Here is an update that my Dad wrote recently:
Dear Family
&
friends:
May 9, 2013
Last night
while I was preaching at our evangelistic site, my phone vibrated. After
the meeting was over and the guests gone, I checked my messages and read the
following from one of our PAFCOE students, preaching at another site:
“Saturday
night my AVR (automatic voltage regulator) burned and Joy’s computer was not
working [Joy is the PAFCOE student conducting the children’s meetings].
Tonight I was in the city for printing, and the car overheated and would not
start, so I had to return to my site by bus. Then the electricity went
off 20 minutes into the program, and it was still off when the meeting
finished. The enemy is mad for the last two topics, but God helped us all
the way!”
Several of
our other sites reported problems on the same night. Michael our son, had
a very large UFI (unidentified-flying-insect) come sailing into the large
church where he is preaching, creating a flying distraction as it buzzed over
people’s heads. What was the topic last night? Spiritualism!
In a very real sense here, we know that we are not “wrestling with flesh and
blood...” (Eph. 6:12).
Currently,
our PAFCOE students and staff are conducting forty evangelistic meetings
throughout the Philippines, with just over two weeks left of their one-month
seminars. This is OJT (on-the-job-training) time! For the past
three months, we have had 37 students at our school in Manila, and 12 at the
one in Iloilo. In Manila, we even had the privilege of having Pastor Doug
Batchelor, president of Amazing Facts ministries, join us for ten days the end
of March. You can read more about that on our blog - http://www.pafcoe.blogspot.com/
Our family
is currently conducting evangelistic meetings in Bacolod City, on Negros Island
which is in the central part of the Philippine archipelago. We
have two sites here in the city, and a student from Africa is at a third site
about a half-hour away. Between the three sites, we have nearly a
thousand people attending! For Michael, this is his third evangelistic
meeting, and largest attendance. On weekends, he often has over 500
attending. This is an Adventist “center” with hospital, nearby college,
etc., so we have many members coming, but still a large group of guests as
well.
We are
almost half-way through the 4-week series. May 25th is our
scheduled baptism in the various OJT sites, and then, we return to Manila for
PAFCOE graduation on May 28th. We’re looking forward to
sharing with you the exciting reports and stories that our students will be
bringing back for graduation later this month. Until then, “Salamat”
(Thank you) for your prayers and support!
Your
friends,
Pastor
Lowell & family & the PAFCOE staff
www.pafcoe.org
www.pafcoe.org
