Chris & Elizabeth

We were privileged to be with Faith Baptist Church for their opening service at a new location! It was a blessing for us to witness.  We were amazed to see how the Lord has blessed them with carpet, church pews, a piano, and many other necessities. We were also blessed to be reunited with some old friends we knew from our home church.  Pastor Eimers was a big encouragement to us.  Despite major health issues he still remains enthusiastic and faithful to the Lord’s work.  His burden for the community was very evident.

We had a Wednesday night meeting with Old Paths Bible Baptist Church this week.  We were greatly encouraged by the amount of people that wanted to talk to us about the Philippines.  The first time I had met this church was actually on the mission field. At the time I was attending college in Texas where we often took missions trips into Mexico.  The Lord again crossed our paths in New York where we met multiple times for street preaching in Buffalo.  It is wonderful to have so many friends in the ministry.

In these past couple days we enjoyed spending time with a friend of ours from the Philippines.  Pastor Nem Lesada is also my mom’s pastor in Manilla.  So needless to say it was very exciting to see him and his wife. When we took our survey trip in February we stayed with them for two weeks.  They were a big help and encouragement to us. So when they said they would like to see Niagara Falls we were happy to take them.  They will return to the Philippines later this year.  This was an unexpected visit so we are very thankful for the time we had together.

Pastor Emery and Bible Baptist Church invited us to join them in their missions conference this month.  The theme was “His Plan, Our Purpose.” Each day was well attended and the people were excited about the conference.  While we were there we accidentally became a part of a Heart Awareness Day at Lake Erie.  The way that happened is a story in itself but I will say we had a fun day.  Another missionary going to Latvia was with us and we greatly enjoyed the fellowship.  It was a great week!  The church was a wonderful blessing to us.