Ron & Donna Halbrook
3505 Horse Run Ct.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6954

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January 18, 2017^th Year of Our Lord
                                                            
Dear brethren,

God opened a door for me to join Jim McDonald preaching in the Philippines in 1995 and a door is now open for my 65^th trip February 16-March 7.  This trip is shorter than usual because I will visit only Manila and northern Luzon.  The main goal is to edify and encourage saints who suffered from the terrible typhoon in October.  Benevolence funds have been sent as much as possible, but the recovery is slow.  They need not only financial help but also strengthening of their faith.  Satan demanded Jesus to turn stones to bread, “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4).

After arriving in Manila, I will make some preparations such as visiting a moneychanger and sorting boxes of books to be shipped ahead.  On Sunday I will preach in Manila and then start the long journey which will carry me across a large swath of northern Luzon.
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Ron & Donna Halbrook
3505 Horse Run Ct.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6954

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October 26, 2016^th Year of Our Lord
                              
Dear brethren,

If God wills, I will travel November 29 to the Philippines to preach for the 64^th time since He first permitted me to go with Jim McDonald in 1995.  Doors are open in other lands as well. December 9-20 will be devoted to working with the saints in New Zealand for the 7^th time since 2009.  Next, Australia is scheduled for December 20–January 5 for the 6^th time since 2011.  Finally, I return to Manila January 5 and come home on the 10^th, God willing.  As the Son of God, Jesus Christ alone has the authority to save our souls from sin.  All the world must know our Savior has come!  “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age’” (Matt. 28:18-20, ESV).
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May 18, 2016^th Year of Our Lord
                              
Dear brethren,

By God’s providence I am preparing for my 63^rd Philippine preaching trip July 26-August 25, after Jim McDonald taking me the first time in 1995.  I will labor with Filipino preachers in fields ripe unto harvest. Two weeks will be spent on grounding and upgrading preachers for their great work.  They in turn will train others.  The gospel torch must pass from one generation to another until the end of time.  “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Tim. 2:2).
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PHILIPPINE TRIP ITINERARY APRIL 4-26, 2016

Apr 4-5 (Mon-Tues) Travel from Louisville, KY to Manila
Apr 6 (Wed) Meet Elias Cruz, Sammy Paet, & Ely Ebuenga to ship books air cargo
Apr 7 (Thur) Early morning flight from Manila to Pagadian City
1:00 PM travel to Pulacan church of Christ to preach with  Ernie Collado

Apr 8-10 (Fri-Sun) preach in area churches
Apr 8 (Fri) 8:00 AM  travel 2 hours to Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur; end 4:00 PM
Apr 9 (Sat) 8:00 AM travel 1 hour to Guipos to work with Aurelio Armada
12:30 PM travel to Dumalinao to preach. End 5:00 PM
Apr 10 (Sun)   9:00 AM preach at Bogo church, Pagadian City with Ramon Cariño
2:00 PM preach at Manga church of Christ with James Armada
Apr 11-15 (Mon-Fri) Classes on Revelation at Bogo church, Pagadian City

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Dear brethren,

God willing, I leave for the Philippines Monday, April 4.  I look forward to this trip and the potential for many good results.  When we faithfully plant and water, God gives the increase.  Filipino brethren are diligently preparing for our work together.

This work is no more important than the work anywhere else, but it is a harvest time in the Philippines and doors truly are open wide on every side.  I am about $5,000 short at this time to cover all the expected expenses.  I have recently concentrated on raising funds for the victims of a yearlong drought and am in the process of sending about $5,000 which has been donated to various locations in southern Mindanao where the most severe conditions persist.  This need will extend for the next several months.  I do not regret that this $5,000 is going to the drought victims, I only wish it could be more.  Thank you to everyone who has sent or will be sending for the saints suffering in the drought!
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Ron & Donna Halbrook

3505 Horse Run Ct.

Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6954

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March 2, 2016th Year of Our Lord

Dear brethren,

God blessed me by permitting me to join Jim McDonald preaching in the Philippines in 1995 and now my 62nd trip is planned for April 4-26.  It is a harvest season in that land and there are open doors on every side.  Many souls are being saved as citadels of sin and error fall before the power of the gospel. Paul wrote of “the weapons of our warfare” being “mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds” and “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor. 10:4-5).
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Brethren,

Below is my itinerary for the upcoming Philippine trip.  I am busy making all the final arrangements.  Therefore, I am already falling behind reading and responding to emails — though working day & night, I simply don’t have time to attend to them.  Perhaps some correspondents will feel neglected or frustrated, which I regret, but I am doing my best with my limited time and talents.
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Ron & Donna Halbrook
3505 Horse Run Ct.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6954

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January 6, 2016^th Year of Our Lord
                              
Dear brethren,

Time waits for no man and we are already well into 2016 – it is time for my 61^st preaching trip to the Philippines since first going with Jim McDonald in 1995.  The trip is planned for February 9-25.  By God’s good providence, it is harvest time in the Philippines as many Filipinos are searching for God, for truth, and for salvation.  What a privilege we have to proclaim the unsearchable riches of the gospel of Christ to hungry souls.  When many turned away from Christ, he asked the Apostles if they would also leave him. “Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God” (Jn. 6:68-69).
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Ron & Donna Halbrook

3505 Horse Run Ct.

Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6954

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November 2, 2015th Year of Our Lord

Dear brethren,

God willing, November 30-December 21 I will labor for the Master in the Philippines, my 60th trip since Jim McDonald first took me there in 1995.  Jim Barnett who labors with the saints in Hope, NM and  Steven Saunders who preaches in Macon, MO will be making their second trip with me.  These men are not only competent evangelists but also excellent song leaders who can teach singing.  Through the gospel God tunes our hearts to join the angels in praising His Son:  “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing” (Rev. 5:12).
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Ron & Donna Halbrook
3505 Horse Run Ct.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165-6954

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May 19, 2015th Year of Our Lord
                                                            
Dear brethren,

My 59th preaching trip to the Philippines and 5th trip to Australia is set for July 28-August 26, since my first Philippine trip with Jim McDonald in 1995.  Keith Greer, faithful evangelist at the Harrodsburg, KY church of Christ, will make his 10th trip with me.  Grayson Key, a faithful Christian here in Louisville, will join us for his first trip.  Though not a preacher, he is a capable teacher.  We must be busy preparing men for Christ’s return.  Christ said, “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,  And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation” (Jn. 5:28-29).
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