in case Patrick’s bone marrow is needed for transplant…

Also, please pray for our village and people back on Romblon Island PH, as everything is locked down again. Our friend Lani Mangaring is “watching” our house and is continuing the ministry, as we are on furlough.  The kid’s ministry had to be put on hold due to the renewed lock down. Our house is probably the safest place to be if there are new COVID cases in the area.

Patrick is working as hard as he can to finalize the quality assurance process of the Tagalog/ Filipino audio for the “King of Glory Movie” while here on furlough. Please continue to pray for this.

Lastly, please pray for safety as we will travel to other parts of the US to see family and to share our report of what the LORD is doing on Romblon.