




| In 2003, Pastor Basto and his family arrived in Bolosan in hopes of starting the first Baptist church there. After much visitation a small Bible study with two ladies was started in their home. Within a few months, it grew to about 15 people. |

| After one year, the Bible Study outgrew the Basto Family's home and after much prayer, the Lord provided a large tent that had to be assembled each week for services. We were so thankful for all the space, and continued to meet there for nearly another year. We began praying for the Lord to provide something more stable and durable for the heavy storms that pound each year. |

| In 2005, the Lord graciously provided us with a house to rent. The two bedrooms served as Sunday school classes and the owner allowed us to tear down the wall dividing the living room from the kitchen so that we could have one large room for our meeting place. We were so thrilled to have roof over our head, but knew it was only temporary. We were still growing!! and would soon need more space. We prayed for 2 years for a larger, more permanent building that we could finally call our own. |
| In 2007, the Lord allowed one of our members to hear about a large building that was for sale. It needed A LOT of work, but we noticed it had a lot of potential. As soon as we saw it, we envisioned our future church. The Lord miraculous provided the funds to purchase the building and we soon got to work transforming the old building into a church. |


| We finished completely remodeling the building and officially became the Lighthouse Baptist Church in 2007. We are so thankful each and every day for the beautiful building that we can now worship and glorify God in! |
