Sent-Out Ones

Last year, God sent 2 teams of Bogkalot believers to plant their lives here in Bicol and share His Truth with the Agta.  This May, we were so excited to welcome 3 new teams of Bogkalot partners!  They left their homes and extended families 25+ hours north and have settled into 3 villages in Bicol.  Last week we had a seminar for them, focusing on strategies and techniques for learning a new language.  Each team will learn one of the heart languages of the Agta.  Please be praying for these precious sent-out ones... ask the Father to pour out His grace and strength so that they can persevere, that He would comfort their hearts as they are far from home and missing family, and that He would equip them to learn their target language and to share His love with the Agta. 

the "new batch"

Rinconada Team:  Sherwin & Nora with Shera Mae (left side)
                       Alvin & Lin with Mutya (right side)

Bicol Team 1:  Robert & Noema with their 4 kids,
plus Jhun-Jhun & Claudy (standing in the back)

Bicol Team 2:  Felipe (seated), Randy & Richard

language seminar

I think baby Mutya is everyone's favorite addition to the team :)

my favorite picture... beautiful

more training

one of the Bicol teams doing a language session with a native speaker

the kids... having fun as always :)

the Rinconada team's new (almost finished) houses

Mutya :)

part of the Bicol team in front of the house they're renting