Hello to all of our family and friends, we hope that all is well in your lives. We are doing well and are excited about the opportunities we have had to minister to the local people. Opportunities that allow us to minister to the people’s personal needs as well as their spiritual needs.

We continue attending and partnering we our local church. We also attend Wednesday night “cottage” services and Friday night prayer services. David also attends a monthly meeting with all of the local AG church Pastors. The meeting is held at a different church every month. The Pastors have dinner, review church business and then go over any problems they may be having in their congregations. This is a special time where the Pastors fellowship, seek wisdom/counsel and prayer. These meetings run until all business and or Pastor concerns are addressed; this means all night if need be. These Pastors have been holding these meetings for about 15 years.

We continue to take care of two young boys; age six and age five. The first young man has no mother and his father is working somewhere in Manila. The second young man has no father and his mother has been going through some mental issues.

We continue with “mercy’ missions such as medical support, dental support and supplying food to families in need. We took one young man to the dentist to remove an abscessed tooth and one middle aged women to the dentist to have five teeth extracted. The cost is minimal compared to the U.S. but it is still more than these people can afford.

We helped several adults, children and infants with their prescription medicine needs. Most people cannot afford medicine even though the cost may be as low as two dollars. The average person earns only about 150 peso’s a day or about $3.50 a day; that is if they have a job.

We see adults and infants that have skin bacterial infections from bathing in dirty, bacteria infested water. We see infected cuts/sores on their bodies that are slow to heal. We see people becoming so dehydrated from having diarrhea that they are admitted to the hospital and when they are admitted the hospital does not supply the needed IV, the patient has to purchase this from a pharmacy.

We had one young father come to our house for help because he had not urinated in about one week and the “whites” of his eyes were literally turning yellow. We took him to the hospital where after a few days it was determined that he had Hepatitis “B”.

While in the town of “Bato” we came across a young man from church; he had just come from the medical clinic. He said that he had some type of stomach ulcer and that he purchased a few pills but could not afford many. We helped this young man purchase the medication he needed. The reality here is if people cannot afford medicine they go without and that sometimes cost’s them their lives!

We ask that you keep us, this ministry and all the people of the Philippines in your prayers! We thank you for your financial support of this ministry. May you and yours be richly blessed!

Love David & Vicenta

Isaiah 58:7