A few things we're thankful for:

• Our new discipleship group at MBC. Sharing with them about the concepts of "Go vs. Come" and "Multiplication vs. Addition" in the church has been such an encouragement to us. We're excited about our next meeting with them tomorrow.
• Our health. We've been in the Philippines almost 6 months now and have only experienced slight sickness that would have happened even if we were in the States. This is such a testament to our Father's grace. 
• No more trips to Immigration until November!
• Josh got his Filipino driver's license. Look out Aurora..here he comes! 
• YOU. We are so thankful for the prayers and support all of you give to us. It's such an encouragement to know you're behind us. Thank you for your facebook messages, your letters, your emails, your prayers, etc.

A few things we ask you to pray for:

• The same MBC group mentioned above. Pray that they would really believe that God wants to birth a movement through them. May they be confident in His power. 
• The group in Calabuanan. Pray for wisdom for us on how to continue training them. Pray for desire in their hearts to want to meet more consistently and for them not to see us as 'professionals' or 'experts'. We certainly aren't. 
• The kids who play on our street. Look at previous posts for pictures. We just taught them about the fall of man this week. The put on an adorable skit depicting what Eve and Adam did in Genesis 3. Pray they would see the same pattern through all of humanity so that they can really understand the weight of the Gospel when we get there. 
• Our language learning. Pray for more discipline in this area and for it to be unto God's glory. 
• Josh is preaching in another outreach church tomorrow (San Leonardo). He is speaking about Christ being our goal. Pray that we would display Christ not as the means to reach our own goals, but as the End Goal Himself. 

Random things that might interest you:

• We made our own virgin coconut oil this week. Check out the internet for some health benefits of this superfood! 
• Yesterday morning the local high school parade came right by our front door. It's crazy which things make you feel like your back in small-town America. 
• We found a honey bee hive the size of my head in our backyard. 
• My birthday is at the end of this month. So is our friend, Sis. Cheryl's birthday. And she has been reminding me of this since we arrived in September :) A joint birthday bash is in the making! 
• I recently got brave enough to practice my Tagalog with someone I didn't know...and I asked if I could taste some shoes! Really..pray for us.  
• My home church is coming here in November and I already can't wait! If any of you are ever interested in visiting, please know you're always welcome! Just send us a message and let us know!

Some of you may have already read most of this post in the newsletter Josh sent out a couple of days ago. Sorry for the repeats. I just liked his letter and thought it was worth posting :) Enjoy!