Ron Home by God’s Providence
May 1, 2014th Year of Our Lord
Dear family, brethren, and friends,
By the providence of a loving God, I arrived home this evening and it is a great joy to be reunited with Donna! We went immediately from the airport to visit sister Ruth Roederer who suffered a stroke several months ago and almost died. She is improving little by little. After prayer and Scripture reading, we came home so that I can unpack and begin to recuperate from the 24 hours travel.
My heart overflows with thanksgiving to God, to saints who donate to make these trips possible, and to Filipino brethren who give me the privilege to labor with them in the gospel. This was a one-month trip, which taxes my energy, but my spirit is always refreshed by the faith, hope, and love of Filipino saints. There were 33 baptisms this time, but that is only one phase of the work as the gospel was proclaimed to sinners in the world, and saints were edified as well. Filipino preachers are engaged in this work year round and my role is very small in contrast to the continual labor they are doing.
Important email messages have gone unanswered because of the pressures of this trip. Please extend patience and I will do my best to address them when I can. For the next couple of days, I will be busy preparing to teach Sunday’s Bible class on the book of Joshua and to give a report on the Philippine trip. Perhaps next week I can work on email.
May God bless and keep each one of you as you serve Him.
In Christian love,
Ron Halbrook
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