Ministry Update
February 28, 2007



Note: The following text was taken from our most recent prayer letter.

Greetings from the Galyean Family
Eddie, Barbara, and Heidi
“A Missionary Journey to the Philippines”
February 28, 2007

Dear Friends,

As I sit at my desk to write this letter, I just can’t believe it’s almost March already. I cannot remember when time seemed to move so quickly. God has been very good to us already this year. He always is! The church has a lot of momentum right now and many lives are being changed. I have noticed a tremendous amount of spiritual growth in the lives of our people. Here are a few highlights of what’s happening.

Record Breaking Weeks
Recently, I asked you to pray for our extension ministries through which we hold Sunday school classes throughout the city. We averaged about 700 or so during 2006. A few weeks ago we topped 1,000 for the first time during a regular week. And we have had 4 record breaking weeks since then. This past week God gave us 1,224 in attendance. Please pray that will God will continue to bless this ministry. The potential is almost limitless as the people surrender to be workers.
The main service at the church has been growing as well. I remember for the longest time that we were praying for 200. Lately, we have been over 260 and this past week we had 280. Excluding anniversaries, these are record attendances. God is so good!

Area Wide Soulwinning
There are 32 separate areas (barangays or barrios) within the city of Urdaneta. We have the leadership now and the workers to more directly target some of these areas. To start, we have chosen 4 of these areas to work every week. There have been hundreds of salvations and many, many visitors already. Eventually, these areas should evolve into routes from which many people will become faithful to the Lord. Our prayer is that God will use this idea of area soulwinning in a mighty way.

Building Improvements
In our last letter, I mentioned that we were taking pledges for our Happy Birthday Jesus Offering. God did a miracle and the people here gave beyond our expectations. The building has been totally renovated and we were able to add a couple of window air-conditioning units. It has provided tremendous relief from the heat which was being multiplied by the high attendances.

Prayer Request
I am happy to report that our health has improved since our last letter. Heidi is still having some mysterious stomach pain and we covet your prayers. We have run many tests, but so far we are still searching for the cause. Thank you for praying and for the encouraging emails.
Facilities may be our biggest challenge right now. I have a plan to build a small balcony that would seat 75 people. Please pray with us that God would provide the funding.
Also, our 3rd anniversary is only 5 months away. I will be having our first planning meeting soon and we will be discussing the theme, arrangements, and general goals. We are expecting that God will richly bless us as always. I will keep you posted as to our specific plans and prayer request as the day approaches.

As always, we want to say thank you to everyone for all you do to make it possible for us to be here. I wish all of you could visit and meet the wonderful people the Lord has given us to serve. Sometimes, I just stand in awe of what has happened here. God has used you to help us and I am grateful!

Until next time,
Eddie R. Galyean

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