What a week!

What a week! On Sunday, Aug. 30, I was blessed to be invited to preach at the joint worship service held by all the Metro Manila area churches of Christ in the Philippines. About a dozen congregations participated and there were approximately 600 in attendance. It was wonderful! The singing was fantastic and it was a real joy to meet the brothers & sisters in Manila, some few we already knew. Then, back to Tacloban City for the intramurals week of Leyte Christian College (LCC). It was a lot of fun and a great break for the LCC students, who enjoyed it greatly, but it was also a great deal of work. Whew! Glad it's over. Then word came that a ferry in the western Mindanao region turned over, and at least eight are dead. It gave us cause for concern because we have been on that ferry before. Superferry 9 was nice, apparently in good shape (or so we thought). Our prayers go out to the families who lost loved ones.
Construction is still ongoing at our LCC property. Our large warehouse is almost complete now and we have drilled a new water well, installed an electric pump and a hand pump, a large volume pressure tank, and now are constructing a pump house around all this equipment to keep it safe. Hoping to begin construction on our permanent building very soon, possibly in another week or two. Thanks to all who have given funds for this construction, including the Crandall church, the Farwell church, Lewisville church, and one wonderful anonymous couple. We greatly value all of you, our great supporters!