Midnight meetings

So, an engineer, a store clerk and a pastor are in a church at midnight. But this is no joke.

After Wednesday night prayer meeting, our friends at Punta, Dipolog City, met to talk about some needs for the church. There are some longterm needs (such as new property and a new building as well as some parts for their truck they use to bring guests to the church).

But there is an urgent need. In May, the church will celebrate its anniversary (incidentally, I will be visiting the Philippines at the time of the anniversary celebration), but instead of doing it on a Sunday, the celebration will be on a Tuesday. That means more people can visit, especially other pastors from among the Shiloh Bible Baptist Church family.

The extra people, though, means the church will need to have some extra space, adding a wing to their building. So, the pastor, the engineer and the store clerk measured the building at midnight (it's not safe to travel home after midweek prayer meeting, so most people spend the night at the church; there, it's OK to sleep in church). They woke up the carpenter to get an estimate.

The total need comes to 25,000 pesos. According to http://themoneyconverter.com/usd/php.aspx, those 25,000 pesos come to less than 600 USD.

So, folks, let us pray for this need. The anniversary services are much like our American revival services, it seems, so there will be opportunities for the lost to come to Christ.

Again, we can't ask you for money for this need, because we don't have tax-exempt status. However, we do ask your prayers. This money needs to be raised soon, because May is less than three months away.