August 12-15 UK-France-Philippines #5
Dear family, brethren, and friends,
Our flight from Zamboanga City to Cebu City on Monday was delayed several times so that we missed our connection to Pagadian City. Cebu Pacific Airlines put us in a hotel in Cebu City and rescheduled us to get our connecting flight the next day. Meanwhile, this made it possible for Jack, Adel, and me to visit Jonathan Carino in the hospital where he had surgery Saturday to remove a bone in his big toe because of serious infection complicated by diabetes. His recovery is going well and he can return home tomorrow but cannot travel for a month. He must use a wheelchair to get around.
To catch our Tuesday plane to Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur on Mindanao required getting up at 6:00 A.M. Arriving in Pagadian City mid-morning, we checked into our hotel, took a short rest, ate a light lunch, then started the lectures at the Bogo church on the theme “God’s Truth Defeats Satan’s Lies” at 2:00 P.M. Without the morning session, all 4 of today’s sermons had to be preached this afternoon.
Starting with 2 lessons on “God’s Truth VS Satan’s Lies,” I then followed with another 2 sermons on “Overcoming Sin,” finishing just before 7:00 P.M. Because of the late start, there was no open forum. After getting to my room after supper, I worked some, exercised, reviewed tomorrow’s sermons, and fell into bed at 12:30 A.M.
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