We praise God for a really successful conference April 25-27. The
church here studied Acts 1-6, hearing it in Palawano for the first
time ever! Six different men taught, some teaching for the first time
in front of the group. The older kids and teens were assigned to read
the passages to the congregation before the men taught, and they did
great! Kids, teens and some adults went crazy with the memory verses
Bill assigned! It was such a blessing to see everyone encouraged and
challenged by the boldness of the Spirit-filled apostles as they
preached of the resurrection they had personally witnessed!

Ruben, a Palawano teacher and church leader from the Megkalip area
north of us (Jim Wilson discipled Ruben's dad Taya in the 80's) came
for the first two days of the conference and gave a great message on
faith.

The weekend was topped off with a baptism, only two individuals, but
both special to us. Bingbing, one of Donna's faithful workers, was
baptized, giving a clear testimony of her strong faith. And Ula, a
young adult paraplegic, was also baptized. She's the reason our tribal
church has “handicap access,” something you might not expect! And her
sweet spirit is always so uplifting (she also memorized the most
number of verses, by the way.) Her wheelchair was carried down the
trail and placed in a few feet of water (her first time to ever be in
the river, she said), and the men baptized her.

This past week we finished the revision and rechecking of Acts 7-28.
Now we can do some editing and print books for the church!

Continue to pray for some issues within the church here. A couple of
individuals are nursing hurt feelings and it's hurting themselves and
affecting others, too. Basically the church is split down the line
between two family groups who are on the opposites of a struggling
marriage. Bill has counseled the couple, and various family members.
God seems to be working, but the enemy is looking for more chances to
destroy unity.