15 March 2008 – Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine” (2 Timothy 4:2, KJV).

Thank God for your continual prayer support for us and the ministry of Truth B-P Church and the Christian Home of Love. God willing, we are going again to Hui Pu village today (15 March) at 5 p.m. to bring the Good News of salvation to the folks there. Many are lost spiritually. Pray that the Lord may open their spiritual eyes to behold the wondrous truth out of His Word to the quickening of their souls in Christ.

On the Sunday morning (16 March), if the Lord wills, Robert will be preaching at New Pong Hai church at 11 a.m. and also administering the Lord’s Supper to the church members. By God’s leading, this church is now under our church’s umbrella and is called Lively Hope B-P Church. Prior to the worship service, Dara will be leading the children ministry. Pray that the children will come and hear the gospel message and for the preaching of God’s Word to the saving of souls and the edification of the believers.

Concurrently, this Sunday at Truth B-P Church, Deaconess Wee will be teaching the children Sunday School at 11 a.m. and Deaconess Grace interpreting for her into Thai. The team led by Robert will be back in the afternoon from New Pong Hai village to join in the worship service at Truth B-P Church at 4 p.m.. Elder Wee will be the Lord’s messenger for this Palm Sunday. Please remember all of us and the ministry of the Word in prayer.

As we approach the Passion Week, we are reminded again of our Lord and Saviour’s love for us. There will be nightly memorial church cum family worship to commemorate the death of our Lord Jesus Christ for us on the cross. Good Friday Service will start at 8 p.m. Easter ‘Son-rise’ service will begin at 6.15 a.m. as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and His victory over sins and grave for us. Robert will bring the message of hope to the congregation. Children Sunday school and games will follow after Easter breakfast. May the Lord draw us closer unto Himself as we enter the Passion Week and remember His saving grace upon us.

“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:9-10, KJV).

Thank God for helping the children through their final examinations. Results will be out later. Long Summer holidays will begin next week. Children are really happy. Please pray for them that they may have a productive holiday until the middle of May.

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

16 February 2008 – Praise & Prayer from Robert & Dara Peh

“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy Name” (Psalm 103:1, KJV).

THANK GOD!
We are back safely to the Christian Home of Love (CHOL). Praise God for the blessed time spent in Singapore with our love-ones and friends. Thank God for watching over everyone at Home while we were away. Everything is fine in the Home. In fact, we have received good reports that everyone had done well in their conduct and actions, lovingly obeying one another, reading the Bible every day, carrying out their daily responsibilities faithfully, keeping the Home clean and tidy and looking after the animals properly. Thank you for all your prayer for them. The Lord has answered them all.

“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27, KJV).

We are sure many are concerned about Michael. Praise the Lord! He could now walk by himself without anyone supporting him. He looks cheerful. He is able to communicate slowly with the people around him, telling them he is cold; he is dirty; he wants to eat some more, he doesn’t know, doesn’t understand; doesn’t want; quickly; hungry; and he could even ‘scold’ the children or tell them what he wants them to do, etc. On top of these, he could play table tennis with his friends. Praise the Lord indeed for Michael’s rapid improvement. Let us once again remember what Jesus says in Mark 10:27, “With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” May the Lord help Michael to regain full memory in due time.

We have gone to Hui Pu village this evening (16 Feb) to share God’s Word to the villagers. Dara taught in Lahu about “Who is Jesus Christ?”. If the Lord will, tomorrow morning (17 Feb), we will be ministering at New Pong Hai village. Dara will be teaching the children at 10 a.m. on the same topic. Thereafter, Robert will preach at their church service and Dara will interpret the message into the Red Lahu language. Please pray for wisdom to preach and interpret. May the Lord grant us a fruitful ministry for the saving of souls and edifying of the believers!

Do uphold Grace also in your prayer as she teaches the Children Sunday School on Sunday morning (17 Feb) at 11 a.m. Robert, Dara, Luke, Evangel, Lin and some Singapore friends will be back in the afternoon after New Pong Hai outreach for worship service at Truth B-P Church. Robert will be the Lord’s messenger. Worship service is in English, translated into Thai and Lahu. May the Lord continue to grant us strength and wisdom to fulfill His will in and through our lives every day.

Thank God for your fellowship in the Gospel and partnership in prayer. Let us continue to remember one another before God’s throne of grace, “that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16, KJV).

Please pray for Evangel and Evangeline that after so many activities and much travelling since last December, that they will be able to adjust themselves once again and be disciplined in their studies at home. Do pray for Dara especially as she works on her thesis and meets her thesis advisors, for wisdom to complete her thesis and communicate with her advisors and for strength to cope with other daily duties. Pray also for Robert in his teaching and preaching, planning and preparation for all the activities at Truth B-P Church and at Home. Lord willing, our Discipleship and Leadership Training Course for 2008 will resume soon. May the Lord help us to be ready to impart His Word “to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2, KJV).

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

3 February 2008 – Praise and Prayer from Robert & Dara

“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so He giveth His beloved sleep” (Psalm 127:1-2, KJV).

Thank God for giving us more grace to cope with Michael’s accident and supplying us the additional strength to carry out all the Christmas activities successfully in December 2007. Michael’s accident occurred just two nights before the first outreach began. At that time, we were very busy preparing all of us and all the equipment for all the various outreaches. When the accident happened, everything seemed to be in a rush: leaving behind all the preparation work; rushing down to Chiang Mai; reaching the hospital at 1 a.m.; praying through the night for Michael; taking a quick nap in the early morning; visiting Michael after coming out of the operation room; running errands around the hospital, before rushing Home again for family worship and getting things ready for all the outreaches and Christmas worship service.

Thank God for answering our prayer. Altogether, about 400 souls have heard the gospel message during the outreaches. If Michael’s operation was not successful, there would be no outreaches but funeral. Thank God for His mercies. And despite the accident that Michael had, his parents went ahead with the water baptism of their youngest child, Esther (7 months old). God is so good. He knew how to encourage us and used every event to strengthen the faith of everyone who trusted in Him. To God be the glory!

Thank God also for the Christmas cum Baptismal Service on the 23rd December 2007. Thank God that 8 more souls were added into the fellowship of Truth Bible-Presbyterian Church. Among them is Dara’s sister in law, Nop Pha Kaw, a Thai citizen. She was originally from Bangkok, but moved to Fang some ten over years ago and married one of Dara’s brother in 2006. For seven years, ever since we came to Thailand, we have been sharing the gospel to her. After so many years of sowing and watering, God was pleased to give the increase. (1 Corinthians 3:6). Thank God for saving her soul. God willing, her daughter will also be baptised this coming Easter. The labour for the Lord is indeed not in vain. “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).

We thank God always for all your prayers for us and especially for Michael. God is always good. Michael is recovering steadily. He is learning to walk and eat by himself and he really has a big appetite: eating non-stop. He is also beginning to respond to the people around him although he still could not recognize them by names. Thank God again for his improvement. Please pray that he will regain his memory soon.

Robert and family, together with Grace, are back in Singapore for the Lunar New Year reunion. Do pray for everyone in the Christian Home of Love, especially the older ones who will be overseeing the Home during our absence. Children studying in the government school will still be going to school during the weekdays, leaving at 7.30 a.m. and reaching home at 4.30 p.m.. Dara's sister in law, Nop Pha Kaw, is now the cook for the Home. She comes every day to help out in the Home. John's mother is staying in to help to look after the children too. Pray that all of them will continue to love one another and be faithful in their daily responsibilities. Please remember John in prayer as he leads everyone in the Home in the daily family worship. Being our church deacon, John will also be preaching on the first two Sundays of February and chairing the worship services (begin at 4.15 p.m.). Pray also for the church members to come to worship regularly and for the preaching of the Word of God to minister to many hearts.

How time flies. It seems that we have just entered into year 2008 and now January is gone. What have we been doing for the Lord thus far? It is good that we take a break from the world and ponder over our personal walk with God, as it is written, “if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged” (1 Corinthians 11:31, KJV). May the Lord keep us faithful unto Him always!

P.S. Photographs of the Christmas activities and Lahu New Year will be posted soon.

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

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