Truly, God’s ways are not our ways. Amber and I were not scheduled to return to New Jersey until June 20 but on March 18 we boarded a plane to New York due to the passing of Amber’s mom.
Rose, as she was called by her friends, was much loved by many as proven by the overflow crowd at the church she loved in Rockland, NY which Amber and I started back in 1990. Rose continues to be a witness to others as we share, whenever the opportunity presents itself, some of her prayers that she wrote. One man I spoke with whom I have known for many years and who was at the memorial service of Rose told me he prayed the prayer of salvation which Rose wrote and which I read and spoke on.
Construction of the Training Center is temporarily halted due to a requirement from the admin office of the development where we are located. Lord willing, we will resume construction work very soon even before Amber and I return on May 17. Thanks to my dear brother and co-laborer Warren Chua, the Bible study every Sunday in Tagaytay City continues despite my absence as Warren faithfully and sacrificially comes all the way from Quezon City just to teach the few who have very recently received Christ as Savior. Praise God, all the players of the basketball team who went to Word of Life basketball camp with 4 wins and 0 loss have accepted Christ in their hearts!
Amber and I are praying that God will use our stay here in the US to raise the needed funds to complete the training center building in time for the school opening in September. We are also trusting God that He will raise up the twelve men who will make up the first batch of trainees.