| Dear All, Wednesday’s Bottom Line: Scott’s DM seminar in Moncada was very successful, he’s looking forward to an equally productive time in Tombod on Thursday with the members of the Agape Reaching People Ministries. Wednesday’s Prayer Requests: 1. Scott to pace himself well as he works through jetlag; sound sleep each night. 2. The Holy Spirit to guide him on exactly what to share with the ARPM people in Tombod on Thursday. 3. No hindrances to prevent people from attending the Friday DM seminar in Villasis. |
| Wednesday’s Details: Following the Moncada seminar, Scott said, “We had 25 attendees and 17 sign up to join a DM group. Yay!” That’s an awesome response, and we expect those groups to start in the next couple of weeks. I think they will be led by people Wilson and Angelica have been discipling. = ) |
 “All of these people signed up to join a DM group!” |
| Here’s some background about Agape Reaching People Ministries (ARPM), the group Scott will be spending time with on Thursday afternoon (about 10 PM Wednesday MO time). Many years ago, Myrna, who is Filipino and lived in the Philippines, married an American man and moved with him to the U.S. We met Myrna at the church we were attending in Little Rock 30 years ago. We all went to the same Bible school there, Agape School of World Evangelism. When Myrna’s husband died, she determined to move back to the Philippines and start an Agape Bible school there to train pastors and ministers, and she did exactly that. Now at 88, Myrna is still a dynamo and a force to be reckoned with! For each of the past 25 years (maybe more?), she has graduated a class of Bible school students, training generations of pastors and sending them out to plant churches. Her ministry network is called Agape Reaching People Ministries. Some of those ARPM folks are gathering in Tombod, and Scott has been invited to speak to them on Friday. Tombod is just 15 minutes away from Myrna’s home in Villasis, where she frequently hosts various guest ministers and travelers. Scott and a couple other folks are staying there now. End of background information, and I’ll close today with a classic Filipino cultural moment Scott shared with us. [NOTE: According to Google, “A Filipino tricycle is is a motorized vehicle that consists of a motorcycle and a sidecar. It’s a common form of transportation in the Philippines, especially in rural areas.”] |
 “How did the goat cross the road? In a tricycle!” |
| Please take a moment to pray for Scott today, and if YOU encounter any goats in tricycles, feel free to send us a picture! Blessings, Patty |