Below is a letter from Brother Remegio Bayaca of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. I received this several weeks ago. It was so interesting I put it aside and I hope you find it as beneficial as I did. If you wonder why the work does so well in the Philippines here is one very good reason: they work hard. For the benefit of space I will not include the entire letter and will do a bit of editing for the same reason.--DLK.

"...The most important news we have is to tell you about the preaching of the gospel in a mountainous province northeast of Ilocos Norte. Due to an invitation from there we decided to go to that place." (He then names those who traveled and the names included the wives of a number of the preachers along with their husbands. Brother Danao was also among the number

"...We met at Cagayan on April 18, 1991. We spent the night at the town and then proceeded to Kalinga-Apayao the following day by the only jeep that goes to that place. The trip was very hard as the jeep traveled in rough roads for 3 1/ 2 hours. Then, we started to walk the mountain range under the hot sun. We reached our destination after 4 1/2 hours of walking. The place was very good. The people were hospitable and welcomed us. That night the gospel meeting was held. Bro. Danao was the speaker. Ten obeyed the gospel. Immediately they were baptized into Christ. Bro. Danao suggested that we teach them the fundamental doctrines of the church so that they would have a better foundation of faith. We taught them about not forsaking the assembly, Sunday School, instrumental music and the Lord's Supper. They listened happily. In the afternoon, we moved to a nearby place and preached the gospel again. I (Brother Bayaca) was the speaker. Five obeyed the gospel and were baptized. That night they gathered again to hear God's Word so we preached again. Bro. Danao was once again the speaker. One was baptized. It was very rewarding to go to such a far away place and far from civilization. They are thirsty for the truth. The church was started there as a result of our radio program. On April 21 we worshiped with them for the first Sunday service held in that place. I delivered the sermon. After the worship, we said good-bye. They even cried and tried to stop us from leaving. But we had to go to another place where they were also eager to hear the truth. We promised them that we will come back and have fellowship again.

We walked 2 1'2 hours and stopped at another place. Bro. Danao and company continued to travel to Isabela for another preaching engagement. We from Ilocos Norte remained. These were also hospitable. They enjoyed hearing God's Word. At the evening, we preached the gospel. All were given the opportunity to preach and the service lasted until 11:00 p m Eight souls obeyed the gospel and were baptized the following morning. After the baptism we bade them good-bye to catch tile only jeepney to go down the mountain in the afternoon. Despite stomach troubles we managed to travel through several rebel infested areas peacefully.

It may have been hard but our mission was a great success. Bro. Nelson Aggressor was designated to go back and help them with preaching. He will continue the work there. We ask you to pray for this young and aggressive brother.

Since the radio program benefited these brethren, we feel that there is now a need to have another program in other provjnces. If it is possible, we would like to have a program in Ilocos Sur. Let us hear if you agree." (Signed Remegio Bayaca.)

We might be amazed at the success in America if we preachers and our wives were as eager as these good brethren and sisters are in the Philippines. They are doing a tremendous work; may God richly bless them everyone!

Would you like to be a part of this great work? The congregation at Fremont, Ca. currently is supporting several preachers there. We will gladly supply you with their names, addresses and other pertinent information and you can send supp6rt to them direct. Some can he supported for around $200 per month. This means even a small congregation can handle the cost. Let me hear if you are interested.--Don L. King, 41931 Chadbourne Dr., Fremont, Ca., 94539.