Southeast Asia

Philippines Easter ecclesial workshops

The virtual study weekend in the Philippines was successfully held last October 30 to November 1, 2020. The event focused on the themes of first letters of Paul to Timothy. It was attended mostly by our young brethren and sisters nationwide and few brethren from overseas.

We’re pleased to hear from the Isabela Ecclesia in the Philippines about the baptism last week of Bro. Alex and Sister Susan.

We were pleased to hear of the baptism of six brothers and sisters during the recent “virtual fraternal” in the Philippines. Sister Mercedes Maneclang (younger sister of sis. Florencia Bumadilla), sis. Abegail Kim Brozas (daughter of bro. Ernesto and sis. Charito, product of SS), bro. Ernesto Dela Cruz (younger brother of sis. Florencia Bumadilla), sis. Aubrey Mallari (youngest daughter of bro Andy and product of SS), sis. Maritess Baloto (mother of sis Jessica), John Mino Daracan (son of bro: Don and sis. Corazon, from SS of Tarlac Ecclesia)

Bro. Kenneth and Sis. Rovi had been in search of the truth for years and have found a way to it through Christadelphian preaching and learning web sites. Afterwards, through the ACBM, they were connected to the Laguna Ecclesia where they regularly attended meetings and continued their studies. A year after they first attended a Christadelphian meeting, they confessed their faith and got baptised in the Christadelphian Faith.

Over the last two days the Philippine ecclesias have been meeting for a virtual study weekend around the theme of Acts. Most of the brothers and sisters have been able to meet at their halls and connect with other ecclesias via Zoom, like this group here at Santa Barbara. The weekend included 6 baptisms at Bugallon ecclesia and a song praise night with each ecclesia singing an item.

TYPHOON ULYSSES, PHILIPPINES – The typhoon season in South East Asia this year had been relatively quiet until about 2 weeks ago. Since then four typhoons have hit the Philippines. The most recent was typhoon Ulysses which has caused widespread flooding throughout the northern island of Luzon, with some areas

Over the last two days the Philippines has been impacted by Typhoon Rolly, this is the second typhoon to hit the country in a week, with another possibly following in a few days time.Typhoon Rolly made landfall in the southern Bicol region, as a category 5 system, the strongest typhoon of the year and caused extensive damage.