Our group of 13 spread out to the surrounding areas on Sunday morning. Pastor Oscal preached in Pasay, Pastor McCoy preached in Taguig, Elder Dansby preached in Bagong Silang and Les preached in Payatas. This reminded me of my first trip to the Philippines in 1984 when we were all sent out to various churches. You can read about that experience here, go about halfway down the post to read about me trying to organize the shy group I was with!
Brother Dino, Pastor Abante's son-in-law, picked us up at headquarters. The drive to Payatas was about 10 miles, but it took about 40 minutes. The traffic:
But the traffic was forgotten when we walked in to the church. There was a beautiful time of worship, including the singing of "Because He Lives." We have heard this song many times in the Philippines and it is so evident that they sing "life is worth the living just because He lives," with all of their hearts!
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| Pastor Abante, such a sweet man! |
We were given a traditional Filipino welcome. I will never feel worthy of the love they lavish on us.
So many flowers!
We sang/played "The Blood"
Les preached and had a fantastic translator! Les preached about God's power and gave his testimony of how God healed him from Muscular Dystrophy:
There was a beautiful move of God's Spirit in the altar:
God's beautiful family in Payatas!
The house angels put all my flowers together in a beautiful display when we got back.
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