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Here's what's new with our family & with Project Philippines:
Johnny will be going to Manila this week to hopefully secure permanent visas for our family. There is Christian brother in Cebu who has a friend in the Immigration Dept. who is willing to help out and expedite our visa work. We're hoping we can get this accomplished in just a couple of days. Meanwhile, thankfully, Robin and Nathan won't have to go to Manila, which is a huge and overcrowded place.
Also, final exams for Leyte Christian College begin tomorrow. We are pleased with our students and all but one of them seem to be not only passing, but thriving. We have several who we believe will be earning a solid "A" in all their classes. The schedule for the new semester has also been made. We will be offering the following classes: The Gospels & Life of Christ; General Epistles (the letters of James, Peter, Jude and John); Bible Geography & Archaeology; Principles of Personal Evangelism; Preaching Lab 2; The Pentateuch (Genesis-Deuteronomy); Old Testament Survey; and English Grammar 2. Please pray that our second semester will go well, just as the first has.
Going along with the new semester schedule, we're happy to write that there will be several new students joining us. At this time, we are expecting at least ten and possibly as many as thirteen new students. That's great news for us, although we're unsure where we will put them. The student dormitory is full. Also unsure if we have enough funds to pay for an almost doubling of our student body. We're still looking for some sponsors of these students at $35 per month. Amazingly, this amount pays for their food and necessaries, plus a small allowance. If you can help, please let us know.
Also, beginning with the new semester, our family will be taking some intensive courses in Cebuano, the primary language of the Visayan region we are working in. We're looking forward to this but we know it won't be easy. We feel, however, that it is necessary we learn to speak and communicate with people in their native language. This will be better for the work and better for us as well. Please pray for our success in learning a new language.
God is blessing the work so much here, but we continue to experience typhoons and earthquakes (several since we've lived here), frequent power outages ("brown-outs"), and lots and lots of mosquitoes. We continue to be in need of your prayers. We also acknowledge our dependance upon you, our great supporters, and upon the Lord of hosts. Thank you to all.