Trip Report: Philippines and Malaysia December 2023
December 21, 2023nd Year of Our Lord
HALBROOK REPORT: 84th PHILIPPINE TRIP NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 21, 2023
Dear brethren,
The 84th Philippine trip scheduled for November 26-December 21 is now history. I am indebted to Jim McDonald for introducing me to the cause of Christ in the Philippines in 1995, and now to Nick Rowe for introducing me to Malaysia. I taught 57 lessons. 4 souls submitted to Christ in baptism. 832 Bibles in Filipino dialects were purchased and shipped to the saints.
The gospel transforms sinners of all kinds from all nations and backgrounds into the image of Christ “where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all” (Col. 3:11). Christ lifts us to this higher ground, leading us to heaven!
Flights on November 26-28 brought me safely to Manila, where I rested and did errands on the 29th in preparation for preaching appointments. Thursday James Paet drove me to Meycauayan, Bulacan where Jaime Bobis has labored long and hard (strokes incapacitated him). Some 50 souls heard lessons on “To Whom Shall We Go? (Jn. 6:68),” “Wait on the Lord (Ps. 27:14),” and “Legalizing Sin: God’s Law or Man’s Law? (Ps. 118:8-9),” followed by a fruitful open forum. One was baptized into Christ.
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