15 January 2008 - Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh.

“For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone” (Psalms 86:10, KJV).

Thank God again for another improvement seen in Michael to cheer our hearts. Yesterday, he managed to grab hold of a small packet of biscuits in his room, loosen the rubber band and ate the biscuits by himself. He must really be hungry. He could also eat more solid food now as he could chew better and swallow easier. Thank God for His unceasing grace upon Michael and the progressive development seen in his life. “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” (Lamentations 3:22-23, KJV). “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:15-16, KJV).

Beginning today, we will be celebrating the Red Lahu New year at our village for 7 days. Many villages from the mountains will come down to pay respects to us. It is a good opportunity to share the gospel to them during their visits, when after their traditional dance, they will all gather around waiting for the hosts to bless them and what blessings could be better than that of the blessings of God, even the priceless gospel of salvation which is so rich and so free through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26, KJV).

May the Lord be willing to use even this event for the saving of souls. “To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, KJV).

Brethren, pray with us.

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

12 January 2008 - Praise and Prayer from Robert and Dara Peh.

“With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible” (Mark 10:27).

Thank God that Michael is already back home since Monday (7 January). No one could imagine that he could be discharged from the hospital in less than 3 weeks. Certainly, our God “is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20). Praise the God! It is indeed His doing that Michael could recover so quickly.

Michael’s parents are still patiently taking care of him. Every day, they feed him with porridge and water, but it is not easy for Michael to swallow. They also have to clean his waste and wipe his body. It is definitely not an easy job. However, thank God for their love for Michael. May the Lord grant them strength daily to attend to Michael.

At present, Michael is still lying on the bed and could not talk nor recognise the people around him. God knows what is best and surely will work all things out for good to them that love Him (Romans 8:28). Thanks for praying and thank God for answering prayer. “Have faith in God” (Mark 11:22, KJV). Keep praying!

Today (Saturday) is children's Day in Thailand. We celebrated it yesterday with our children at Home and will also bring all of them out today (Saturday). Thank God for enabling us to start a children ministry and for the bond we have with all the children He has given us. Thank God especially for saving their souls. We are reminded of what Jesus says in Matthew 19:14, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

We will also be visiting Pong Hai village tomorrow as the folks there invited us for their Lahu New Year. Pong Hai is a new village and there is a church there. During our Christmas outreach there in December, the committee members of the church requested for their church to come under our church’s umbrella. God willing, we will meet up with their church committee today (Saturday) to talk about this matter. Do pray with us as we ask God for guidance and direction in this new outreach.

The church in Pong Hai village consists of a few Black and Red Lahu families worshipping together. God willing, we will be ministering to the people there on the 20 of January. Please pray for all our preparation and for Robert in his preaching in that church (11 a.m. service) and for Dara interpreting the message into Lahu. Prior to the worship service, we plan to start a children ministry at 10 a.m. Do pray that the children will be drawn in and will be receptive to the teaching of the Word of God.

Besides, we will also be ministering at Hui Pu village on the 19 of January (in the evening). Preparation is still on the way. May God grant us the strength to serve Him faithfully.

Thank God that both preachers from Pong Hai and Hui Pu villages and their families have been attending our Sunday worship services. We are also providing training for them to be more effective in their ministries. Brethren, pray for us for wisdom to equip the preachers and to reach out the people.

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

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