Ron home from Philippines Aug. 28
August 28, 2014th Year of Our Lord
Dear family, brethren, and friends,
Greetings from my home in Shepherdsville, KY. It is 10:00 P.M. here and I am thankful to report my return trip from Manila was safe by God’s grace and the prayers of His saints. It was a privilege and a joy to work with our Filipino brethren for the past month. I thank God for the love, encouragement, and assistance of many Filipinos when I am in their land. My faith, hope, and love always grows when I observe their efforts to serve the Lord in spite of many trials. We do our best together to plant and to water, and God gives the increase according to His will (1 Cor. 3:6).
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for the safety and success of this trip. It is uplifting to encounter so many people who are seeking for God and the truth of His Word in the Philippines. God opens doors for such people wherever they may be on the face of the earth. He rules the world for that very purpose: “That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us” (Acts 17:27). God uses each one of us as His instruments to find souls who are seeking Him. In the past month of Philippine work 67 were baptized in order to have their sins washed away in the blood of the Lamb (Acts 2:38; 22:16). I will send out a full report shortly.
I always fall behind on email correspondence when traveling in the Philippines but especially so this time because I have been in places where I had no internet access or it was only intermittent. It is not my intention to ignore anyone, but it will take quite some time to catch up.
May God bless each one of us as serve Him and each other.
In Christian love, Ron Halbrook
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