I left home around 6:45 in the morning to meet our brethren for our preaching trip at To
ran, Appari. It was indeed a very good morning and everyone was very excited to go and preach for the glory of God. We are able to leave Tuguegarao 7:30 in the morning and arrived at Toran Church of Christ 9:30 in the morning. The rain poured a bit hard that day but still we found a very good number of brethren waiting for us at the church building. The preacher at Toran Church of Christ is brother Jun Miranda. Brother Craig Thomas preached a very good lesson about "The Church Jesus Built (Mt. 16:18)" --- he explained that the church was built by Christ, that the church was built on a rock, that Christ built only one church, that the church was not built while Jesus is still alive, and that the church will never fail. After brother Craig the brethren requested me to translate the lesson in our local dialect. Brother Rody Gumpad also taught us about "What God Hath Joined Together (Mt. 19:6)". He explained that God hath joined husband and wife, faith and works, church and Christ, baptism and salvation; that in order to follow God's plan each pair must work together and that the other cannot stand alone. I thank God very much for these wonderful lessons that encouraged me more and I believe that it also encouraged our brethren at Toran. We wished we could stay long and have more time with our brethren but time will not let us for we have to be at San Mariano Church before 1:30 noon to preach with our brethren there also.
