Friday, April 02, 2004
I chatted by email with some folks from Hawaii that are planning to move to Japan next year and join the church here, James Coble and family. James has just finished the Graduate School of World Missions that I am planning to attend and he has offered to let us move into their furnished apartment in Manila and leave us some of their things if we can negotiate an acceptable rent with the landlord.
Today I got my 50cc motorcycle from behind the Douma's house where it has been stored for almost a year. I got insurance on it earlier this month and I found my helmet up in Pastor Scott's attic. I wheeled the bike out on the street and push started it. Aside from some huge clouds of smoke it belched out for the first few minutes, it seems to run fine. The battery was totally dead and the lights didn't work at first, but by the time I drove it home the headlight was on and everything seemed fine. It should be easier to get to church now that I have my "bike".
Tomorrow we are having our first "Encounter Weekend" at YGBC. It is a new ministry which eventually will be available to all new believers coming into the church to help them spend a couple of days of focused bible study and counseling to free them from anything that might be hindering their spiritual life. This first event will be Friday and Saturday and will be for about 15 women who are leaders in the church. Satomi and the 7 other ladies who went through this in the Philippines in January will be preaching and counseling. Next time there will 23 ladies available to teach and counsel (the original 8 plus the new 15) and so on until the whole church has gone through the training. The men will have their first encounter weekend later this month. Please pray for Satomi and the entire event.
Today I got my 50cc motorcycle from behind the Douma's house where it has been stored for almost a year. I got insurance on it earlier this month and I found my helmet up in Pastor Scott's attic. I wheeled the bike out on the street and push started it. Aside from some huge clouds of smoke it belched out for the first few minutes, it seems to run fine. The battery was totally dead and the lights didn't work at first, but by the time I drove it home the headlight was on and everything seemed fine. It should be easier to get to church now that I have my "bike".
Tomorrow we are having our first "Encounter Weekend" at YGBC. It is a new ministry which eventually will be available to all new believers coming into the church to help them spend a couple of days of focused bible study and counseling to free them from anything that might be hindering their spiritual life. This first event will be Friday and Saturday and will be for about 15 women who are leaders in the church. Satomi and the 7 other ladies who went through this in the Philippines in January will be preaching and counseling. Next time there will 23 ladies available to teach and counsel (the original 8 plus the new 15) and so on until the whole church has gone through the training. The men will have their first encounter weekend later this month. Please pray for Satomi and the entire event.
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