Well, the time has come and the time is now! I hope and pray all is well with you. My parents, Amy and I have finally finished our furlough and are back where we started! We left Texas on June 7 and arrived in the Philippines June 9, losing a day due to the International Date Line. Boy, were we excited to get here! Everyone was at the airport to greet us and it made me smile when my two nephews ran up to me and hugged my legs saying "Tita Sara!" which means "Aunt Sara" :). We were overjoyed to be off the plane after the drama of losing a bag due to confusion at check in and not being able to sit together on the long haul flight. We joined the seminar at the BSC Thursday night and were ready for bed after all the fun was over. I was a little teary-eyed watching Mom and Dad drive away, for after three months with them every night, being without them again felt weird. I am definitely not your typical independent-minded 22 year-old I guess.

We helped out with seminar Friday night as well and Jon did a great job teaching about the book of Philippians. It feels good to get back to work! Saturday we went to the pool to relax for a bit and visit with the rest of our bunch a little more and Sunday we had a great fellowship with the brethren. It's so good to be back! Thank you for all your prayers for our safety during our furlough in the USA. It was wonderful to see all of you and you don't know how much it means to me to know you all are supportive of the work we are doing!

Session 5 of classes here at the BSC starts tonight and we are excited! I am scheduled to teach class this evening, two classes to be exact. As of yet I don't have any students enrolled in my first class: How We Got the Bible, but I do have two students enrolled in Jesus: Man of the Bible, Medina Alda and Marilou Sapio. Please keep all of our students and teachers in your prayers. Thank you and God bless!

In him,
Sara Murrell