After four months of praying, waiting, and hoping in the Lord, it is our great privilege to report that our home has sold and is in the final stages of escrow. In order for Marissa and I to be able to make our move to Bantayan Island permanently and be available to minister to the people of the Island, this final step had to take place. Please continue to pray for us as we wait for the final approval and close of the escrow in the next two weeks.
After escrow closes, we will be packing our things in a storage container and heading back to the island.
We appreciate those who have stood with us during this long process and have continued to pray and support us. Your love and encouragement have meant so much to us. The work of ministry would not be possible without your commitment.
Unfortunately, some of our supporters who had been sending in their offerings to help us with the ministry on Bantayan Island have ceased to support us. Perhaps it is the financial difficulties of our economy or that some other problem has prevented their support. We understand that sending support for the Bantayan Island ministry while we are still here in the States may be a difficult concept to grasp. After all, why do we need funds for the people if we are still here in the U.S.? Our hopes were that support would continue to come in while we were back in the States selling our home and finalizing all the details of our move. That way, when we return to the island we would have a pool of funds to immediately begin to help the people of the island.
Sources in the United States report that overall giving to missions is down substantially because of the economy. Perhaps as the Lord begins to bless our lives in days ahead, all of us will be able to give more to help those who teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those in other countries.
Our goals for support for the Bantayan Island Minsistry is not that we would have dozens who give $100 or more, but that we would have hundreds who can give just $20 per month. It takes so very little by many who have a heart for the souls of people, to make a difference on this tiny island.
We are the only Christian ministry on Bantayan Island that is dedicated to the rebuilding of the homes destroyed by the 2006 typhoon and the supply of daily food and clothing for these desperate people. If Marissa and I do not stand up for the people of the Island, we don’t know who else will come to help them.
Please consider making a step of faith and send just $20.00 a month to support the work of meeting the needs of the people of Bantayan Island. Please continue to pray for our final details to be completed so that we might get back to the island as soon as possible.
You can follow this link to our ministry web site where you can make a safe and secure donation by Paypal:
http://www.bantayanisland.org/donate.html
May the Lord bless you as you prayerfully consider helping people who need you so much.
1 Corinthians 3:8-9 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers
Pastor Rob and Marissa
