Dear family, brethren, and friends,By God’s good grace I arrived in Manila about 10:45 PM on Friday, April 6, some 32 hours after leaving home. After getting through the immigration process and getting checked into my hotel, I got to bed at 1:30 AM. It was a long and tiring trip, but what would...
Read more →Imagine the light of the sun and the moon united as one, and seven days of light concentrated into one brilliant day! Isaiah said of the Messianic or Gospel Age: “Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as...
Read more →Dear brethren, God blessed the work of Donna, David, Starla, and me with Filipino saints February 7-27. Long ago Jeremiah pled, “Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” (Jer. 6:16). Jim McDonald...
Read more →To brother Ron Halbrook and to whom may be interested and concerned. Regarding brother ch George in India. He is a VERY faithful and dedicated preacher of the gospel. On my first evangelist tour to India, George was one of 15 other preachers who had contacted me before I went to India. They were...
Read more →Dear brethren, God willing, my wife Donna, David and Starla Halbrook (Quail Valley church of Christ, Batesville, AR), and I will travel and teach in the Philippines February 7-27. This is my 45th trip after Jim McDonald first took me in 1995. The fields are white, the doors are open, and Filipino souls are...
Read more →Dear brethren and friends, Thank you for the very good response on behalf of saints suffering from the killer typhoon which hit northern Mindanao. We have raised well over $10,000 which is being sent to targeted needs. For instance, I sent Jonathan Carino to survey the situation and to help create a list of...
Read more →Dear brethren, By God’s grace and providence my 44th preaching trip to the Philippines (5th to New Zealand) was successfully completed November 29-December 19, 2011. I am forever indebted to Jim McDonald for taking me with him in 1995. It was a joy to work with Steven Deaton (Hebron Ln. church of Christ, Shepherdsville,...
Read more →Dear brethren in many places, By God’s grace, I am safely home after completing the work planned for the Philippines and New Zealand Nov. 29-Dec. 19. It is almost midnight on Monday (equivalent to 12:00 PM Tuesday in the Philippines, 6:00 PM in N.Z.). I am exhausted but thankful all three flights between Manila...
Read more →These are pictures of a new church building in an area where brother Nestor Francisco and other saints have planted a new congregation which is growing. It is being constructed in Barangay Alegria, Alabel near General Santos City in Sarangani Province in southern Mindanao. The work is temporarily halted for lack of funds. Dear...
Read more →These are the 1st pictures of the newly planted church. The first two pictures show brother Nestor Francisco with U.S. brethren Kurt Jones and Jerry Parks in General Santos City, southern Mindanao, where Nestor lives. The next scene is the church which meets in an extension of Nestor’s home. When they outgrew this place,...
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