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The Adventist church is growing very strong here in the Philippines. The Division head is here. There have been major changes in leadership in the last 5 years. We had a new div president who only lasted a couple of years before moving up to the GC. He made many changes in personnel. The new div president is focused on growth. He has promoted splitting Conferences in half. Some were over 40,000 members. He promoted splitting some unions. All of these splits have been very beneficial to grow and leadership.

Well, here is a report direct from the Philippines. There seems to be many reports in North America about the tensions between PH and China. This is not a topic that people talk about here. There is no talk about this in the general population. Possibly this is a manufactured crisis? The major talk is about a woman mayor of a small town north of Manila that now seems to be a Chinese citizen. Next to city hall is an 8 Hector plot of land, of which she is part owner, filled with buildings. In these buildings are mostly for online gambling. This was legalized by the previous president Duterte. Most of these "Pogo's" are run by Chinese. The economy is in a nosedive since Covid, except for tourism, that seems to be coming back. The Peso is trading at an all-time high, around 58.5 to the dollar. This is causing problems because the federal debt is borrowed in dollars. So they have to pay back more and spend less.

(N) Luke 21:27-28 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

(N) John 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

$180,000 Bonus to Re-enlist: According to the following article, the U.S. Air Force is offering a bonus of up to $180,000 for people to extend their service in the Air Force. As I have said before, the U.S. military is having a very hard time keeping the military numbers up. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-reenlistment-bonus-increase/

Speaking English: Ad you did not think that you needed to go back to scholo, or that it had anything to do with the Bible> https://atoday.org/says-who/