THANKSGIVING TO GOD - from Robert & Dara Peh

“For them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed” (1 Samuel 2:30).

THANK GOD! The Seminar on Saturday went on well and smoothly. The Lord has indeed done wondrous things for us. Thanks for praying. Dara’s lecturer and classmates were very happy with the entire event and were still talking about it on the next day when we met them. They kept telling us like what we said many times in the Seminar “Thank God.” Some wanted us to know for sure that they really meant what they said, so they added, “we said from our hearts.” PRAISE THE LORD!

THANK GOD for the Pastors and church leaders and brothers and sisters in Christ who came and who shared from the Bible and from their life experiences concerning the importance of the Word of God in their family life and in using it to teach their children. THANK GOD for all that He has done. Dara’s lecturer and classmates said that they have gained much and they truly enjoyed participating in such a Seminar. ALL GLORY TO GOD!

Though it was an University Seminar, thank God for giving us the strength and courage to conduct it from a Christian approach, opening with a message and prayer, singing Christian song together, reading from the Bible and talking about God and His Word and closing with prayer.

GOD IS ALWAYS SO GOOD! He has granted us good favour in the sight of her lecturer and non-Christian friends. This reminded us of Joseph in Genesis 39.

“And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all [that] he had he put into his hand” (Genesis 39:2-4).

“But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it]. The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing [that was] under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and [that] which he did, the LORD made [it] to prosper” (Genesis 39:21-23).

When we Christians seek to put God first, God could also give us good favour in the eyes of the people around us. And not only that, God could always grant us good success in all that we do for His glory.

May we be challenged to continue to live for God everyday to the praise and glory of His Name!

To view pictures of the seminar, click here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.238029346235795.55092.100000861953050&type=3&l=ef9fcbb71d

His unworthy servants,

Robert, Dara, Evangel & Evangeline Peh

& all at the Christian Home of Love

& the Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church

16 August 2011

Dara’s Seminar - Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh (10 August 2011)

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6, KJV).

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16-17, KJV).

Praise the Lord! This coming Saturday (13 August 2011), Dara will be conducting a Seminar at Chiang Mai for her doctoral course. The topic (translated literally from the Thai) is: “Building People Building Country Beginning from the Homes Starting from Infancy According to the Christian Philosophy.”

Outline:

1. What does the Bible say about child-raising?

2. Why is it important to use the Word of God to develop the children’s lives?

3. Why is it necessary that the parents should follow the teaching of the Bible in order to thoroughly equip their children unto all good works (2 Tim 3:16), that they might be good citizens of and bring blessings to the nation.

There will be about 10 participants with one main guest speaker. We have also invited some Christian friends both young and old to be there as audiences. The 10 participants (or more) will all be sitting around the table and talk among themselves on the assigned topic with Dara’s lecturer and classmates seated on the same table listening. Thereafter, Dara’s lecturer and classmates will be given time to ask questions concerning the subject matter.

Thank God that Dara could conduct such a Seminar to emphasise the importance of raising children God's way. We pray that through this Seminar, her non-Christians friends will be more receptive to the Bible and to Christianity as well as the Christians audiences will find it beneficial in their lives and families and be greatly blessed. Some pastors and church leaders have already agreed to attend. Some couldn’t make it. We are still trying to invite a few more to come. Pray that the Lord may grant all the participants His wisdom to expound on this pertinent issue on that day.

The Seminar will begin at 1 pm to 4 pm followed by a dinner reception. Her lecturer and classmates are from Chiang Rai and Phayao provinces and they will be travelling to Chiang Mai on that day. 2 students have yet to confirm their coming. All of them are non-Christians. May the Lord work in their hearts through the Seminar.

We are still in the midst of the preparation. Dara is still writing on a 10-page paper on the topic of the Seminar to be distributed on that day to everyone who comes. There will also be powerpoint presentation too. Pray that she will complete her work by Thursday. We hope to go Chiang Mai earlier (either on Thursday or Friday) to pay a personal visit to all whom we have invited for the Seminar. Please uphold us in prayer.

His unworthy servants,

Robert & Dara Peh

10 August 2011

Praise & Prayer for John, Isaac & Evangel from Robert & Dara Peh (3 August)

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15, KJV).

Thank God that John has passed his exams in April. This term, he has two subjects to study: (1) Fundamental of Agricultural Resources Management & Environment and (2) Animal Health Science, for his Bachelor of Agricultural Programme in Agricultural Extension.

Thank God also for helping Evangel in his English examination (English for Communication) last semester, which was his first exam for his Bachelor of Arts Program in English. This term, he is taking English for Interaction.

However, Isaac did not make it through the exam. Nevertheless, thank God for the experience he had gained. He will not be taking any exam this time round as the university did not open the subject that he had registered for this term. So, he will have to wait for the next semester.

John and Evangel will be sitting for their exams this coming Saturday (6 August). Evangel has only one paper to do in the morning but John has two, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon.

THANK GOD. Evangel has already completed reading his two English textbooks and is now doing his revision. John has one last textbook out of four to read. Please pray for their preparation and their upcoming exams. May God grant them good memory and good success!

His unworthy servants,

Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline Peh

& all in the Christian Home of Love

& Truth B-P Church

3 August 2011

CHOL Rebuilding Project - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh (1 August 2011)

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him” (Colossians 3:17, KJV).

THANK GOD! The rebuilding of the dormitories at the Christian Home of Love is progressing steadily though we have been so occupied with so many things. 

Thank God that the foundation of the building has been completed and the columns for level one were up. We are still working on the beams for level 2. It is now the rainy season and is not a good time for construction. 

Do pray for good weather and for safety in the work. 

Besides the construction work, all of us at CHOL are also busying in the corn and paddy fields, being the planting season.

May the Lord grant us strength and joy in His service every day!

His unworthy servants,

Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline Peh

& all at the Christian Home of Love

& the Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church

1 August 2011

22 April 2011 - Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25).

THANK GOD for Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday whereby we could commemorate the death and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ over death and sin for His people, as it is written, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:55-57). It has been raining for the past few days. When it rains, it often causes power failure to the entire village. Do pray for good weather when we hold the Good Friday Service (22 Apr.) at 7 pm and that there will be no power failure. Our Easter “Sonrise” Service (24 Apr) will begin at 6 am this coming Lord’s Day. Robert will be the preacher for the two events and Dara the interpreter. Pray God to speak to His people through His Word.

“O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever” (Psalm 136:1). On Tuesday (19 April), Dara went to the University to present the topic for her doctoral dissertation. THANK GOD for granting her good success and much favour in the sight of her lecturers. She went with much prayer and by the grace and mercy of God, she was the only one in the class given the approval to proceed with the thesis. “Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations” (Deuteronomy 7:9).

God willing, Dara will be writing about Child Care and Training: The Christian Approach. The topic would be sharpened again. Besides writing a thesis, she would be producing a day to day family activity workbook based on the Word of God for parents to use with their children from birth to 3 years old. May the Lord grant her strength to complete the task that He has called her to do! Please continue to pray for her. She lost quite a lot of weight recently and is getting thinner. Her appetite for food is also not so good. Please pray that she will eat well and put on more weight and able to serve the Lord with stronger body.

On Saturday, 23 April (9 am – 12 pm), John and Evangel will be taking their opened University examinations. They are pursuing a bachelor’s degree. It will be the first time for Evangel (bring 11 years old) to sit for such an exam. Pray that they may have wisdom to answer all the questions. May God help them!

Through the fire incident, we are once again reminded of what God said in Isaiah 55:9, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” God is so good and God knows what we need and how to provide. After the dorms were burned down, we prayerfully waited upon the Lord to see how He was going to bring us through this event and ultimately, work out His higher plan in our lives. We have no idea then when we would have the resources to start the construction but God knew. God compelled His people to give sacrificially. We need not ask anyone at all. PRAISE the LORD! “They shall praise the LORD that seek Him” (Psalm 22:26b).

PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS! Thank God also for every cheerful giver. On behalf of the Christian Home of Love, we thank you for your financial support and prayer for us and the ministry. The Bible says, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).

The Bible teaches not to despise the day of small beginnings (Zech.4:10a). God has seen all that we have done for Him all these years. We are convinced that God knows it’s time for us to reconstruct some of the old buildings after 10 years of ministry here. Echoing the prayer of King Asa, “LORD, it is nothing with Thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on Thee…” (2 Chronicles 14:11).

His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel & Evangeline Peh
& all at the Christian Home of Love
& the Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church
22 April 2011

16 March 2011 - Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality” (Romans 12:12-13, KJV).

THANK GOD! One month has passed since the fire broke out. By the grace of God which is always sufficient for us, we thank God for sustaining us and enabling us to cope with and adjust to all that has befallen us. Thank you for upholding us in your prayer.

On 7 March (Monday), we started pulling down all the burned woods and walls. All were cleared by 11 March (Friday). Reconstruction of the building began on 12 March (Saturday). Since then, we have been working on the foundations. It may take us about three weeks to get it done, depending on the weather. It has been raining for the past few days and the weather-forecast reported that our area will be cloudy and raining for the next few days (14 to 18 Mar). Temperature at night is below 20 degrees Celsius though it is supposed to be the hot season now. Thank God for the rain that cools off the heat and wash away the dust.

We have decided to rebuild the house by ourselves with the help of an experienced contractor. We think that our older boys (John, Isaac, Boaz, Joshua and Enoch) are fit and old enough now to learn and pick up the skill. Having been with us for so many years, it is a joy to see them growing "in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man" (Luke 2:52, KJV). Since the beginning of the ministry, the older boys had been involved in many of the construction works here in the Christian Home of Love (CHOL) and all under the supervision of the same contractor that we have hired to take on this project. We believe that since they are much older now and with all the experiences that they had gained in the past, God will enable them to carry out the task as well as to master the skill at the same time. With such a skill on hand, not only would they be able to build their own houses in the future when they have their own families, but also could use it to serve God in the ministry. Moreover, part of the programmes of CHOL is to impart unto the residents a certain skill to equip them for service in the church or the society, or wherever the Lord leads them. So, we thank God for such an opportunity given unto them to be involved in the rebuilding project of the Home. 

Students are having their final examinations on Monday to Wednesday (14 – 16 March). Thereafter, it will begin their long summer holidays which will last till the middle of May. During the vacation, they will be helping out at Home. We have also prepared some learning activities for them and other children from the village. Pray that they will learn much and their time will be wisely spent.

THANK GOD! We were able to find a place for Dara, Evangel & Evangeline to do their studies. Please pray for Dara as she has four exam papers to do at home this week, to be completed by Saturday (19 Mar). THANK GOD for His healing hand upon Dara. She is recovering well. No more those unpleasant side-effects. PRAISE THE LORD!

We know that everything could proceed so steadily and quickly is because God has heard and answered all our prayers. Thank you once again for co-labouring with us in prayer. “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16, KJV).

THANK GOD that He is so real to all those who walk close with Him. Recognising that He is always there for us and is faithful and in full control of our lives and the surrounding, there is no reason why we should be afraid or anxious, as the Scripture says, “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved” (Psalm 55:22, KJV).

The assurance of God's sovereignty in our lives and the promises of God in His Word should cause us to trust Him in every situation, knowing that every event that unfolds in our lives comes with the knowledge of the all knowing God Who is working all things out "after the counsel of His Own will" (Ephesians 1:11, KJV). This should also encourage us to be thankful to God, like the early Christians, "rejoicing that (we) were counted worthy to suffer ...for His Name" (Acts 5:41, KJV). The apostle Paul puts it this way, “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18, KJV).

To view more pictures of CHOL Rebuilding Project (from 5-15 March), click here: https://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/CHOLRebuildingProjectMarch162011#

Under His loving care,

Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline Peh

& all in the Christian Home of Love

& the Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church

16 March 2011

1 March 2011 – Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2, KJV).

THANK GOD for the five brethren from Singapore who came to render their physical help. James Tan, May Eng, Sandra and her two children (Tze Anne & Tze Shaun) came on 16 February and returned on 23 February. They helped to clean up the books, bags, clothing, toys, kitchenware and cabinets, etc. Thank God for their labour of love. As it is written, “God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward His name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister” (Hebrews 6:10, KJV). Thank God again for them, for sacrificing their time and comfort to come and bear the burden together with us. They were indeed a great help and encouragement to us.

Elder Victor Wee, though had just returned from the India mission trip on 19 February (Saturday), came on the 21 February (Monday), together with our co-worker Peigang (who was back in Singapore for the Lunar New Year).

Thank God also for Dara’s Thai friends, Ek and Pee Ploy for coming to offer us encouragement on 14 and 15 February respectively. God is indeed marvelous. He knows who to send and how to meet our needs. “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee” (Psalm 84:11-12, KJV).

Thank God for all the love and concern, prayer and financial support we have received from fellow believers in Christ during this trying period. Clothing, toiletries, instant noodles, and some goodies were also provided. Jesus says, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me” (Matthew 25:40, KJV). “And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward” (Matthew 10:42, KJV).

Removing of the debris is still in the process, a little here and there every day. Thank God that along the way, we could find some soaps and toothpastes still in usable condition, reminding us of what Jesus says, “…Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost” (John 6:12, KJV).

As one of the walls of the dormitories is joined with the kitchen outside, we may need to cut it apart before we could knock down the other walls. We may start to demolish the building, God willing, within this week to make way for the construction to take place. Please pray for safety and protection in the work and for wisdom in planning and ideas for the design of the dormitories. Weather is also an issue here.

While waiting for the dormitories for the boys and girls and Dara’s and the children’s study room to be built, we are trying to find a proper working space for Dara and our two kids to do their work. We have blocked up one portion of the building that was not affected by the fire to put our wardrobes in. Robert has fixed up electrical wiring, powered by car batteries, to bring in some light to the room. We have shifted our beds to Robert’s office. Thank God for this arrangement and for preserving Robert’s office from the fire. The office is just 5 metres away from the building that caught fire.

At this juncture, many of you may be interested to know how we are doing and coping after the fire incident. We must say again, “GOD IS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO HIS CHILDREN!” He has enabled us to adjust life back to normal again, though things are still quite messy in the rooms.

On 14 February (Monday), 2 days after the fire took place, the children got their school uniform and were back to school on the following day (15 Feb). The school said that they would be given new textbooks for free but until now, they are still sharing textbooks with their classmates. Thank God. There was not much studying for them for the past two weeks. Since 17 February, their school has been busy with a series of sports competitions and camp. They even requested us to use our lorry to fetch their students to another school for an inter-school sports tournament. THANK GOD! John, who had obtained his driving license two years ago, could serve as the driver. The end of the school term is coming soon. One more week to go and they will be sitting for their final examinations (around the middle of March). Pray that they will be ready for the exams and able to do well.

As for the older boys, they are back to their normal chores: looking after the animals, taking care of the paddy field, watering the crops, etc. It is a joy to see them faithfully and diligently serving the Lord each day. Pray also especially for John and Isaac in their preparation for their exams at the end of April. John recently twisted his ankle badly while playing soccer with the boys and it is still swollen and painful. Do pray for healing for him.

Evangel and Evangeline have also started their studies. Their home-school materials are not complete due to the fire, but they just have to move on with what they have. May God help them to be disciplined after so long a break. In addition to their studies, they have other learning activities too. This week, they are learning to bake. Thank God that they really enjoy it very much. They also learn Thai from Dara in the evening or sometimes at night, depending on their commitments. For this subject, Evangel is currently at Primary 4 level and Lin is at Primary 3. On top of these, beginning this week, Evangel has to do a research paper from the Internet about a famous person that he likes. Pray that this will expand his knowledge and improve his IT skills.

As for Dara, apart from home-schooling the two kids and teaching them how to bake (with Grace as her assistant), she has to do her own studies too. Thank God that she could attend classes last weekend. Thank God also that her health is improving steadily. THANK GOD! She has no more body cramps since last week. May the Lord grant her a complete recovery. Do continue to uphold her in prayer.

Grace is always working diligently behind the scenes. She joyfully does the laundry, cooking, washing, ironing, etc for our family to relieve us of those things. At times, she also assists Dara in teaching Thai to Evangel and Lin. Thank God for her. She is indeed a great helper and a blessing from God to all of us. May God grant her strength daily to discharge her daily duties.

Robert had wanted to get this update out since a week ago (24 Feb) but he has been occupied with so many different assignments on hand that he had to delay it. For the past one week until now, he has been feeling a bit weak physically and his eyes have been getting tired easily. We request you to pray for him, for better health and extra strength to manage the various tasks laid before him and for his recovery from bodily weakness. Thank God for sustaining Robert day by day. Indeed, God’s grace is always sufficient for us.

Our daily Family Worship is held in the evening. Robert is still doing the teaching. The residents also take turns to preach under Robert’s guidance. Pray that God will continue to bless the family worship, and for every soul in the Christian Home of Love to keep growing spiritually in the Lord and be strengthened daily to live in obedience to His Word. “Blessed are they that keep His Testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart” (Psalm 119:2, KJV).

Thank God! We have also started the Truth B-P Church Building Project on 14 February 2011. At present, we are in the midst of creating a new blog to testify the mighty acts of God in our church and to keep you informed of how you can continue to pray for this work together with us. Once the newsletter for the church building project is ready, we will notify you. Until then, keep praying and thanks for your prayer.

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His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel & Evangeline Peh
& all in the Christian Home of Love
& the Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church
Chiang Mai, THAILAND
Mobile: 089-1916606 / +65-89-1916606

Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh -13 February 2011

“All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies” (Psalm 25:10, KJV).

Could you believe? C.H.O.L. caught fire. THANK GOD! Everything is fine with us. No one got hurt. Everything in the boy and girl's dorms were gone as the fire started off first from the boy's dorm and then spread very quickly to the girl's dorm. Dara, Evangel and Lin's study room also got it but thank God that we managed to bring out many of the furniture on time with the help of the villagers, mostly our ex-students and their parents.

All the clothing, money and belongings of the children were gone. School books, uniforms, bags, shoes etc were also burned up. They have no more clothing of their own. However, thank God for the last batch of clothing that Elder Wee brought up in January 2011 and I kept them at another place. So, they were all given the clothing last night. PRAISE THE LORD! They could wear these clothing for Sunday Worship today (13 Feb). The weather at night and in the morning is cold. Thank God. We still have stock of jackets and wind breakers for them.
Jesus says, “for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things” (Matthew 6:32, KJV).

The fire started at about 5.15 p.m. on Saturday (12 Feb) when we were having our family worship. We do not know exactly what was the cause of the fire but the boys were saying that it could be because of the loose contact of the electrical plug and the mobile phone charger in the boy’s dorm that triggered the fire sparks and when the wind blew in, it ignited the mosquitoes nets and then the mattresses and blankets and the whole wooden building. Everything happened just so fast. When we ran to the boy’s dorm, the bed was already on fire. Within 5 minutes, the whole room was already burning. THANK GOD! The fire didn’t take place in the middle of the night when everyone was sleeping, when there was nobody to help carrying things, and when there was no one to drive the fire engine.

After the fire had finally died down, we carried on with our family worship. We thanked and praised God for Who He is in our lives. After we had sung the song, “Thank to God for my Redeemer,” Dara reminded all of us once again to thank God for the series of messages we had learned at the end of last year, entitled “When Disaster Strikes” to prepare us for such a time like this. Indeed, God’s Word is our comfort and strength, as the psalmist says, “This is my comfort in my affliction: for Thy Word hath quickened me” (Psalm 119:50, KJV).

THANK GOD! There are two power supplies for the Home, one from the front yard and the other from the back yard. Though the one from the back yard were cut off due to the fire, thank God that we still have light at the front yard. So, we are not living in darkness. The same is also true with the water source. We have two main pipes, one to the boy and girl’s dorms and the other to the guest house. Since the dorms were reduced to ashes, the children are now sleeping at our guest house, with full water supply. THANK GOD! Our kitchen is also not affected by the fire. Likewise, the fire didn’t burn down our Fellowship Hall. We are now putting up at the house that we have built for Elder and Mrs Wee. It’s just in front of the Fellowship Hall.

Couldn’t imagine. Our house was burned up by fire. Nevertheless, we still believe that God is in full control. In time like this, some may think that it must be due to some sins in our lives so God is chastising us. We acknowledge the Bible teaches that “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth (Hebrews 12:6, KJV).” But this is not always the case. The Book of Job says that Job “was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil” (Job 1:1, KJV) and yet he encountered calamity in his life simply because he was a godly man and God, as it were, offered him to Satan to be tempted, as it is written in Job 1:8, “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?”

We are finite. We may not know exactly why God allows certain things to happen to us even when we have tried our best to live for Him but still, we must believe that God is the Author of our lives and He has the final say. We are just an instrument of God. Isaiah 55:8-9 says, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”

Through this incident, we have learned also not to hold on to material things too tightly but to learn to let go. Like Job said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the Name of the LORD" (Job 1:21, KJV). God has always been very good to us and He will definitely grant us His grace to go through this time of testing, though it may take quite a while for us to rebuild everything again. Don't worry. We are fine. God is always so good to us and He has granted us His peace and joy even in moment like this. PRAISE THE LORD! “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28, KJV).

The police officers have come to block up the area. They are going to file a report. Thereafter, we should be able to start cleaning up the mess. Do pray for wisdom for us to know how to go about doing it and how and when to start the reconstruction. Do also pray for strength and good health for all of us.

It has not been easy especially for Dara, having to go through so much at this time when her health is still very weak. The environment is quite smoky at time due to forest fire or the villagers burning the rubbish. She finds it hard to breath at time because of the air pollution. Kindly uphold her health in prayer.

Due to the fire and the water from the fire engine, many of the books of Dara and both Evangel and Evangeline were damaged. Those books are for their studies. Pray that we will be able to quickly source out the number of books that were destroyed and find a replacement so that they may move on with their studies when everything is more or less settled. We also hope to explain to Dara’s lecturers about her situation and ask for permission for her to study at home. Pray that her lecturers will be very understanding.

The students do not have any uniform to go to school on Monday (14 Feb). And as some of you may know, every student needs 4 different sets of uniforms throughout the week. So, we will be going to the school to inform the teachers about it. Pray that they will be able to buy all the 4 sets of uniforms from the school as soon as possible and also the school will have enough text books to sell to them at this time. In a month’s time, they will be having their school examinations, followed by the long summer holidays. Pray that their studies will not be affected.

Under His loving Care,
Robert, Dara Evangel, Evangeline Peh
& all at the Christian Home of Love
& the Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church
13 February 2011