Knowing God

This past weekend I attended a Women's Retreat at Calvary Chapel Training Center. It was entitled "Knowing God". How often do we say that we know about God and the story of Jesus and all of those things? How often do we really talk to God and know Him? I was really blessed by all of the speakers as well as the outpouring of women from all of the Visayan Islands! The retreat was put on by Calvary Chapel Spring Valley in Las Vegas. We have been able to visit with their team a few times and they are all such wonderful people!
Today we had lunch with all of the missionaries from Dumaguete and with the Calvary Chapel Spring Valley team. The restaurant was right on the shore in Dauin. Apparently when the first missionaries came over from the States to Dumaguete, they would go to this specific restaurant after church each Sunday for fellowship. It is always nice to fellowship with the other missionaries and hear about their ministries. I have truly had an encouraging and blessed weekend!

Current Prayer Requests:
Safe travel for Becky and Leanna as they travel visiting missionaries and friends before leaving the Philippines. They will be gone from Sunday night until Saturday afternoon.

One of the yayas (who is around my age) is having a terrible weekend. Friday she was stung by a bee on the face while she was harvesting vegetables in the garden and her eye is swollen very badly. Then Friday night, her husband was down at the Boulevard with some friends and when they tried to return home at night it was very dark and the roads were slick from the terrible rain we had earlier that day. They were on a motor and took a corner too fast and slipped on the road and had a very bad accident. Both men involved are in ICU. The yaya's husband has severe head trauma and is having x-rays and a CT scan to assess the damages. Please pray as their family is going through a hard time and both of them will be out of work this week and have an increasing doctor bill. Pray that the Lord will touch their hearts and use this situation to draw them closer to God.

Thank you for your prayers!

"My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness."
-Edward Mote
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