We spent the day traveling to Thailand. We left early (5 AM) to catch our plane back to Manila. There we parted ways from the group that returned to the States. Good bye Pastor Groves and the Clemins family! We were in airports all day and arrived...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We had a delightful time of worship with our friends who worship at the Gospel Center! Even though Pastor Groves was hoarse from all the speaking he has done this past week, he gave a powerful message from God's Word. Afterwards, we had lunch with...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Thank you so much for your prayers! We definitely feel them, and please keep them coming! The heat is really intense. We have a lot of fans which really helps. The church is open air concept, but no air conditioning. It's tropical paradise here,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Pastor Groves conducted his last Spiritual Boot Camp seminar at the Gospel Center in Bacolod City. It was another HOT and humid day, but we were blessed with 91 participants, which included 32 pastors! We praise God for the opportunity to minister...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Greetings from Bacolod! We arrived after traveling over the mountains from San Carlos at about 3 PM. We arrived at the Gospel Center where the Youth EE team has had their weeklong clinic  just as they were finishing testing the students. They are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Greetings from San Carlos! Our day began at 9 AM with the SBC seminar being held at the local Community Center. We were very grateful for the air conditioning that was available. Praise God for the 174 attendees, which included 44 pastors! Many...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Our day began in worship at the Good Shepherd Church on the Fortress College campus. We had sweet fellowship with the members of the church and were treated to wonderful songs by the children's and adult choirs. The Filipinos really know how to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Praise the Lord! We made it! After a day and a half-long trip via 4 flights, we arrived in Bacolod City in the Philippines at about 10 PM local time. We had several snags along the way, beginning with a necessary tire change to the GCC coach...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We leave in about and hour for Chicago by bus. Our photo link to this blog entry has photos of our prayer send off which took place this past Sunday (May 20). Also included are photos which were taken last night as our prayer partners joined us...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Many hours have gone into preparing for our trip. We're packing our bags and depart from Chicago for the Philippines on May 24th. Please pray for us as we travel!
