r ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9, KJV).THANK GOD for the Good Friday and Easter ‘Son-rise’ worship services. Robert preached on “Christ Bore It All Alone For Us” and “the Hope of Resurrection” respectively. God’s Word reminded us once again of how the God of love demonstrated His great love “toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more
, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life” (Romans 5:8,10, KJV).THANK GOD for giving us life by giving up the life of His beloved Son for us, as it is written, "for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16, KJV).
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:9-10, KJV). THANK GOD for loving us!
PRAISE GOD for the water Baptism of a mother and her son this Easter. NahUu
Joe (41 years old) and Boaz (21 Years old) are Red Lahus. Boaz was with the Christian Home of Love (CHOL) in the Year 2003. He came to know God during his stay in CHOL. However, due to peer pressures, he left CHOL. Since then, he has been in and out of CHOL a few times for the past few years. Drugs are rampant then and now in and around the village and many are swayed into its addiction. Boaz was no exception. He was on drug before he repented and came back to seek the Lord last Christmas. By the grace of God, he is growing spiritually and in obedience to God. Having witnessed how God has changed her son’s life and given him hope once again, Boaz mother, NahUuJoe started to join us for Sunday Worship services and Wednesday Church Prayer Meetings without fail since the beginning of this year. Through the preaching of God’s Word, she came to embrace faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. THANK GOD for saving them.PRAISE GOD for adding 2 more souls to our church. With the increase of souls comes also the additional responsibility to indoctrinate them in the doctrine of Christ, that they “might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and
increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness” (Colossians 1:10-11, KJV).Every soul that God has saved is precious to God no matter who he is or where he comes from. Every soul that God has committed to our care we are accountable. May the Lord find us faithful in shepherding every sheep that He has so graciously entrusted us. Brethren, pray with us, for wisdom, strength and patience from above in responding to our heavenly calling, “warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus” (Colossians 1:28, KJV).
Children at CHOL are now having their long term school holidays. School will reopen around middle of May. Everyone in CHOL and Truth B-P Church is looking forward excitedly to the coming church camp next week, April 20th to 25th. The camp theme for this year is “FOLLOWING GOD.” Pray that God will work in the hearts of all the campers throughout the entire camp, that Christians be challenged to live for God, and non-Christians be won for Christ. Pray also for Robert’s message preparation and for Dara, wisdom in interpreting the messages into Thai and Lahu. May God also grant us a blessed time of fellowship one with another.
To view more photographs, click below.
- Photographs of Easter ‘Son-rise’ worship service cum Water Baptism, click here:
http://picasaweb.google.co.th/robertdara/11April2009EasterCumBaptismalService- Photographs of children in CHOL learning to play basketball, click here: http://picasaweb.google.co.th/robertdara/March2009PlayBasketball
-Photographs of Evangel & Evangeline in Traditional Thai Costumes, click here: http://picasaweb.google.co.t
h/robertdara/March2009Evangel_LinInThaiCostume#-Photographs of Children in CHOL, click here: http://picasaweb.google.co.th/robertdara/March2009ChildrenSPic#
His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel & Evangeline Peh
& all in the Christian Home of Love
& Truth Bible - Presbyterian Church,
Chiang Mai, Thailand
