The Carders

Dear Friends and Family!

Thanks for praying with us and for us!

In Him!

Patrick and Karen

Barangay Calabogo
Romblon Island
5500 Romblon, Romblon
PHILIPPINES

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgives all yours iniquities; who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies…” – Psalm 103:1-4

Dear Friends & Family!

   WOW!  The LORD brought 60 kids to our Bible Verse Memory Club this last Saturday!  Usually we average 28 kids, so Praise The LORD!  Many new kids from neighboring villages! We will need to pick up some more supplies!  We are so joyful! Thank you LORD for the Mangaring family that helps us with this!

   Patrick is eagerly working on “The King of Glory Movie” Filipino audio. Thus far we completed the recording of all 70 Scenes (“1st Cut”) and it all needs to be edited for length to fit the movie’s exact time line. Some passages might have to be re-recorded, and the narration re-written, if they are to long to match the time line. The editing is very time consuming, but the first 7 scenes are already done. Please pray for stamina, wisdom and guidance in this regard.

   We are planning to get windows in to our “Multi Function” building, and then to complete the electrical wiring during the next few weeks, LORD willing. Rainy season is coming soon! The building has been and is a great blessing, especially with all the new kids coming!

   On a different note: over the last 10 weeks we have been “plagued” with high temperatures (>100F), accommodated by daily, multiple, 2-3 hour long power outages. This makes things more challenging, even that we have a reliable generator…it just slows things down a bit…

Please continue to pray for the following:

     ⚑   the planning of a Bible Verse Quiz for the kids

    ⚑   showing of Filipino Gospel video

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

    ⚑   Ladies Bible study (numbers are down…)

    ⚑   Filipino Bible Believers Commentary, looking for proof readers, Phil & Col going well

    ⚑   “The Bible Translator’s Assistant” new features software development – on hold…

Thanks for praying for us & with us!

In Him,

Patrick & Karen

Brgy Calabogo

Romblon

5500 Romblon, Romblon

Philippines

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

“I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.”

Psalm 69:30

Here are some pictures: 

Wow! The LORD brought us 60 kids last Saturday!

Praise the LORD for our building!

Waiting for their “prizes”…

Some of the older kids are valuable helpers, like Ethel...

Some girls having fun playing a board game…

Dear Friends and Family,

Wow! A few days ago we had a record hot day with 96.8F & 90% humidity – we were melting!  The power went off also, and we had to turn on our trusted generator several times.  The longest outage we had thus far started at 2am and lasted 8h, thank you LORD for the generator!

Last week we were able to start the rehearsal of the narration for “King of Glory” and finally got some audio tracks recorded. Our “voice-talent” is incredible and it was a joy working with her!  There are still many weeks of editing to align the recording with the time line of the movie, so please continue to pray for strength, stamina and the LORD’s guiding!

The translation team just finished the final draft of the Gospel of John from William MacDonald’s “Believer’s Bible Commentary” in Tagalog/ Filipino.  Lord willing, it will go into the publishing phase once the final proof reading is done.  The next books being edited are “Colossians” & “Philippians” and it is going well so far.  Please pray for the team and this project!

Due to the kids being out of school, both the Ladies Bible Study and the kid’s Bible Verse Memory Club are on pause until school starts up again. Please pray that the LORD will bring them all back!

 Please continue to pray for the following:

• Building: we are utilizing the building quite a bit,  and some electrical outlets & lights have been installed just recently, thank You LORD!

• BBC Translation:  final proof reading of  “John”, and editing of “Philippians” & Colossians...
  

• King of Glory Movie: editing to align recording to time line of movie…

• The Bible Translator’s Assistant: continued software development…wisdom & stamina…

• Salvation: pray for children & adults to receive the LORD Jesus as their LORD & Savior!

Thanks for praying for us & with us!

In Him,

Patrick & Karen

Brgy Calabogo

Romblon

5500 Romblon, Romblon

Philippines

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

“…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 & Family,

    We are very encouraged lately with what is happening at our weekly Ladies Bible Study! For one, we had a very good number show up, and the fellowship afterwards was just wonderful!  Secondly, one older lady named Elsa (our landlord’s aunt…), who we noticed of having some memory problems, often not recognizing us when we pass by, showed up!  She is known in the village as being “mean”…  Well, Praise The LORD, she showed up last Saturday for Bible Study and was the sweetest person!  She also had good questions in regard to forgiveness,  and she heard the Gospel very clearly that day!  It was a joy to see her sharp, alert & attentive!  Please pray for her salvation!

   The Bible Verse Memory Club is going very well, and we are encourage by the many young people returning the exams of our Tagalog ECS courses for grading. Thus far we have handed out 35 Certificates!  Praise The LORD!

   Patrick completed version 1.00 of the software module for the “The Bible Translator’s Assistant” application, and it was well received by the group!  It still needs some “polishing” and additional features, like a personal dictionary database, where the translator can store personal English phrases.  There is still much to do, so please pray for wisdom & stamina!

Please continue to pray for the following:

⚑ Travel: we are schedule to sail to Manila on March 22nd, for supplies and meetings with the TBTA software group…

⚑ Lani Mangaring: she is currently the Ladies Bible Study leader, please pray for wisdom & endurance…

⚑ Building: we are utilizing the building quite a bit,  and some electrical outlets & lights have been installed just recently, thank You LORD!

⚑ BBC Translation: is on hold, due to vacation of our main translator…we are still praying for more translators, proof readers, and editors…

⚑ King of Glory Movie: is on hold due to overwhelming school projects of our voice talent, and pending setup of sound proofing measures in the studio…

⚑ The Bible Translator’s Assistant: continued software development…wisdom & stamina…

⚑ Salvation: pray for children & adults to receive the LORD Jesus as their LORD & Savior!

Thanks for praying with us & for us!

In Him,

Patrick & Karen

Brgy Calabogo

Romblon

5500 Romblon, Romblon

Philippines

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

” I will praise the name of God in song, and magnify him with thanksgiving!.” 

Psalm 69:31

Here are some pictures:

One lady has completed the entire Unit 1/ Basic ECS Curriculum!

Our weekly Ladies Bible Study…

Our Bible Memory Verse Club…its Snack Time!

Our Building is coming together quite nicely! Thank You Lord!

Thanks for praying with us and for us!

In Him!

Patrick and Karen Carder

Barangay Calabogo

Romblon Island

5500 Romblon, Romblon

PHILIPPINES

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

“For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end…” – Isa. 9:6-7

Wow!

Last Saturday we had another Bible Verse Club with many kids!

We added up all the verses that the kids learned, and the top girl memorized 86 verses this year!

The top boy memorized 77 verses!  Incredible!

Also, Patrick had 11 Emmaus courses to grade (see picture), and 10 more are on his desk!  Amazing!

Thank you Lord!

We decided to have another “Street Feeding” of the school kids that pass by our house everyday, and had many of them enjoy the hot and sweet “rice soup”!

We hope & pray that some of them might join our Bible Verse Club in the future…

Our building project is on hold for right now, as we trust the Lord to provide for the next phase (windows, plumbing, tile, etc..).

We are so thankful for all that the Lord is doing here, and commit all of it in to His hands!

Thanksgiving: our Visas have been submitted to the Immigration Office for renewal and we are awaiting approval in January 2019…

Please continue to pray for the following:

• Bible Memory Club – one session to go before we break for the year…
• Emmaus Courses – more interest with the adults & kids…
• Ladies Bible Study canceled the last several time due to heavy rain..

• The Bible Translator’s Assistant – good progress – pray for wisdom & stamina…

• King Of Glory – still waiting on our “voice talent” (probably January 2019)…

• Believer’s Bible Commentary – still going slow…

• Approval of our Visa applications…
• For kids & adults to receive the Lord Jesus as their Lord & Savior!

Thanks for praying with us and for us!

In Him,

Patrick & Karen

Brgy Calabogo

Romblon

5500 Romblon, Romblon

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

” Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgives all yours iniquities; who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies…” – Psalm 103:1-4

Here are some pictures:

Group Picture

10 Emmaus Bible Course Certificates

Prizes for Verses said…the Kids love school supplies…

Our building Project…

 “Street Feeding” of the school kids that pass by our house everyday…

Yum…

The School Bus is here…

Dear Friends and Family!

We have been back from furlough for about 6 weeks now, and it got very busy, very fast…

The Bible Verse Club is growing, and with that the number of teens. We found a well made Gospel tract in Tagalog for the younger kids and will be ordering those shortly.  We will use those in future Gospel presentations.  Last Saturday we handed out around 10 Emmaus Correspondence courses to some of the older kids!  We praise the LORD for this and we are so thrilled!

The Ladie’s Bible Study has fluctuated in numbers since we’ve been back, and the Lord brought us 7 ladies this last Thursday…Praise Him!

Patrick’s programming for “The Bible Translator’s Assistant” application is going well and thus far has reached about 800 lines of code… Praise the LORD!

Our building project is also going well.  The workers just finished putting on the roof (nippa/ grass-like) and are  now building the exterior walls with hollow block.  The next steps include the windows, flooring & tile for the bathroom, electricity service line, inside electricity cabling & appliances, water, plumbing, sinks & drain…still a lot of work ahead of us…

Lastly, we are scheduled to travel to Manila on Oct. 26th. Karen will be leaving for a Women’s Retreat in Bohol on the 28th and be back Nov. 1 and Patrick will be meeting with Dr. Tod Allman from the TBTA software team. We also are in need of some replacement equipment, vehicle spare parts, and supplies…

Please continue to pray for the following:

⚑ Children’s Bible Verse Ministry – Gospel Tract & Emmaus Courses

⚑ Possible Teen Bible Study

⚑ The Bible Translator’s Assistant – LDV Analyzer – for wisdom & stamina

⚑ King Of Glory – waiting on our “voice talent” to become available

⚑ Believer’s Bible Commentary – still going slow…

⚑ Travel to Manila & Bohol Oct. 26th – safety & good weather

Thanks for praying with us and for us!

In Him!

Patrick and Karen Carder

Barangay Calabogo

Romblon Island

5500 Romblon, Romblon

PHILIPPINES

http://www.TheCarders.org

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

“…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

Our Bible Verse Memory Club

Prizes & Helpers…

Our Building Project

Dear Friends and Family!

Dear praying Friends & Family,

⚑ Ladies Bible Study

⚑ Bi-Monthly Children’s Bible Memory Club

⚑ Translation of Bill MacDonald’s Believers Bible Commentary in to Filipino

⚑ Our involvement with the TBTA software group

⚑ Audio processing of the Filipino narration of the KING OF GLORY (studio search)

⚑ for men, women, boys and girls to receive the LORD Jesus as their Lord & Savior

⚑ Furlough from April 15th to July 1st, 2018

Thanks for praying for us and with us!

In Him,

Patrick & Karen

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

“…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

Kid’s Bible Memory Club

Ladies Bible Study

Dear Friends & Family,

We have our boat tickets for Manila and are scheduled to leave on this Wednesday 9pm, and to stay for 16 days.

The purpose is to stock up on much needed supplies, to see the Dentist (Karen has a bad tooth…), to meet with Tod Allman (Bible Translation Software), to meet with the new Emmaus Philippines (formerly BSA) folks, to pick up our new 5 year drivers license, to find spare parts for our bike, and to see some friends…

Please pray for safety, health & strength.

Thanks for praying for us.

Patrick & Karen

http://www.cmml.us/missionaries/m1569

“…A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps….” – Proverbs 16:9 (WEB)