Activities from September 15-23,2012

September 15, I again went to Palca to visit the brethren. This time, brother Jun, Robert and Denis are with me. We tried to practice the new songs in our hymnbook(not really new but because it is our first time to sing it that makes it new). We are at sister Valentina Mabborang’s house while the other brethren there came also. We have two visitors who attended, one is Mrs. Anog who is a Catholic and the other one is a Pentecostal Member(Oneness) but I forgot her name. Brother Jun shared a lesson about “How many shall be saved?” and the Pentecost Lady asked questions after the lesson about “Do we really need to be a member of the church of Christ or be a member of any church in order to be saved?”. And we all explained to her about it that made her silent for a moment. We just learned after the study that she wanted to come to the church but her husband who is a member of “Tabernacle of Joy”, a church which about 3kms away from our church building, would not allow her to join us because he wants that they will both go to their own church. She only got the time to join us because his husband is away. Hope and pray that the lesson she heard will be a way for them to understand the way to God.

September 16, in our Lord’s Day service here at Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught a lesson about “Whom shall I served?”, is it God or mammon. And in the sermon brother Rody preached about “What baptism doesn’t do?”.

At Palca, brother Abraham taught in our bible study about “Suffering” and in the sermon I preached about “The Wisdom that warns us from Sin”.

September 18, our preachers bible study was cancelled because our brother Albert Moodie(a fellow preacher) died and we all planned to go to his wake but I feel sad because even though I wanted to go, I failed because we needed to take our baby boy to the doctor due to fever and allergies.

September 19, in our midweek service., brother Rody taught “Proverbs 8”.

September 20, I went to Maddela, Quirino a together with other fellow preachers for a Gospel Meeting. The preacher there was brother Reneboy Maranion. We arrived a little bit late because of the traffics and how far we came from. It took us about 4 hours to arrived in the location. When we arrived, brother Edgar Licodini was already preaching. He preached about the “Mosaical Period”, the followed by brother Joeben Jacobo who preached about “Christian Period” and finally the last speaker in the morning is brother Denis Yuson who preached about “Church of Christ vs. Modern Churches”.

In the afternoon, brother Rody was the lone and last speaker. He preached about “Learn of Me”. After the lesson, invitation was extended and two precious souls came in front to confess their faith. They were baptized in the near river.

September 22, I again attended a Gospel Meeting. This time, it was in Sampaguita, Solana where brother Greg delos Reyes is preaching. This is the first time that I went to that congregation. Brother Geronimo Ganela was the first speaker and he preached about “Without Him” and last was brother Rody who preached about “God has Spoken”. Again invitation was extended and two young ladies went in front to confess their faith. They are not from Sampaguita but from a nearby congregation which is Nabialan.

In the evening, I went to Lingu, Solana because of the invitation of brother Robert Rances that I will teach in their bible study. We started about 6pm and I preached to them about “Heaven and Hell.

September 23, in our Lord’s day service here at Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught in our bible study about “Collection” and in the sermon, brother Rody preached about “Last days and last day”.

At Palca, I preached to them about “Whom should we resist?”, is it God or the Devil. Many resist God without knowing they are doing it, we need to always be aware that as a christian, we are to show that we are the light of the world.

In the evening, we were invited by brother Andy Aquino in their house here in Tuguegarao for a thanksgiving because it is his 62^nd birthday. We again sung spiritual songs and brother Rody shared good encouragements from the bible and to thankGod for all the years he had given to all of us.