(a recent prayer letter from Boyd Lyons, missionary to the Philippines)

We are thankful for the 36 souls that have been saved and baptized in our daughter church in the Bicol province. In spite of the pandemic, we are still seeing souls saved with eight who followed the Lord in baptism. Pastor Bonaga is a graduate of Asia Baptist Bible College and is doing a great work in his home province sharing the Gospel.

We are also thankful to have completed a full year of online classes at Asia Baptist Bible College. There certainly were adjustments for the teachers, students, and guest speakers, but it was great! We were able to have all of our activities and special events virtually. The blessing of this is that more could join in our special events because they were not affected by distance and location. We thank the Lord for 17 graduates this year. Our graduates are excited and looking forward to serving in their respective ministries.

July is Children’s Month at our home base church. We are thankful for a great team of leaders who have never missed a Sunday in bringing the Gospel and Bible stories to our children. We have 200 children online each Sunday as it has been more than a year where the government restricted children from leaving their homes. We have been able to reach the children through our virtual Sunday School and look forward to encouraging more children to join our virtual activities this month.

Thank you for your prayers and financial support. We do need your prayers as we continue to find ways to do ministry and reach people with the Gospel of Christ in the pandemic.