The Murray Family Serving in the Philippines P.O. Box 182, Bacolod City, Philippines Phone # 011-63-34-441-2640 Email: cmurray@mozcom.com
Sending Church: Gantt Street Baptist Church, 2121 Gantt Street, Cayce, SC 29033 Serving with: International Baptist Outreach Missions, P. O. Box 16576, Asheville, NC 28816 .

Hello Praying Friends,

We trust all is well with each of you. We are all doing fine here. Time flies when you are having fun. We have enjoyed the last few months immensely as the Lord has moved in so many ways.

First of all, there is rejoicing in heaven as new names are written down in glory. While we rejoice as many have been saved, there is no greater joy than seeing your own child saved. Our four year old son Andrew received Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. He had been asking questions for many months. On Sunday evening he raised his hand for prayer and went to the altar like many children. On this particular Sunday evening he went back to his seat to get his Mom to pray with him again. I joined them at the altar and he admitted he was a sinner and needed to be saved. Amy and I had the wonderful privilege of leading him to Christ.

As we started home, Andrew said we must call the family to let them know he had gotten saved. The next morning, at 6:00, he jumped out of bed and came running over and leaped up into our bed and started singing to the top of his lungs “I'm Saved to the Uttermost!” He grabbed me by the head and said, "Daddy, sing with me! I can sing this song now because I am saved!”
After singing, he got his school desk and threw a bed sheet over it and got his Bible and said, “Alright Daddy, it's preaching time! Get your Bible.” He then preached "Ye Must Be Born Again!” I sure am glad God saves ole (and young) sinners!

Our website is officially up and running. We invite you to visit us at www.makingadifference.com.ph We will be posting more frequent updates as soon as we can get all the details worked out.

The Lord has blessed our family. We are so thankful that the Lord has enabled us to be here in the Philippines. There is no other place in the world that we would rather be. We want to thank each of you for helping us through prayer and financial giving. We could not be here without you standing by our side. God bless you as you continue to serve Him faithfully!

 

The New Beginnings Baptist Church hosted the Rock of Ages Philippines Annual Conference and Soul-winning Revival on January 29 – 30. We had a wonderful time in the Lord. Our folks worked so hard and sacrificed greatly in preparation for this event. I was so blessed by our people’s willingness to fast and pray for the two weeks prior to the meeting. The Lord always honors faithfulness and sacrifice.

ROA Asian Representative, Bro. Larry Stikeleather coordinated the meeting on behalf of the Rock of Ages and he worked wonderfully with us throughout the meeting. We appreciate all his hard work in making this meeting the success it was.

As the people prayed and worked hard the Lord heard and answered prayer by bringing in the multitudes. The pictures below will show the large crowds inside, outside and even up the stairs during the meeting. We prayed and asked the Lord to give us 1,500 each night with 150 professions each night. The Lord answered prayer by gave us over 1,600 the first night and over 1,800 the next night with 303 professions of faith during the two night meeting.

      

Visited by Dr. Steve Jarrett
Our dear friend, Evangelist Steve Jarrett visited our church and preached two wonderful messages from the Word of God. New Beginnings Baptist Church is working toward official organization and Bro. Jarrett brought great messages to help us in that pursuit. We had six people saved during his visit.

We thank the Lord for Bro. Jarrett, our friendship and his ministry. I appreciate his burden to help churches and God’s servants to become what God wants them to be in Christ!


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The great Jehovah-Jireh has done it again! Our staff house was filled to capacity and our fund raising efforts were making very little progress when the Lord provided a place for us to worship. This building became available and we took it as an answer to prayer.

The building is in a great location along the national highway just minutes from the city airport and in the center of a shopping mall. The location will provide easy access for multitudes to come and hear the Word of God. The visibility of the place will make it easy to promote the ministry. We are so excited about what the Lord has provided for us!

Renting this building will give us time to grow as a ministry, build up the congregation, and continue raising funds for the future land and building projects. We certainly want to thank those churches and individuals who have given towards the building project. Please pray as we continue in this effort.

Please pray for the New Beginnings Baptist Bible Institute! The Lord willing we will begin a Bible Institute in June. We have nine people in our church that have surrendered to full time Christian ministry. The Lord has given us two young missionaries, three missionary wives, two assistant pastors, and two pastor’s wives. There are approximately five others who are seeking His direction who also would like to attend the school. Please pray for this area of ministry. I believe it is something that we must do for our church , not to mention the other churches around Bacolod who would like to avail of it.

Please pray also for our upcoming meeting with Evangelist William Jeffcoat from the Gantt Street Baptist Church of Cayce, SC and Pastor Dan Hemmes from the Manton Baptist Church of Manton, MI. Brother Jeffcoat will be conducting our NBBC Organizational Service on June 6th followed by a three day revival. Pastor Hemmes will be preaching a Bible Conference each morning during the week initiating the New Beginnings Baptist Bible Institute! Please pray for these men, these meetings, and this ministry.

The best is yet to come, God is still making a difference in Bacolod City Philippines!
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