Mealtime in the Philippines

Posted by on 4.5.09 in Travel

These pictures tell the story of a very important part of our trip. In late December we learned that the pastors’ conference at Bukidnon Seminary was about to be canceled because the organizers lacked the $2000 necessary to feed the pastors, many of whom live on very small incomes (averaging $40-70 per month). When we heard the news, we commi…

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Pictures from the Philippines

Posted by on 4.4.09 in Travel

Here are a few pictures from our visit to Davao City, our time with Pastor Zamar, and our ministry at Bukidnon Seminary. Derek took most of the pictures.  …

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Late Night in Bukidnon

Posted by on 4.1.09 in Travel

At the moment it is 10:55 PM in Valencia, Bukidnon Province, in the Philippines. I am sitting in the hotel lobby balancing my laptop so I can give this quick update.We are dead tired pooped tonight. We left the hotel at 7 AM and spent the entire day at the Mindanao Ministers Conference. I knew going in that I would be preaching four times. When I g…

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Good Morning from the Philippines

Posted by on 3.31.09 in Travel

Good morning from the Philippines. Today is a huge day for us. I start speaking at 7:30 AM and speak four times, the last one being at 7 PM. Pray for stamina and for clarity and anointing and for my voice to hold out. We had fine start to the conference last night. I introduced my series on “Beyond Denial: Seeing Ourselves in Peter’s St…

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Philippines Slideshow

Posted by on 3.30.09 in Travel

We started the weekend in Manila, then we flew to Davao City in the southern Philippines where we were greeted with great kindness by Pastor Antolin Zamar, his wife Nenita and the good folks of Heritage Baptist Church. This morning we traveled by bus to Bukidnon in the central highlands of Mindanao Island. We’ll be here through Thursday noon …

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We’re Going to the Philippines!

Posted by on 3.26.09 in Keep Believing Ministries, Travel

It is 4:42 AM as I write this note. In a little over an hour we leave for the airport. This happens to be one of the rare trips where we can fly from Tupelo. Once we leave here we fly to Memphis, then Detroit, then Tokyo, then Manila. The total time in transit will be about 27 hours, the longest leg being thirteen hours from Detroit to Tokyo.There …

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Sunday Night at Mount Hermon

Posted by on 2.15.09 in Travel

I am writing this note late on Sunday night from our room at Mount Hermon Conference Center in California. Been so busy that blogging has been put to the side. We’ve had a wonderful time with the 400+ who attended the All-Comers’ Conference. I have spoken four time so far with my final message coming up tomorrow morning. We have been hu…

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Heading West

Posted by on 2.13.09 in Travel

By the time you read this, we will be on our way to Mount Hermon Conference in California. To get there we drive to Columbus (about 60 miles south of Tupelo), fly to Atlanta, fly to San Jose where friends will pick us up and drive us to the conference center which is in the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz. Someone said, “Enjoy the o…

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Preaching This Sunday in Elmhurst

Posted by on 2.3.09 in Chicago, Keep Believing Ministries, Travel

This Sunday I will be speaking at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church in Elmhurst, IL for the closing service of their annual Missions Emphasis. This year’s theme is “Our God Reigns.” A few months ago they moved to their new location at 155 W. Brush Hill Road, next to Roosevelt Road in Elmhurst. They have two morning worship se…

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Good Morning from New Brunswick

Posted by on 1.30.09 in Travel

I am writing this note from the Lehman Strauss Cabin on the campus of New Brunswick Bible Institute. The cabin is named for the famous Bible teacher of the last generation who came many times to NBBI to teach the students. He donated money for this very nice guest house built on the hillside above the main part of the campus. This morning I speak t…

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