Philippine Outreach Coming Up!

Dear wonderful friends,

The January weather here in Florida has been nice and warm, in contrast to the rest of North America and Europe, but not as hot as some of you in Africa have it....

Our time with YWAM Tampa Bay has been good and we are now in full swing with the Judah Ben Hur (JBH) Musical performance. We all have part in this production and enjoying it. They tried to give me (Lyle) a singing and dance part, but that wasn’t such a great idea, so I have the part of a tough Roman soldier and also responsible to move all the sets for the right time and place. Jette and the girls are enjoying their roles and also recently auditioned for ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, to be run in March and April.

It is Outreach Time!

Together with 17 others we will be heading off to Cebu Island in the Philippines from February 2^nd to 26^th. Most of you may know that this nation has suffered great destruction with ongoing earthquakes and tremors since October, in November the largest typhoon in recorded history and most recently flooding and mudslides. 

Our opportunities will be diverse; we will be doing some rebuilding and cleanup, as well as ministering to kids in the slums and also doing 5-6 JBH performances; a theatre has been rented for this show, which has a strong message of redemption.

We are looking for people to get behind us in support and prayer for this Outreach. Not just for our family expenses but also to help several Filipino families rebuild their homes, buy new seeds for their fields, a few footballs, shoes for street kids etc.

We do have our airfare all taken care of, but still need to see some funds come in for our food and accommodation while in Philippines. Would you be in prayer to see how you can be involved? 

There has been so much devastation and it will take years to get things in order once again and we are in hopes that God will use this team to reach out in love, to speak life and bring a smile to many faces in the time that we are there. Please pray with us that we'll have all the physical, financial, and, most of all, spiritual resources that we need to minister to this devastated area.

After our time in the Philippines our family will be heading to South Carolina to run a Discipleship School for YWAM in Myrtle Beach with our good friends Kel and Kristyn Steiner from April through end of June.

Blessings to you all and keep the heater on (those of you who are in the season of winter wonderland).