Dear family, brethren, and friends,

A wonderful loving patient God guided Mark Mayberry and me safely through another Philippine preaching trip April 3-May 1 (Mark arrived Apr. 11–not May 11, which would put him on an advanced time machine, wrongly noted in the first report I sent an hour ago).  After almost 24 hours of travel, I am finally home with Donna again and Mark Mayberry is home with Sherelyn.  We traveled together as far as Japan and then took separate flights.

It was enjoyable for Mark and me to work together again and both of us find great inspiration in working with devoted Filipino saints.  In addition to the good work done by Mark, I taught 70 times and 27 souls turned from Satan to Christ, submitting to him in baptism for the remission of their sins.  We taught week-long classes at Cabanatuan City on The Home and Family and at Navotas in Metro Manila on the book of Revelation.  None of this work would have been possible without the diligent day-in and day-out labors of Filipino Christians.

Please know I do not intentionally ignore your messages, but these trips make it impossible to keep current with all of the email correspondence appearing in my box.  I doubt I can catch up with all of it because when I return home there are also a multitude of tasks awaiting my attention here.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Thank you to each one of you for your prayers and encouragement.  May God be glorified in all things!  As David said long ago, “I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.  For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.  Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth” (Ps. 57:9-11).

In Christian love,
Ron Halbrook

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