At home in Davao, Sonny, a three year old in our care that is not eligible for adoption is wondering what has happened to his playmates. Surrogate parents and other care givers are all experiencing loneliness as children they have loved and cared for since birth are suddenly no longer in their home. There is a price to pay for giving your heart to these precious children, and we rejoice through our tears when they receive their own Mama and Papa. The first Northern In-Service training seminar to be held on the northern AFC property began with more than twice the usual number of participants. It was just six years ago that the property was purchased and In-Service Training Seminars were begun in Northern Mindanao in rented facilities and now we have a permanent training center in northern Mindanao.
Urban churches continue to grow.
Five 1999 Bible College graduates were hired to work with the urban churches, Dante, Jether, Nestor, Rely and Randy are all great assets to the urban church planting ministry. We now have 4 men on the team at Iligan City and 5 men on the team in Butuan City. We thank Phil and Kathy Smith and Don and Peggy Orth for their ministry of love they shared with the Iligan City and Butuan City churches. Both churches and their ministry teams are doing well and were blessed by the short term missionaries. With the arrival of Miller's in September, Dixie will have opportunity to get back to work on editing Sunday School curriculum.