The Carders

WOW!  The LORD brought us 97 kids this last Sunday!  Praise the LORD!

A wonderful friend provided funds to buy every kid a t-shirt, so we did!  Filipino kids LOVE white t-shirts!

It was a long Sunday for us all, as you can imagine…and everything went well…

Please enjoy the pictures below…

Kids lining up to say their Bible Verses…some 40 kids will take rice home…

We praise the LORD for his wonderful Provision and His Goodness!

This last Saturday, February 28th, the LORD allowed us to distribute 265 bags, each 5kg/ 11lbs, of rice to our village.  Our barangay kapitan (he is like a mayor…), Jun Hilario, coordinated this immense task with us, and every family got their bag!  Each bag had a Tagalog Gospel tract attached to it and we continue to pray that many of the village people to receive the LORD Jesus as their personal Savior!

Lord willing, we will do this again in about 4 weeks, praying that we will get the rice here on time…please continue to pray!

Thank you all who helped us with this, we appreciate yor prayer and your fellowship very much!

Here are some pictures from the recent Rice Distribution on Feb. 28th:

(all pictures are remote & do not download with the email…)

Giving out 265 bags of rice…5kg/ 11lbs to each family…

Our Barangay Kapitan, Jun Hilario, calling folks to the front…

Folks lining up…waiting for their name to be called…

The village’s “Emergency Vehicle” was used to haul the rice from our house to the basketball court…

Folks standing in lines waiting for their name to be called…

Wow…many folks came!

Lani and 2 ladies from our Bible Study Group…

25kg/ 55lbs bags of Premium Rice…

Every Family receives 1 bag of 5kg/ 11lbs of Premium Rice…

Premium Rice…

Every bag has a Taglog Gospel Tract…

“The Team”: (L-R) Emmanuel Hilario, Patrick, Jun Hilario (Kapitan), Anni, Tamara, Daisy, Ling-Ling, Beline, Conrad…

Sales Invoice for the rice…

Dear praying Friends & Family,

We had our yearly “Winter Storms” with low temperatures (77F), high winds, and little rain…we actually enjoy this time of year because of the lower temperature & lower humidity.  We did not have sunshine for about a month now, but 2 days ago, the LORD gave us a blue sky, no wind, and a temperature around 86F…

There are still COVID restrictions in place, but we are able to work around them.  The authorities only enforce the mandate for masks, and the evening 8pm curfew, which does not affect us that much…

The coffee shop in town has little to no traffic and Karen & I have been taken care of the rent the last few months.  Also, Lani (the official owner of this livelyhood shop) has been sickly lately and Karen had to help out a lot.  We are still praying for the LORD to tell us what to do with the shop, and we feel compelled to keep it going as long as we can…

We are planning another rice distribution, as soon as the rice arrives in town. We ordered 520 pieces of 5kg/11lbs bags, and 600 Gospel tracts.  We are planing is to give out the first half asap, and then the rest 2 weeks later.   This is because of logistics, and not any COVID restrictions…

Also, Karen was asked if the ladies could meet again for Bible study (praise the LORD!) and we have permission from our Barangy Kapitan (aka village major) to do so!  We just received the new study materials & Gospel tracts yesterday!  Thank you LORD!

Otherwise, we are longing for a US furlough, but it seems that that will not be possible for a while.  On a wonderful note, both of our Philippine Visas were approved and we received our documentation & passports back just yesterday! Praise the LORD!

Also, please continue to pray for the following:

⚑  For many to come to receive the LORD Jesus as their Savior!

⚑  Coffee store in town, a livelihood project, no traffic due to COVID restrictions

⚑  Upcoming rice distribution

⚑  Ladies Bible Study, trying to restart

⚑  Kid’s Bible Verse Memory Club, trying to restart

⚑  The King of Glory Movie – Tagalog Audio – 15 Scenes left to edit

⚑  Continued good health

Praise the LORD, we received the green light from our village kapitan, and LORD willing, he will hand out the 265 bags of 5kg/11lbs of rice to our folks here the morning of December 15th.

Our kapitan, Jun, will also pick up the rice in town for us!  What a blessing!

⚑  Please pray for good weather, as it has been raining hard the last few days…

⚑  Please pray for all the people here, as most are terrified about the COVID-19 cases in our county (Romblon).

We thank the LORD for His provision, protection, our place here, and good health!