It will soon be time for me to pack my suitcase again for another flight to Southeast Asia. Once again we’ll be teaching the H. people, digging deeper into God’s Word, “building on the foundations” we have laid on previous occasions.  After five days of teaching, we hope to have the opportunity to go back with some of the H. to the area where they live.

June's Consultant Visit to the Philippines
Thank you for praying! Everything went very well.  Besides meeting together with one of our ministry teams off-site, I was able to fly by helicopter to three different locations in the northernmost province in order to encourage our teams on-site. In one village, I witnessed the tremendous effort that goes into moving into a remote location. In another, we talked through the processes and planning that needs to go into teaching a people group new to the message of the Bible. In the last village, I was thrilled to hear that, since my last visit there, small steps forward have been taken by potential church leaders of a developing church.

Another highlight (and huge challenge!) from my time in Singapore was visiting the largest migrant worker dormitory in Singapore. It hosts men from the countries in that region including India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, China, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The dormitory buildings have a capacity for 25,000 men, but at the time of my visit it had around 21,500 men. There is a small Christian work there which was begun by my close friend, and we are wondering if and how we might be able to have an impact with this diverse group of people.