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
