Thursday, September 12, 2013

CHURCH GROWTH

Shalom All,

Greetings in the Lord!

Here is the promise of Jesus in John 14 verses 13 - 14, "You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."

Isn't that assuring and comforting?

God is always awesome ... we know that He is always there for us when we need him, However we must show our obedience and faith, then we will see our prayer is answered.

Jenny and I would like to thank all of you who have prayed for her during her illness, as we relied on the Lord's use of professional medical doctors to heal her. Praise the Lord for prayers answered and for His great love and mercy. Amen!

We recently saw the doctor on 30th August 2013. She said the second surgery can be done in two months time but not later than 6 months since the first surgery was on 7th August 2013. The next appointment with her is on 27th September 2013 and she will fix the second surgery between early to mid  November 2013. Six weeks after the second surgery, Jenny will undergo the Iodine I-131 treatment for a week.

Church activities.


We started the Spring Valley Community Church in early June 2013 with 3 worshipers. Today, the Church is about 3 months old and we have 40+ worshipers attending the Sunday Church Service. Many of them are Christians from other countries who have faced persecution in their homeland because of their belief. We are trying our best, with the limited resources we have, to help them by providing them with basic needs such as food and clothing. The collections and offerings from worshipers is around 300 - 400 baht/per week. We provide light lunch after Sunday Church Service.

To elicit greater participation and commitment to serve the Lord in the Church, two other members were elected become our temporary Church Elders. Praise the Lord for their willingness to serve.

At times, when we have a full house, we do not have enough chairs and tables to conduct classes in English, Thai or Malay. There is great interest among the local Thai people to learn English in particular. Our 10am - 12pm Saturday class is almost always full, with about 25 - 30 students. We will be opening a new class at 4pm - 6pm on Saturday and estimate to have 10 - 15 students. Our Thai and Malay classes are on Saturday, 12.30pm - 1.30pm. We are thankful to be used by God to extend a helping hand to serve the local community in this area too, because God loves them. Praise the Lord!

On 23rd August 2013, our Church received the official Church License affiliated to Bangkok Evangelistic Center under Thailand Assemblies of God.

Should you be interested, we welcome you to write us and even visit us in our new place. There is a lot that can be explored and done together for the Lord with the local community, training in language learning ministry, healing ministry and etc.

Below is the financial report for August 2013 and left column  is the mission support information for your reference.

May God bless each one of you in your journey with Him!

Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok

Spring Valley Community Church