Tuesday, December 15, 2015th Year of Our Lord
Dear family, brethren, & friends,
I hope this report finds everyone well. Certainly our trip and work here have been going very well, by God’s good grace.
On Thursday, December 10, we flew from Manila to Davao City on Mindanao, 1,000 miles by land, 600 by air. We drug into town tired in the flesh but joyfully anticipating the classes here.
The classes were scheduled for December 11-15, omitting Sunday the 13th. It was a joy to see brother Juanito Balbin and his sons Dudley, Sonni, and Connie (or “C.B.”) as the first two days of classes began. Brethren in this area have been longing for this kind of instruction for a long time. Friday fifty participants came anxious to learn and were given a study manual and a pocket tone pitch pipe. Steven and Jim started with the basics and had excellent response and participation. It is always good to have ladies present to round out the singing and to give the leaders a realistic context in which to learn to lead.
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