Ever since Elizabeth and I began praying for a child we knew that our baby was a gift and that she truly belonged to God. Our Abbie is in God’s hands and couldn’t be in better care! On February 5th, we publicly dedicated Abigail to God and gave her back to Him. We don’t know what God’s plan is for Abigail but we trust Him to guide and use her life. It’s our job, as the parents, to raise her to the best of our ability and let God take control of her life. Maybe someday God will use her on a mission field away from us or call her back to the States! Whatever His will, we have to obey God and let Him guide our daughter. Children certainly are a blessing and we’re so happy that the Lord gave us our special bundle. It’s our prayer that Abigail will get saved early in life and love the Lord all her years! “For this child I have prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD…” I Samuel 1:27-28
Almost There…
Categories: Updates, Tags: Adventure, Deputation
Great news! We bought our plane tickets! We are so excited to be in this final phase of our deputation. It’s hard to believe that we’re almost there; our time on the road has been fun but we’re looking forward to moving to our new home. God has blessed us over and over again and we feel so privileged to serve Him in Cebu. Please keep us in prayer as we finish traveling and prepare to leave. We have a few more churches to visit and Elizabeth and I have to finish packing our things. Praise the Lord for great things He has done!!!
Abbie’s Ready To Travel!
In the Pentagon
We finally made it to Washington D.C. to apply for Abigail’s Filipino passport! We arranged for our stay to last a couple of days just in case the paperwork took longer than we anticipated. Praise the Lord, we completed everything in 45 minutes and had an extra day to enjoy Washington! The Consulate was so accommodating and made the process easy! The most difficult part was getting Abbie’s picture taken. Our squirmy worm doesn’t like to sit still for long but we managed to take the photo. Now, Abigail’s paperwork is all set and she’s ready to leave for Cebu! Thanks for the prayers!
Bible Believers Baptist Church~Corry, PA
Categories: Updates, Tags: Deputation
We drove to Corry, PA to visit Bible Believers Baptist Church on a Wednesday. We met Pastor Karpenko’s children several years ago at summer camp and just recently saw them at a youth rally where we received an invitation to their church. The spirit of the congregation was wonderful! The people were so kind and added to the sermon with their interactive spirit. I preached longer than normal but no one was in a hurry to leave and they even stayed longer after the service to talk to us! After services we left Pennsylvania to go to Washington D.C. and the Philippine Consulate. It was a long drive but necessary since we were finally going to get Abigail ‘s Filipino passport!