A NEW WORK WEEK!

MONDAY, April 11, 2011
My day started at 5:00 AM watching the Masters Golf Tournament live! At 7AM we went to breakfast and waited but car trouble with Celine's car and then with Susan's car also. So now we are going to have to change our plans and head to Binalonan in a different way. The folks here hired a van for us and a driver, so flexibility! We met with Rudy who just graduated from PTC on what he is going to do now that he has graduated. After he left we Susan and Richard came to meet with us while we waited.
We started our day in Binalonan at the church there. We met with the young preacher there, Rhod,who is Arnell's older brother. We spent about two hours passing out flyers on the Gospel Meeting chris and I will be preaching in this week. In that region, many of the people make thier livings by making vinegar. I am going to have to get some to bring home. At about 11 AM we met a young widow, Violy, whose husband was killed last year in a mining accident. She has four beautiful daughters under age 10! We studied for over an hour with Richard translating for me. She has committed to be a the gospel meeting and is a very good prospect. At about 12:30 we returned to the chapel to have lunch: hamburgers and fries with Diet Coke under the mango tree.
After meeting with and discussing the work there with Rhod and Benny and Celine, we headed to Manaldan to attend the birthday party of 2 year old Matt Carl, Josie's youngest son. When we arrived, much of the old gang from PTC was there. I will have a full blog on the party, but it was great.
After leaving there we went to Bugallon to visit the campus of PTC. It was amazing to see it and remember the way it looked the first day, with just the one house in disrepair and now to see it. Missed a number of Laurie's old kids, but found out Magiboo is still in Mania and Sandra is with an aunt in Lingyuan.
After the party we went back to Binalonan and spoke at the YOUth Leadership Conference. I spoke on Choices by Rehoboam--The Influence of Your Friends. Then Chris spoke as well. After the meeting was over at about 10 PM and we headed out to find dinner. Chow King was closed and so was KFC so we ended up at Jollibee! Got to bed afer midnight and a visit with Jamie. Looking for another great day in Binalonan! So far it seems God has provided one day even better than the next! Today was truly a blessed day!