December 1, 2009: 
Our group left home very excited
to attend the gospel meeting of our brethren at Illuru, Rizal, Cagayan
; the place is about two to three hours drive from 
our place. Brethren Jerry
Soliva, Mario Garma, and Cornelio Abig help each other in preaching for our brethren at Illur
u Church
of Christ. The trip was a little dangerous for it was raining and the road is very muddy, this is a situation not new to us for we have visited the place about four times already; we expected the road situation same as we expected the possibilities of having close encounter with rebel soldiers. We thank God that He guided us and help us arrive at the place safe. When we arrived at the venue it was still raining and the place was muddy but we were greatly encouraged for we saw the brethren patiently and happily waiting for us. We started the meeting immediately with brother Robert Pader as the first speaker and preached a lesson about "Teamwork in the Church". Brother Florendo Respicio preached the second with the topic "The giving That The Bible Teaches". Brother Rody Gumpad also preached about "God Has Spoken" and "Don't Stay Away From Church". We had a short break, had our lunch and continued with the meeting. I thank God also for the opportunity He gave me to be able to preach to our brethren; I prepared a lesson about "Man And His Destiny". After the gospel meeting we had a short conversation with our brethren and we hurried home to catch our midweek bible study at Metro Tuguegarao Church of Christ. We arrived safe home and in the midweek bible study I was able to teach "Psalms 42".
