In the Village

Before we went to celebrate Mikayla's bday (see next post!), we headed out to the village for the day as a family. In one of the villages, the believers want to start a Bible study in the village where they are originally from and where their family still lives. They invited us to come meet everyone and have lunch with them. It was a good day, and we learned a lot about the difficult situation that will be facing these dear believers as they try to start teaching in this new area. It is a long story involving a lot of baggage from a previous group that was there. Please pray for Mariano, Maria, Alvin & Raquel as they desire to follow God in this.

Mikayla hanging out with the ladies

One of the guys there makes home-made kites. The kids had a ball trying them out.
This precious old man caught my heart.
drying fish for lunch

yum!

watching the kites

Raquel has had a difficult time getting pregnant and has lost a couple babies. Here she is with her long-awaited baby, Nikol. You have never seen a happier mom.

Ben took this one - we see water buffalo (carabao) everywhere we go.

Thanks for continuing pray for the Agta!

Please pray specifically this week for Steve as he is in Manila for some important meetings that will impact our strategy for reaching the Agta. Pray for wisdom, clear communication and unity for all who will be in discussion. Please pray as well for the kids and I as we are alone here for the next 11 days!