9 September 2010 - Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the Name of the LORD. Blessed be the Name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S Name is to be praised” (Psalm 113:1-3, KJV).

Praise the LORD! In June, by God’s enabling, Dara had obtained her Master of Education in Curriculum and Instructing. Upon completion, God led her straightway to pursue a Ph.D at the same University, this time majoring in Education and Social Development, to further equip her for the future ministry that God has in stored for us, namely the starting of a Christian School. The course actually commenced in June, which is to say, if she were to obtain her Master’s degree a month later, she might have to wait for another 3 years for the next enrolment. God’s timing is indeed perfect. Praise be to the LORD our God!

Since June, we have been traveling every weekend to Chiang Rai (about 100 km away from CHOL) for Dara’s studies. We have to leave the Home every Saturday morning and return on the Sunday to worship the LORD. Her entire course, God willing, will take 2 years, provided that she has completed her doctoral thesis by then. THANK GOD! Dara has already started working on the thesis. Do pray for wisdom in her studies and the writing of her thesis, as well as for journeying mercies,especially during this period - the rainy season.

By 19^th September, Dara will be completing the first term of her course. The second term will begin in October. Every month will begin with one new subject and every end of the month will be the exams. There are alot of books to read and assignments to do every week besides finding time to prepare her presentation for each subject. Please pray for her for strength to cope with the heavy workload over her daily responsibilities. God is always faithful! God has enabled Dara to do well in the previous endeavours and surely, God will continue to enable her to do the same for His own glory and honour, as it is written, “Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:24, KJV).

Praise God! Grace has also successfully finished her Bachelor of Arts in April this year. Thank God for His goodness in providing financially for her throughout the past four years of studies through a godly Christian family. May the Lord bless all those who have been giving to missions, as it is written, “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, KJV). By God’s enablement, Grace has served the Lord with us for almost 10 years already. Thank God for her faithfulness to God. She is a wonderful helper and a humble servant of God. Indeed, “a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised” (Proverbs 31:30, KJV). Thank God for her. She is such a blessing and encouragement to all of us in the Church and the Home.

Thank God also for John. He is currently undertaking a Bachelor’s degree at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. He has taken 3 subjects for this semester (from June to October). He has 6 thick textbooks to be read and some home-works to complete. His exams are at the end of October. May the Lord grant him the ability to manage his time efficiently everyday between his studies and services in the Church and the Home. Do remember him in your prayer.

As many of you may have heard, during the hot season this year, many provinces in Thailand were hit by drought, and our village was no exception. However, thank God again for His provision of the 150 meters deep bore well for the Home. With it, our Home was not affected by the drought. And not only so, it has become a blessing to the villagers as we help to supply an amount of 2,000 litres of water to the village a few times a week.

Nevertheless, we are reminded of what Jesus says in John 4:13-14, “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

Pray that the villagers will come to the saving knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Who alone could satisfy all their spiritual needs, as Jesus says, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10, KJV).

Click here to view pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/SummerSchoolHolidaysApril2010icasaweb.google.com/robertdara/SummerSchoolHolidaysApril2010#

Since August, we have started a

series of messages on Evangelism and are providing practical training to the people here. Do pray for Robert as he preaches on this vital subject each Sunday (till end of September) and teaches how to apply to life the lessons learned during the weekdays, as well as for the people here to be well equip for “the ministry of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18, KJV). John, our church deacon, chairs the Sunday worship on every Lord’s Day. Robert is the Lord’s messenger and Dara the Thai and Lahu interpreter. Do continue to uphold us in prayer.

We are still in the midst of the rainy season. Lots of mosquitoes everywhere. For the last 2 months, almost everyone in the CHOL was down with fever and some had contracted even the dengue fever. Thank God for His healing. They have all recovered. God is always so good! “Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust” (Psalm 40:4, KJV).

The Apostle Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, “if any would not work, neither should he eat.” Thank God for giving us strength everyday to work in the paddy field to grow our own crops to reduce the daily expenses of the Home. Thank God especially for all the older boys in the Christian Home of Love who work tirelessly day after day on the field. After two months of hard work, we have finally completed ploughing the land and scattering the grains. Let’s pray for a good harvest in due time. “The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof” (Psalm 24:1, KJV). Amen!

As concerning our Church building project. God willing, we will start the work once the rainy season is over. Do continue to pray for wisdom in planning and decision making in this area as well as asking our faithful God to provide the rest of the building fund. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7, KJV).

Thank you for your partnership with us in prayer.

To view more photographs of what God was doing in our midst for the past few months, click the following links:

New Year 2010 and Birthday Celebration:

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/NewYear1stJan2010BirthdayCelebration#

Black Lahu New Year 2010:

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/BlackLahuNewYear2010CelebrationAtCHOL#

TBPC School School (Jan 2010):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/SundaySchoolJan2010#

Red Lahu New Year 2010 (from Pu Men mountain):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/RedLahuNewYearFromPuMenMountainertdara/RedLahuNewYearFromPuMenMountain#

Reunion Ceremony (Jan 2010):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ReunionCeremony#

Corn Field caught Fire (Jan 2010):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/CornFieldCaughtFire#

Red Lahu New Year 2010 (from Den Luang Village):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/RedLahuNewYearFromDenLuangVillage#

Thai Princess’ Visit in Jan.2010:

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ThaiPrincessVisit2010m/robertdara/ThaiPrincessVisit2010#

Performance: “The Parable of the Talents” (Sunday School):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/SundaySchoolInAprilTheParableOfTheTalentsMatt251430#

Games & Fun (Sunday School 2010):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/GamesAndFunDuringSundaySchoolApril2010com/robertdara/GamesAndFunDuringSundaySchoolApril2010#

All the photos used in this post:

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/PhotosForPowerpointFile#

Learning to make Blooms (by Elder Victor Wee -Apr 2010):

http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/LearningToMakeBloomsByEldWeeApril2010.com/robertdara/LearningToMakeBloomsByEldWeeApril2010#

His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline
& all in the Christian Home of love
& the Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church

21 March 2010 - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:15-17, KJV).

THANK GOD. God is always so good. The children in the Home were happy to have completed their final examinations last week. Thanks for praying for them. They are now having their school holidays.

During school period, the children spent the whole day in school (8 a.m. – 4 p.m.). Time of interaction with them became shorter. So, we plan that throughout this holiday (till mid of May), we will be able to spend more time together, especially in the area of strengthening our spiritual lives. One hour a day of family worship together is not enough. We are hungering for more. “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God” (Psalm 42:1, KJV). Thank God for enabling us to come out with an appropriate programme. Having shared with them, everyone is happy and excited about it. We pray that this summer holiday will bring us closer to God and to one another in building up and edifying each other in the Lord, as we work towards an enriching and uplifting season together.

As regarding the holiday time-table, God willing, the mornings will be set aside for the development of our spiritual lives: spending time with God personally, family worship, meditating on the Word of God that we have learned, listening to Robert’s audio messages, writing personal devotional notes, thinking of ways to apply God’s Word in our lives, examining how we have been doing in our spiritual walk with God and the application of God’s Word in our daily living, praying to God, singing and learning songs, memorizing the Scriptures, reading through the Bible in a year etc. In the afternoons, time will be allocated proportionately throughout the week and month to: outdoor works, area cleaning, gardening, learning workshop knowledge and skills training such as sewing, weaving, drawing, painting, woodwork, baking, cooking etc. And the evenings will be used for: learning music, practicing piano and guitar, playing games, fellowshipping with one another, personal time and rest. Please pray for Robert & Dara as they work out the daily activities for everyone in the Home. This plan will begin tomorrow (12 March 2010), if the Lord be willing. “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart” (Psalm 37:4, KJV).

The weather here is contaminated, think haze everywhere. As if the air pollution is not bad enough, to make the matter worst, besides the forest fire, many villagers are burning their own fields to prepare their lands for the next round of farming. In addition to that, many places are experiencing a drought. Den Luang village too is no exception. Many water wells and ponds have dried up. However, we thank God for the 150m deep bore well of the Home that is still serving us faithfully everyday without ceasing. May the Lord send the rain soon!

You may have been told of the current political crisis in Thailand. May you join us in prayer for the Thai government for wisdom to handle the situation peacefully!
“Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth” (Proverbs 8:14-16, KJV). Our Lord is still on the throne! Daniel 4:32, “…the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will. ”

All of us took turns to fall sick. After Evangel was restored to health, Grace and Robert got food poisoning. When they had recuperated, 3 days later, Lin was down with fever. And after Lin had recovered her health, Dara was ill. Yes, it was tough, falling sick one after another on top of our daily commitments, but God is always good. Looking back to all these years of our lives and ministry on the mission field, such encounter is no stranger to us, but God is always faithful. His grace is indeed sufficient for us, as it is written, “for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, KJV). Thank God for healing Dara. Most of the children are also recovering from flu. Some are coughing. Besides medicine, everyone in the Home is given some vitamin supplements for daily intake. Thank God for His provisions. May the Lord grant speedy recovery to the sick and a stronger body resistance to all! Brethren, pray for us.

Dara will be taking her oral exams this coming Thursday’s afternoon (March 25). She is still working on her power-point presentation (20 minutes long). Do pray for her, for clarity of speech and wisdom to present her work. May the Lord grant her good success in her examinations and give her favour in the sight of the examiners!

We will be travelling to Chiang Rai one day earlier (on March 24) before Dara’s exams to look for a suitable campsite for our church camp. Please pray with us as we wait upon the Lord to show us the venue for this year’s camp.

Dara is also the person in charge of the Sunday School. Each week, she will go through the previous Lord’s Day’s message with the people with some modifications of her own, incorporating dramas or role playing and visual aids to her teachings, followed by arts and crafts. Thank God for enabling her to come out with so many new and creative ideas for every Sunday. You could tell how much her Sunday School students, young and old, really love it and enjoy the lesson. Thank God for granting her the strength to cope with all the works that God has called her to do. Jesus says in John 15:4-5, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.” Please continue to uphold her in your prayer.

As concerning the church building project, thank God that the authority has given the approval to build the church. Thanks for praying and thank God for answering prayer. We are still working things out with the construction company. At the moment, we are getting the building materials ready for the fencing at the back and the side of the church land. We may start working on the fences, God willing, next week onwards. May the Lord help us in this undertaking! Let’s keep praying and trusting.

Thank God again for last year’s camp. Through it all, 3 teenage boys and an adult have come to know Christ. Loong Phat, the step father of Jacob and Sarah joined us for the camp. He was a non-believer then but was very receptive to the gospel message. He came to know Jesus Christ later as his personal Lord and Saviour. He is now in prison for something he did wrong 8 years ago. We have given him a Bible and some Christian literature to help him in his Bible studies and spiritual growth. Thank God. He has been reading them. Through his letters to us, you could tell that he is indeed growing in the Lord, though confined in prison. Thank God for saving his soul and for giving him hope just before he entered into prison so that he could face his imprisonment and knows that there is always hope in God. He is now 58 years old. He is sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. He keeps telling us in his letters that he is hoping in God. He also said that he wants to be baptised once he comes out of prison. Thank God indeed for what He has done and for the living hope that He has given us. “The LORD is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works” (Psalm 145:9, KJV)!

We have uploaded photographs of our last church camp (year 2009) at Picasa web album. To view photos, click this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/TruthBPChurchCamp2009#

09 March 2010 - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand” (Proverbs 19:21, KJV).

THANK GOD! Our Christian Home of Love Foundation has finally gotten the approval by the Thai authority after all these years of praying and waiting. Thanks to all for your prayers and endurance.

Everyone here in the Church and the Christian Home of Love is excited about the coming Church Family Camp (from 19th to 23rd April). Camp preparation is on the way. Robert will be the Lord’s messenger. Dara, besides being the interpreter, has also started working on the games. Grace is getting the songs ready. John and the older boys will be playing the guitars. Please pray for Robert & his team in all their planning and preparation.

The Lord has been very good to all of us. All these years, He had faithfully provided all the material needs of the camp for us. None of the campers had to pay a single cent at all throughout the 5-day camp. Everything was well taken care of by our heavenly Father, the Lord of the Church. Once again, we trust that the Lord will do the same for us this year. May the Lord also bless all those who have contributed yearly to the running of the camp in one way or another!

Through the annual Church Camp, God has strengthened our walk with Him and deepened our spiritual lives in His Son. Likewise, we are looking forward to another season of God’s blessings upon each and every camper in and through this year’s camp. “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him” (Psalm 34:8, KJV).

Children of the Primary school level will be having their final examinations this entire week. Do remember them in your prayer. After the exams come the summer HOT holidays. School will close and resume in the middle of May. Pray that the children will spend their time wisely during their long vacation.

Grace too will be sitting an examinations at the end of April. This would be her last paper before she would complete her Bachelor degree. Thank God for all these years of guidance in her life and service. Let’s continue to pray for Grace in her coming exams and for God’s continuous leading in her life and service.

Dara was having skin allergy since the beginning of the year. She had just recovered a few days ago and thereafter Evangel got it. He is on our prayer and also undergoing medication. Every day but especially in the night, rashes would fill his whole body. Besides feeling itchy, his face, arms, fingers and legs will also swell up. Please pray for him for a speedy recovery.

Thank God. After two years of hard labour, and with the Lord’s help, Dara’s thesis was finally approved by her thesis advisors. She is now waiting upon the advisors to arrange her for an oral examination, God willing, somewhere within this month. May the Lord prepare her heart and mind for the upcoming exams and grant her wisdom and clarity of speech before the examiners. Do uphold Dara in your prayer.

We are still looking up to God in the matter of our Church Building Project. Pray that we could get the forestry official’s approval soon to go ahead with this project. May the Lord also guide us in choosing a good and reliable construction company for the job. Surely, our God Who has called us to this work, “will prosper us” (Nehemiah 2:20) and supply all the needs. Brethren, pray with us.

Thank God also for all the last year Christmas Outreaches. There was a good turn out and response from the crowds on every event. The Lord of the harvest was so gracious to bring so many souls into our midst to hear His Word. May the Lord continue to speak to the people and work out His redemptive plan of salvation in their lives, “even as many as the Lord our God shall call” (Acts 2:39, KJV). Amen!


To view photos of Christmas Outreach 2009 at Den Luang Village, click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ChristmasOutreach2009DenLuangVillage#

Christmas Outreach 2009 at Pu Men Mountain: http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ChristmasOutreach2009PuMenMountain#

Christmas Day Celebration 2009 at CHOL: http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ChristmasDayCelebrationCHOL2009#

Christmas Carolling 2009:
http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ChristmasCarolling2009#

Christmas Family Gathering 2009:
http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ChristmasFamilyGathering2009CHOL#dara/ChristmasFamilyGathering2009CHOL#
Christmas Sunday Worship Cum Baptismal Service 2009:
http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/ChristmasSundayWorshipCumBaptismalService2009TBPC#
Father’s Day Celebration 2009:
http://picasaweb.google.com/robertdara/FatherSDayCelebration2009#

His unworthy servants,
Robert, Dara, Evangel & Evangeline Peh
& all in Christian Home of Love
& Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church,
Chiang Mai, Thailand

21 December 2009 - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Glory ye in His holy Name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and His strength: seek His face evermore” (Psalm 105:3-4, KJV).

PRAISE THE LORD!
Christmas is coming again. THANK GOD for this yearly celebration whereby we could set aside a month in a year specially to remember the great love of God for us in sending “His only begotten Son into this world, that we might live through Him” (1 John 4:9, KJV).

THANK GOD for yet another occasion given to all of us in the Christian Home of Love, together with the adult members of Truth B-P Church to serve Him in this area. This year’s Christmas outreach at Den Luang village, God willing, will be held on the 26 December, at 6.00 p.m., which, like every year, we target about 200 villagers to turn up. Our theme for this year’s Christmas programme is “Hope in Christ,” as someone puts it, “With Christ is an endless hope; Without Christ is a hopeless end.” Sinners need hope which only the living and true God, the God of hope could offer. May the Lord be merciful to grant the villagers “repentance unto life” (Acts 11:18).

As before, there will be a series of special items, beginning from the young to the old, leading up to the nativity scene, which will include everybody. The outreach will end with a gospel message by Robert, and Dara will interpret it into Lahu. “Brethren, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified…” (2 Thessalonians 3:1, KJV).

THANK GOD also for enabling us to produce our own props as well as to design our own costumes for the Christmas programme and to be able to cut the materials all by ourselves. Thank God for providing all the gifted people in our midst to serve Him with their God-given gifts. “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10, KJV).

THANK GOD once more for the many opportunities to reach out to the non-Christians during this festive period. As the unbelievers also recognise this joyous season, along with all the commercial advertisements, it makes it much easier to tell people the true meaning of Christmas. Thus, every year, we would make and distribute packets of homemade Christmas cookies to some non-Christian friends and shops in the town with gospel messages attached, praying that God, “Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,” would shine in their hearts (2 Corinthians 4:6). “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3, KJV).

Please also commit the following events to God in prayer:

December 24 – Christmas Caroling (beginning at 6 p.m.)

The singing of Christmas carols around the Red Lahu village and to some church members living in the town has brought us another avenue of proclaiming the gospel to the unbelievers. In this regard, we thank the Lord that many of the Red Lahu adults, who would not join us for Sunday worship, could have the gospel preached unto them during our annual caroling. And above it all, we praise God that after so many years of caroling, God was pleased to use this means even to save one Red Lahu mother, named Joanna, who is now a fervent member of our church, serving the Lord in the Christian Home of Love. “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).

December 25 – Christmas Day Celebration (6 p.m.)

Everyone here is looking forward to this day as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ and exchange Christmas gifts. Robert will give a sermon, whereas Dara will lead a team to perform a skit, highlighting the love of God for us in giving us His Son, the greatest Gift of all. Pray that all the believers will be challenged to give to God their best, particularly their own lives, as God has given to them His best, even His only begotten Son.

December 26 – Christmas Outreach at Den Luang Village (6 p.m.)

Besides what mentioned above, do also pray for all who are involved in this outreach, for good health, wisdom, courage and strength to carry out their roles readily.

December 27 – Sunday Worship Cum Baptismal Service (9 a.m.)

THANK GOD that another Red Lahu mother will be baptised, God willing, on this Lord’s Day. Martha, the mother of Jacob and Sarah of the Christian Home of Love, “whose heart the Lord opened” (Acts 16:14), has come to know Jesus Christ personally a few years ago through the ministry of Truth B-P Church. However, she was not ready yet at that time to make a public confession of her faith, as it is a common thing in Den Luang village for a person who became a Christian to experience some form of harassment by some hostile villagers. It was during our church camp this year that she clearly understood what God wanted her to do with her Christian life that she yielded herself in obedience to God. Thank God that notwithstanding the discrimination, Martha has finally taken up the courage to come forward for water baptism in obedience to the great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ. PRAISE THE LORD!

December 27 – Christmas Family Gathering (3 p.m.)

Every year, we will invite some poorer Red Lahu parents and their children to attend this Family Gathering, to create opportunity for them to play games together as a family so as to strengthen their bond with one another, and more importantly, to share with them the love of God, praying that they might personally experience God’s love in their lives. Dara is in-charge of this event. Robert will deliver the Christmas message. May the Lord see fit to add to His kingdom “such as should be saved” (Acts 2:47, KJV).

December 28 – Christmas Outreach at Pu Men Red Lahu village (12 p.m.)

Do pray for journeying mercies traveling up and down the mountain with all the props and people; as well as for the villagers up there to be around on this day and able to attend the gospel meeting; and for the sowing of the gospel seed and the salvation of souls.

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:14, KJV).

“Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and a fruitful New Year 2010!”

2 June 2009 – Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” (1 Peter 4:10-11, KJV).

PRAISE GOD for calling and equipping us in His service. Indeed, it is a privilege and a blessing to serve the only living and true God, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

For this, we thank God for the faithful teaching of the Word of God we received from our Alma Mater, the Far Eastern Bible College and from our beloved Principal Rev. (Dr.) Timothy Tow, who was called Home to glory on April 20th, 2009, whom God had used so marvelously for the proclamation and the defense of His infallible and inerrant Word, verbally and plenary inspired and perfectly preserved down through the centuries for His people in the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament underlying the Authorised (King James) Version of the English Bible. Thank God for the good fight of faith that our beloved Principal Rev. (Dr) Timothy Tow had fought for the Lord while on earth.

Both Dara and I are always very thankful to God for raising up Rev. Timothy Tow to start the Bible-Presbyterian movement and the Far Eastern Bible College in Singapore. It was through Rev. Tow that I (Robert) was given a place to study in the Far Eastern Bible College, where I was trained and equipped to serve God Who called me into the full-time ministry. God had indeed used Rev. Timothy Tow so mightily in so many ways, especially in building up the lives of so many servants of God, including Dara and me. If not for Rev. Timothy Tow, I know very well that I would not be able to be trained theologically in a fundamental Bible College, not to say about serving God, as no college would accept one who had no academic qualification like me.

Thank God for Rev. Timothy Tow. He is indeed a man of God who had given his life for the cause of Christ. Dara and I are greatly challenged by his life and teaching and we are telling everyone here in the Church and in the Christian Home of Love to follow after Rev. Tow’s godly example. We will not forget the instructions that we had received from Rev. Tow and our Alma Mater, esp. to “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3, KJV), “building up [ourselves] on [our] most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost” (Jude 20, KJV).

God has called us not only to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ but has also given us the responsibility to equip the local believers in His service. The apostle Paul says in 2 Timothy 2:2, “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (KJV).

The Lord is good. We are glad to see Isaac stepping forward to serve God in our church. He is now serving as a Lahu interpreter on Sunday worship. John, our church deacon, chairs the worship service in the Thai language and Isaac interprets for him into Lahu. Robert still preaches every Lord’s Day and Dara interprets for him. Grace, our church deaconess, also serves in the children Sunday School. Do continue to pray for the spiritual growth of our church.

John, Isaac and Grace are also serving faithfully in the Christian Home of Love every day. Beside their daily responsibilities, they also have to find time to study. Grace has to sit for an examination in August. John and Isaac will have theirs in September. May God help them in their studies and continue to empower them in His service. Do uphold them in prayer. Do pray also for Robert, for His ministries in the Church and the Christian Home of Love, and his preparation and the preaching of the Word of God every Lord’s day, every church prayer meeting and every family worship.

Thank God. Dara’s thesis advisors have finally gone through her teaching materials and given her the approval to go ahead. Starting this week, Dara has begun teaching the English language in the two government schools to the kindergarten students as part of the requirements for her course. She needs to teach every morning, one hour a day in each school, for a month, covering 20 lessons altogether. Please pray for her, for wisdom in teaching and for her students in picking up the language.

Thank God also that Evangel and Evangeline are improving in their studies and personal responsibilities. Do pray for them in their home-schooling as well as for their spiritual growth and physical developments. Children in the Christian Home of Love have gone back to school. Do pray for their studies and for both their spiritual and physical well-being.


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