Yes, our children are involved in many ways. Our children, along with us, desire for their Agutaynen friends to know Jesus as their Savior. It breaks their hearts when they see a funeral procession pass by our house in the village and know that the deceased did not hear the message. It breaks their hearts when they see their friends not coming to the Bible lessons.
Every teaching night, Stephen would drive toward town and pick up High School students who were walking back to our village. These students would not make it back to the village in time for the meeting if we didn’t go out and pick them up. Each of our children wanted to go with Stephen and pick up these friends. However, because there were dozens of students, Stephen could only take one of our children at a time. In the Philippines, there is always room for one more passenger. One night, Stephen counted 26 students that he picked up in one load; like we said, always room for one more.
As a result of our children’s desire to see the Agutaynens reached, our children are inviting their friends to come to the Bible meetings. One day, Luke noticed that his “friend” was not at the teaching. So Luke asked Stephen to go with him to his “friend’s” house and invite him. From that time on, Luke’s “friend” came often to the teaching. As you notice, we have put “friend” in quotes. This “friend” of Luke’s is around 40 years old! God used Luke’s tender heart to bring this man to the teaching. At this time, we don’t believe that Luke’s “friend” is a believer yet. Please continue to pray for the Agutaynens and especially for Luke’s friend.