18th December 2007 – Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him” (Psalm 126:5-6, KJV).

THANK GOD for every opportunity to preach the gospel. This Christmas, God willing, we will have 4 evangelistic outreaches in four Red Lahu villages around this region, namely the Den Luang village, Pu Men village, Hui Pu village and Pong Hai village.

Everyone in the Christian Home of Love will be involved in the outreaches. The children and youths will be presenting some skits and song items. Elder and Mrs Wee together with the other 18 brethren from Singapore will also be participating in all the activities. Aunties and uncles will be doing the cooking and serving. Thank God for a place of service for both the young and the old in the Lord’s vineyard, “for we are labourers together with God” (1 Corinthians 3:9a, KJV). “Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour” (1 Corinthians 3:8, KJV). Thank God for the joy of serving the Lord together as a family in Christ.

Please pray for some of the children to recover from their flu and cough that they will be physically fit to serve the Lord during this Christmas season. Do remember our nightly rehearsals too. May God’s will be done in the lives of the people hearing His Word, as it is written, “the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it” (Isaiah 55:10-11, KJV).

Our first Christmas outreach will be held on the 22nd December 2007 (Saturday) at Den Luang village, 6.30 p.m. We are expecting not less than 150 souls to show up. After the performance, Robert will round up the entire meeting with the gospel message. Thereafter, biscuits will be distributed and food be served. Do pray that God will bring in the people to listen to His Word “and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel” (Ephesians 6:19, KJV).

On the 23rd December 2007 (Sunday), there will be a Worship cum Baptismal Service, which will be held at 10 a.m.. Thank God for the 8 souls who will be ushering in to the fellowship of Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church. Robert will be the Lord’s messenger and Dara the interpreter. Sunday School for children will start at 4 p.m. Mrs Wee will be the teacher and Grace her interpreter.

God willing, we will go to Hui Pu village on the 24th December (Monday) at 10 a.m., followed by Pong Hai village at 4 p.m. On the Christmas day, 25th December (Tuesday), we will bring the gospel to Pu Men village in the morning at 10 a.m., and in the evening, we will go around singing carols to the friends and members of the church. Do also pray for journeying mercies in all our traveling with so many people.

By the way, Pong Hai village is our latest mission outreach. It is located somewhere near the foot of Pu Men mountain. In September, the preacher (named Mor Bah) from that village came to find us with the intention to invite our church to assist him in his ministry there. Ever since then, he has been attending our Sunday worship services with his family. Thank God also that he was able to join us for our recent Leadership and Discipleship Training Course held in September and October to equip himself. We are still praying and seeking God’s guidance concerning how to render our service and support to this new mission outreach in the coming year 2008.

On a personal basis, we have also made use of this special season to give cookies and gospel tracts to our Thai friends in the town, praying that the Holy Spirit of God will speak to them through the gospel message contained in the gospel tracts.

“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified” (2 Thessalonians 3:1, KJV).

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas and a spirit-filled year 2008!
Immanuel,
Robert, Dara, Evangel, Evangeline Peh
& all in the Christian Home of Love
& Truth B-P Church,
Thailand

9th November 2007 - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16, KJV). Thank God for honouring our prayer and empowering us for His service. The message preached and the gospel skit presented at Hui Pu village in October were well received. It has been our practice too to make time after each evangelistic meeting to pray for the sick and needy. On that evening, the chieftain also came and requested us to pray for him too. There are some bullets in his body which are giving him pain, especially during the rainy and cold seasons. We prayed to our God for bodily relief for him, but were careful also to explain to him from God’s Word our Christian concept of biblical prayer, that he (being an unbeliever) may not mix it with his heatenistic idea of prayer.

For that reason, we were inspired to speak on our next visit on the topic of FAITH, from Luke 7:1-10, on the biblical account of Jesus healing the centurion’s servant. So, God willing, our next trip to Hui Pu village will be on November 10, at 5 pm. May the Lord once again fill us with His Holy Sprit and enable us to bring across His message with clarity and simplicity, that sinners may come to acknowledge Him as the only living and true God Who alone could save lives and forgive sins. “But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6, KJV). Do continue to keep us in your prayer.

Thank God also for helping the younger students in their school examination last month. Praise God that none of them had failed. In fact, all of them did fairly well. Among the Primary 3, Rachel was first and Rebekah fourth. The weaker students have also shown some improvement in their studies. Being Red Lahus, their command of the Thai language is poorer. Most of them need to brush up in this area. Some still have emotional and behavioural problems to tackle with. Nevertheless, thank God for all their good results and for the changes we could see in their lives. Those who ever have an acquaintance with the Red Lahu children and truly understand their background and learning ability and habit would be able to appreciate better how we feel and what we are describing here.

School has resumed since last Thursday (1st November). Please pray for our children and their studies, and especially that they will remain a good testimony in the school, applying to their lives all that they have learned every day from their daily family worship. Please pray for Robert as he teaches them from God’s Word how to be good Christian students for the Lord in the school and the necessary of building up their Christian characters which confirms the good work that God has begun in their lives (cf. Philippians 1:6).

This month is rather a busy month for all of us here in the Christian Home of Love. It’s rice harvesting time. Lots of work to be done, from cutting and drying the straws to threshing, winnowing and gathering the grains into sacks and weigh, before transporting them to the barn for storage. The hays will then be tied into bundles and carried home for animal consumption. The entire harvesting will take about a month. Please pray for all the reapers, for strength and safety working in paddy field.

We are once again reminded of what Jesus says concerning the harvest of souls in John 4:35, “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (KJV). Yes, “the harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few” (Matthew 9:37, KJV). Not only should we pray (Matthew 9:38), but let us also, as children of God, knowing that we must fulfill the will of God in our lives, respond readily and say like our Master, “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work” (John 4:34, KJV). May the Lord find us faithful each day to do His will.

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

6 October 2007 - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD” (Lamentations 3:22-26, KJV).

THANK GOD FOR HIS GREAT LOVE AND MERCIES TOWARDS US EVERY DAY. My family was down with food poisoning during the fourth week of September, beginning with Evangeline, then Dara, followed by Evangel and Robert. Thank God for healing us and for being able to have a good rest (especially for Robert) that really refreshed the body upon recovery. By the grace of God, we have all recovered and are once again full of life and energy.

We request you to pray for Robert’s mother. She has been having nose bleeding recently. May the Lord be merciful unto her in her old age and continue to strengthen her in her faith and daily walk with God and grant her full recovery in due time. Thank God for His reminder in His infallible Word, “And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isaiah 46:4, KJV).

All the souls in the Christian Home of Love are fine. Younger children will be taking their mid-term examinations starting next week (8th to 10th October). Grace is also studying hard, preparing for her coming examinations at the end of the month (28th and 29th October). She will be sitting for 3 papers altogether. May the Lord bring to their remembrance all that they have learned and enable them to do well for the glory of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Jesus says to the Church in Philadelphia, “I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My Word, and hast not denied My Name” (Revelation 3:8, KJV).

This verse is so relevant to us. Thank God for opening unto us another opportunity to serve Him in the new outreach in Hui Pu Red Lahu village. Humanly speaking, we have but little strength, but God has enabled our church to commit to bring God’s Word to the souls there once every month. God willing, we will be going there again this coming October 20th. Gospel related Bible stories and messages are deliberately prepared to meet the needs of the lost souls. And Lord willing, we will be teaching from one of the Parables of Jesus mentioned in the 13th chapter of the gospel of Matthew, with the children and youths from the Christian Home of Love acting it out. Being mountain people, sowing and harvesting are things common and relevant to them. Thus, the Parable of the Sower is chosen. May the Holy Spirit that Jesus sent, use the Parable that Jesus told, to bring home the point that Jesus taught and make it applicable to the lives of the people there.

Jesus says, “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd” (John 10:16, KJV). Please pray for the empowering of the Holy Spirit in the lives of all of us who will be involved in the skit and teaching, and for the preaching of the Gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the villagers, to bring conviction of sins and grant them repentance and regeneration unto live everlasting. For thus saith the LORD in His Sacred Word, “Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:22, KJV).

Thank God for seeing Dara through her past 1 and a half year of studies. From now onwards, she does not have to attend classes anymore. She is working on her thesis at home but still needs to travel to Chiang Rai regularly to meet her thesis advisors. She is writing on “Teaching English as a Second Language” and there will be five chapters altogether, if the Lord will. Thank God for helping her with the first draft of the first three chapters of her thesis. Part of the requirements for her, besides theory, is to use her thesis to teach in a school for two terms, before she could complete her course. Praise God for granting her good results in all her examinations and thank you for co-labouring with her in your prayer. May the Lord grant her wisdom to use her time wisely and strength and good health to carry out her daily responsibilities faithfully. “Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2, KJV). Please continue to uphold her in prayer.

Do remember also to pray for our Discipleship and Leadership Training Course. God willing, there will be 1 more session to go (on October 12). May God grant both teacher and students that they may receive great blessings from the studying of the Gospel of Grace. May you also be challenged to “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). Not forgetting also what Paul says to Timothy, “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” (2 Timothy 2:2, KJV).

Brethren, do persevere in prayer with us.

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

20 September 2007 – Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual” (1 Corinthians 2:11-13, KJV).

Thank God for enabling us to embark on a 5-week Discipleship & Leadership Training Course (D.L.T.C.). The PURPOSE is to impart to the believers the sound biblical teaching of the REFORMED DOCTRINE, that they may be “rooted and built up in Him, and stablished in the faith” (Colossians 2:7, KJV), “that [they] henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ” (Ephesians 4:14-15, KJV).

The theme of this present course is the Five Points of Calvinism (T.U.L.I.P). It is held at the Christian Home of Love on every Friday from 1.30 – 4.30 p.m. as scheduled below:

Session 1:
Total Depravity (September 14)

Session 2:
Unconditional Election (September 21)

Session 3:
Limited Atonement (September 28)

Session 4:
Irresistible Grace (October 5)

Session 5:
Perseverance of the Saints (October 12)

Thank God that the first session turned out well. The Black Lahu Preacher, Yah Uu and his wife (from Hui Pu village) were also invited to come and study together with us and thank God that they could make it. We are praying and working towards eventually opening the D.L.T.C. to some other Christians from other villages or mission stations (besides our own church members and leaders) that they may also be taught the Reformed Faith.

Do pray for Robert in all his preparation for the D.L.T.C.; for wisdom to communicate God’s Word to the people clearly, as well as for his daily teaching of God’s Word to everyone in the Christian Home of Love, the Wednesday Church Prayer Meeting and the Lord’s Day worship. Pray for Dara as she does the interpretation for the messages; for her studies and writing of thesis; and for teaching Evangel & Evangeline in their studies. Pray for those who are attending the D.L.T.C.; for spiritual understanding and growth.

Thank God for His provision through a Christian family to dig a new bore-well for our Christian Home of Love. It is 150 meters deep into the ground and the water supply is expected to be above measured. We are now in the process of building two more concrete stories on top of our existing water tower, to bear two new water tanks. Thereafter, we will work on the piping and water filter. Please pray for safety for the workers as we are in the midst of the rainy season.


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

30 June 2007 – Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

Thank God for His faithfulness in our lives and ministry. Tomorrow will be the beginning of yet another month. How time flies? We have been labouring in the mission field for 6 whole years already. Starting July, it would be our Sabbatical year but we will continue to labour on for the Lord, as Jesus says, “I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work” (John 9:4, KJV). Thank God for sustaining us thus far. May the Lord find us faithful till He comes. “Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord” (Romans 12:11, KJV).

To us, the spiritual health of all the souls under our care, both in the Home and in the Church, is our main concerned. For 6 years, by God’s enablement, we have not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27). Thank God for His enablement. We are always thankful to God for the sound teachings that our Alma Mater, the Far Eastern Bible College in Singapore has imparted to us, in preparing and equipping us for the gospel ministry.

“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple” (Psalm 119:130, KJV). Thank God also for wisdom to teach His Word without ceasing in our daily family worship, weekly prayer meetings and Sunday services for the past 6 years. As Paul the Apostle says, “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers…” (2 Corinthians 3:5-6, KJV).

The source of our spiritual strength is in non other than our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Who says, “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” (John 15:4-5, KJV). Thank God for empowering us to toil and labour night and day, exhort, comfort and charge every one of them, that they should walk worthy of God, who hath called them unto His kingdom and glory (1 Thess. 2:9,11,12).

Thanks for praying for Nah Yeh. She has given birth to a baby girl named Esther. Both mother and child are fine. Her family has already moved back home to stay. May God preserve them.

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, KJV).

For the past few weeks, we had been working hard on the field, ploughing, clearing the bushes, weeding and growing rice and corns for personal consumption. We are reminded that God wants us His children to be diligent in our lives, as the Apostle Paul has commanded in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, “… that if any would not work, neither should he eat.” Thank God for some fellow Christians from Singapore who came over to help us out. Please pray for us, for strength to carry out our daily responsibility faithfully. May the Lord grant us a good harvest in due time, “that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God” (Ecclesiastes 3:13, KJV).


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