Dear Dr. Paul Tuck & Praying Brethren,

May this message find you all well in the Lord with His grace, mercy and peace

It has been very turbulent here in the past days with the third of our recent storms plaguing the country! As I write this down, three of our mission works are to some extent affected: the First Bible Way Baptist Mission in Silangan, Quezon City, whose tent used as covering, was taken by the strong wind while some of their church kids’ premises were devastated by the flash floods. The nipa huts of some of our people at Lighthouse Baptist Mission in Alcantara, Romblon were destroyed as well and the unfinished building of Mount Zion Baptist Mission in Norzagaray has their pillars down.

Please remember their preachers and families, too, namely: Deogracias Catalonia, Loreto Francisco and Rizaldy delos Santos.

Adding to these situations is about the Good News Baptist Church’s recent condition: last Tuesday, road widening has just started. About four feet on the left side will be taken and almost half of the building from the front door will follow very soon, leaving us a small area for our use! You may recall that the place we are using is a borrowed school building. The owner even notified us to vacate the property the soonest possible time. WE REALLY NEED TO BEG GOD’S INTERVENTION REGARDING THIS! We are confident at least we have Prayer Warriors like you who rally around us before God’s throne of grace for help!

I also believe that it is wise to go on with our fund-raising to get our own place. When that happens Christian school for kids will be started and regular training for our 20 Bible Institute students who are currently enrolled will be realized. Any assistance are very much welcome for this honorable cause.

At present, our attendance is getting bigger as shown in the attached pictures. Last Sunday, May 18, we had less than 200 people with 5 professions of faith in Christ! That number excludes our 80+ Sunday School kids earlier that morning!

Also we praise the Lord Jesus Christ for the total attendance of 235 children, youth and adults (majority are unbelievers) during our May 5-11 Vacation Bible School. It resulted to several professions of faith in Christ during the week. Lord willing this year, First Baptist Church through the Freedom Mountain Baptist Academy will resume her classes simultaneous with the day care centers at First Bible Way and Mount Zion mission works.

We thank you for being there for us which encourages us during these trying times. With God’s mighty working through us, we will be able to see more souls evangelized & edified. By God’s grace, we will continue to move forward for we believe there “remaineth yet very much land to be possessed” (Joshua 13:1). God bless you all.

Only His Servant,

Siegfred de Guzman

Missionary-Evangelist

www.scgem.org

Mailing Address:

101 Everlasting Street, Garden Village,
Santa Maria, Bulacan 3022
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Celfone No: 011 63 915 530 7447