[Cedar]

"the mis-behavior of public officials, left-wing lawyers and the courts."

They definitely are out to destroy the foundations of this country.

I'm sorry to hear of your troubles in the Philippines. Guess you felt a real "closeness" to the Apostle Paul (and his arrests) during all your trials.

Much more than the average citizen you could really give a first-hand warning of the changes taking place in the U.S.

[Free Baptist]

I don't know about closeness to Paul, as I don't see myself to have attained that commendation of faithfulness. But we have experienced the reality of our Lord coming along side and keeping His promises to us...as we have enjoyed for many, many years now.

We are still on trial. The Philippines allows complainants to hire private prosecutors, even though the charges read "People of the Philippines vs. [defendants' names]." We are criminally charged. The recommended jail sentence for one count, if found guilty, is 4 years and 6 months! This is for preaching items of doctrine on the street (permitted by authorities) which offended someone who disagreed. That's all! They used an old, obscure law that was a carry-over from the Spanish colonial days; a law originally meant to prevent disruptions of religious processions in the streets (say, by Roman Catholic adherents carrying idols, etc.).

But Catholics did not file complaints. There were no processions or other religious functions in the streets where we were.

The trial is more than two years on-going currently. The prosecution (private!) has brought only one witness, and has not even finished direct examination of this man who could not properly give his own address in court, and could not identify us in open court.