Ministry Update
January 2, 2006



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”

January 2, 2006

Happy New Year! Things are moving right along here in the Philippines. We enjoyed the holidays, but are very much looking forward to getting back into our regular routine. On New Year’s Eve I was reflecting on all that happened in 2005. God truly did some wonderful things in the last 12 months. I thought it would be encouraging to take a look back as we get ready to serve the Lord for another year. May God bless you in 2006.
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Philippines 2005
In January 2005 we held our fourth series of evangelistic meetings. Todd Bennick, Ryan Puett, and Jeff Elkins came from NC along with 5 young men from ECBC. We held freestyle motorcycle exhibitions and preached the gospel in over 100 public schools. In this single week, over 111,000 people raised their hands professing that they received Jesus as their Saviour. This brought the total saved to over 225,000 since the beginning in 2002. Praise God!

Tannie Del Rosario Fully Recovered
Many of you prayed for Tannie after he was electrocuted in April. He was hanging a church banner across the road when he accidentally backed into a live wire. I heard the explosion and as I turned to see what happened, I saw a big flame come out of his back. Tannie then fell from the electric lines and landed on his back. We thought for sure he was dead, but God spared his life. Although he was burned severely, it was a real miracle that his heart was not injured and he had no broken bones. Tannie is doing fine now and just started teaching our adult Tagalog Sunday School class.

Giamie Went To Heaven
We met Giamie Anne Gallero in February. She was 12 years old. Her little body was stricken with cancer. I was with Giamie in Manila when her left leg was amputated in March. We became buddies over the next couple of months until she died in June. Thankfully, the very first thing we taught Giamie when we met her was how to be saved. She received Jesus and now we know she is in Heaven. We’ve had thousands saved here in the Philippines, but if all we did was reach this one little girl, it would be worth it all. The full story along with some pictures is still posted in the archive section of our website.

One Year Anniversary
On August 7 we celebrated the one year anniversary of Crossroads Baptist Church. God gave us 656 in attendance and 89 saved in the adult service. It’s hard to fathom all God has done in the last year and a half. He is truly merciful to let us have a part in His great work.

2005 was truly a great year for us personally and the ministry here as well. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for your help and for your prayers. Please pray with us as we get to work in 2006. The church folks here gave in our “Happy Birthday Jesus Offering” and we will be able to make some improvements to the building in the next few weeks. We do need, however, to raise about $4,000.00 to purchase the vehicle we are renting and pay for some recent major repairs.

We trust and pray that 2006 will be a great year for you all. Who knows, maybe this will be the year the Lord returns to take us all to Heaven. Wouldn’t that be wonderful! So, we must be busy about His business.

Sincerely,

Eddie R. Galyean

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