Our team left on Tuesday for our mid year retreat to a very beautiful place called Puerto Galera until Thursday. It's not to far from Manila and only took a 3 hour bus ride and a boat ride, or as I renamed it the "vomit comet," after a few team members lost their lunch on a very rough ride! We had a wonderful time of relaxing and having fun and was a very good time for the team. We got to see a few sights and swim at some great beaches. I am usually the first to have stomach issues while traveling, but thanks to God I felt great almost the whole time!
I am feeling very much refilled. It was a good break from some of the issues that we had been dealing with here. Last night I was able to have a good chat with Rodel and see how he was doing. He is in one very tough situation, and dealing with some tough family issues. Please pray for him and his family, because it looks like to deal with these issues Rodel will have to be out of the ministry for at least a few months.
The church has been doing well over the past weeks. We had a few hard weeks and I felt like satan was really throwing everything he had at us. Some youth struggled and we were dealing with that persecution from the Catholic church. Now, I am feeling that people are doing better and becoming stronger. We had lost a few youth, but now we have got almost all them back. There is always the issue of finding a new place for the church, and we are continuing our search, but have not had much luck. Please continue praying for that and the church and especially the leadership. With me going to school it will bring new challenges and issues and really push me, so pray that I have strength and wisdom to deal with all the things coming.
Thank you all for your love and prayers!
Brett
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