Good morning.

It's Wednesday in the Philippines and the team will be conducting the second (and last) deep seed conference today. The local church and members of the Catbalogan city government hosted a welcoming dinner for the team last night. It occurred to me that as missionaries, sent to the Philippines and welcomed by the church and government, we have the a certain authority to speak a spiritual blessing over the city. We started that process last night. Pray that we continue to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in that regard.

Catbalogan was founded as a "city of refuge." As you may recall, such cities in the bible are those that people can go to seek refuge from persecution. Pray that as a refuge city, Catbalogan is a city free from spiritual persecution...a city that is a just city; a city that is a city of light.

We are only in Catbalogan for one day. This afternoon we move back to Tacloban to wrap this trip up. I understand that we may have the opportunity to hear from Bishop Ven Paul Rodriquez. Bishop Ven has been accompanying us for the last few day. Briefly, Bishop Ven is over the prayer network for this region of the Philippines (Region 8). He attended the Manilla conference on prayer a week or so ago hosted by the Intercessor's for the Philippines (IFP).

He has embraced the mantel for establishing 24 hour house prayer for this region of the Philippines. If you are inclined, please pray for Bishop Ven as he moves down this road.

Well, it's time to get ready for the conference. Please pray for wisdom and boldness as we pour into the Pastor's and leaders in Catbalogan.

Blessings to all...John