Dear Praying Friends,

On April 4, we held our first service in the new building of our first mission work (See Photos through out prayer letter).  A group of us from North Cebu Baptist Church went up for the first service and dedication of the building. One of our men preached the dedication service and found this verse as a theme for this new mission work. Micah 4:1 "But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it."

We had around 60 people there for the first service not including the group we brought.  The children meet underneath the church for their Sunday School Class.  It gets quite interesting as the kids have to make sure to sing at the same time as the adults. The kids play their question games.. but VERY quietly!  As part of our Sunday afternoon soul winning, a small group goes to the mountain each Sunday afternoon and holds a service. Two of the church men are taking turns preaching the services and one of the church ladies teaches the Sunday School class.  We are excited to see what God is already doing in the mission work.

Our 2nd Annual Missions Conference will be held the end of April. Over the last year, our church has given $140,000.00 to missions. What a miracle this is! As part of this missions, we have helped a local mission pastor build a roof and walls for his small growing congregation.  Our church now supports 11 missionaries... this is double of what we supported before starting faith promise giving.

Last week during visitation, I was able to witness to two girls who wanted to be baptized.  I wanted to make sure they were saved first.  They both ended up accepting the Lord as their Savior.  After they prayed, I noticed that their mother seemed real happy.  She then told me, "Pastor, this is the first time that I really understood.  I also got saved!" This Sunday all three of them will follow the Lord in baptism.

God's work continues on because of your faithfulness............ 
Missionary Travis Lewis