16 February 2008 – Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy Name” (Psalm 103:1, KJV).

THANK GOD!
We are back safely to the Christian Home of Love (CHOL). Praise God for the blessed time spent in Singapore with our love-ones and friends. Thank God for watching over everyone at Home while we were away. Everything is fine in the Home. In fact, we have received good reports that everyone had done well in their conduct and actions, lovingly obeying one another, reading the Bible every day, carrying out their daily responsibilities faithfully, keeping the Home clean and tidy and looking after the animals properly. Thank you for all your prayer for them. The Lord has answered them all.

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27, KJV).

We are sure many are concerned about Michael. Praise the Lord! He could now walk by himself without anyone supporting him. He looks cheerful. He is able to communicate slowly with the people around him, telling them he is cold; he is dirty; he wants to eat some more, he doesn’t know, doesn’t understand; doesn’t want; quickly; hungry; and he could even ‘scold’ the children or tell them what he wants them to do, etc. On top of these, he could play table tennis with his friends. Praise the Lord indeed for Michael’s rapid improvement. Let us once again remember what Jesus says in Mark 10:27, “With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” May the Lord help Michael to regain full memory in due time.

We have gone to Hui Pu village this evening (16 Feb) to share God’s Word to the villagers. Dara taught in Lahu about “Who is Jesus Christ?”. If the Lord will, tomorrow morning (17 Feb), we will be ministering at New Pong Hai village. Dara will be teaching the children at 10 a.m. on the same topic. Thereafter, Robert will preach at their church service and Dara will interpret the message into the Red Lahu language. Please pray for wisdom to preach and interpret. May the Lord grant us a fruitful ministry for the saving of souls and edifying of the believers!

Do uphold Grace also in your prayer as she teaches the Children Sunday School on Sunday morning (17 Feb) at 11 a.m. Robert, Dara, Luke, Evangel, Lin and some Singapore friends will be back in the afternoon after New Pong Hai outreach for worship service at Truth B-P Church. Robert will be the Lord’s messenger. Worship service is in English, translated into Thai and Lahu. May the Lord continue to grant us strength and wisdom to fulfill His will in and through our lives every day.

Thank God for your fellowship in the Gospel and partnership in prayer. Let us continue to remember one another before God’s throne of grace, “that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16, KJV).

Please pray for Evangel and Evangeline that after so many activities and much travelling since last December, that they will be able to adjust themselves once again and be disciplined in their studies at home. Do pray for Dara especially as she works on her thesis and meets her thesis advisors, for wisdom to complete her thesis and communicate with her advisors and for strength to cope with other daily duties. Pray also for Robert in his teaching and preaching, planning and preparation for all the activities at Truth B-P Church and at Home. Lord willing, our Discipleship and Leadership Training Course for 2008 will resume soon. May the Lord help us to be ready to impart His Word “to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2, KJV).

His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline Peh
& all in the Christian Home of Love
& Truth B-P Church, Thailand

3 February 2008 – Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara

“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep” (Psalm 127:1-2, KJV).

Thank God for giving us more grace to cope with Michael’s accident and supplying us the additional strength to carry out all the Christmas activities successfully in December 2007. Michael’s accident occurred just two nights before the first outreach began. At that time, we were very busy preparing all of us and all the equipment for all the various outreaches. When the accident happened, everything seemed to be in a rush: leaving behind all the preparation work; rushing down to Chiang Mai; reaching the hospital at 1 a.m.; praying through the night for Michael; taking a quick nap in the early morning; visiting Michael after coming out of the operation room; running errands around the hospital, before rushing Home again for family worship and getting things ready for all the outreaches and Christmas worship service.

Thank God for answering our prayer. Altogether, about 400 souls have heard the gospel message during the outreaches. If Michael’s operation was not successful, there would be no outreaches but funeral. Thank God for His mercies. And despite the accident that Michael had, his parents went ahead with the water baptism of their youngest child, Esther (7 months old). God is so good. He knew how to encourage us and used every event to strengthen the faith of everyone who trusted in Him. To God be the glory!

Thank God also for the Christmas cum Baptismal Service on the 23rd December 2007. Thank God that 8 more souls were added into the fellowship of Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church. Among them is Dara’s sister in law, Nop Pha Kaw, a Thai citizen. She was originally from Bangkok, but moved to Fang some ten over years ago and married one of Dara’s brother in 2006. For seven years, ever since we came to Thailand, we have been sharing the gospel to her. After so many years of sowing and watering, God was pleased to give the increase. (1 Corinthians 3:6). Thank God for saving her soul. God willing, her daughter will also be baptised this coming Easter. The labour for the Lord is indeed not in vain. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58, KJV).

We thank God always for all your prayers for us and especially for Michael. God is always good. Michael is recovering steadily. He is learning to walk and eat by himself and he really has a big appetite: eating non-stop. He is also beginning to respond to the people around him although he still could not recognize them by names. Thank God again for his improvement. Please pray that he will regain his memory soon.

Robert and family, together with Grace, are back in Singapore for the Lunar New Year reunion. Do pray for everyone in the Christian Home of Love, especially the older ones who will be overseeing the Home during our absence. Children studying in the government school will still be going to school during the weekdays, leaving at 7.30 a.m. and reaching home at 4.30 p.m.. Dara's sister in law, Nop Pha Kaw, is now the cook for the Home. She comes every day to help out in the Home. John's mother is staying in to help to look after the children too. Pray that all of them will continue to love one another and be faithful in their daily responsibilities. Please remember John in prayer as he leads everyone in the Home in the daily family worship. Being our church deacon, John will also be preaching on the first two Sundays of February and chairing the worship services (begin at 4.15 p.m.). Pray also for the church members to come to worship regularly and for the preaching of the Word of God to minister to many hearts.

How time flies. It seems that we have just entered into year 2008 and now January is gone. What have we been doing for the Lord thus far? It is good that we take a break from the world and ponder over our personal walk with God, as it is written, “if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged” (1 Corinthians 11:31, KJV). May the Lord keep us faithful unto Him always!

P.S. Photographs of the Christmas activities and Lahu New Year will be posted soon.

His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline Peh
& all in the Christian Home of Love
& Truth B-P Church, Thailand