Sadly, today is the final day of our time here in Loaog. I was scheduled to speak for the final chapel service. I had been praying for direction, and I felt like God just wanted me to encourage them not to let current hardship cause them to quit, as in quitting the will of God or backsliding. I tried to preach from Exodus 15:23-25 (I think) on "Don't Quit When Life Gets Bitter" Over the course of being here, I've gotten to hear the stories of several of the students; several are going through some terrible things. One girl was basically told that if she went back to Bible school, her parents would disown her. She chose to follow God. Some of the students at FGBI have family who fight against them going there, but I don't know of any current students who have been disowned by their parents and kicked out of the house. Funny how some people think FGBI is such a sacrifice with a family and a whole church for support, and then there's this young lady who gave up almost everything to obey God.
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Got up really, really early today to get ready for service. I went with Bro. Petit to Pastor Sam's church, which happens to be over an hour away in the middle of nowhere. Bro. Petit joked that if the Philippines had a West Virginia, this would be it. It was a drive through rice field after rice field, with a bunch of wandering, unfenced caribou (skinny, weird water buffalo thing) everywhere. The scenery was amazing; most of the drive was surrounded by large mountains, with white clouds creating over the tops.
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Lee Coffey
Lee Coffey is a Junior at Free Gospel Bible Institute. ArchivesCategories |