Wow!  Seems like just last week I updated the website - it has been almost 2 months!  Sorry for the delay.  Here is what has been going on - we have been very busy with getting things in the building situated.  A local pastor built me a pulpit and we bought some bamboo benches as pews - they were cheap and fast.  We have also built several dividers to divide what used to be a warehouse into several smaller areas.  We are also gradually replacing the bamboo benches with pews built out of plywood.  We have to use marine grade plywood or the wood will warp and rot quickly.  The marine grade is much more expensive than the ordinary - so we will build a couple a month until we have a church full.  Attendance at church has been OK.  If everyone who said they would come would show up we would not have enough space to put them.  We have our faithful group who are there every week and some who come now and then.  So many are working or busy with other "things" on Sunday. 

I have been taking language classes in the city, which has been eating alot of my time.  It is about 3 hours travel time plus 2 hours for a lesson 3 times a week.  The man who is teaching me is a Christian and an extremely good teacher.  He taught the US ambassador Cebuano.  While visiting