Thursday, December 23, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
CHANGE THAILAND
Shalom All,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Faith comes from trusting the Lord in every way ... for our daily needs ... for the work we do joyfully in His name … that it will bear fruits, and add more to His Kingdom .. How true ... so in Him we Trust and Obey. Hebrews 11 verse 3 says: “By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen”. God called the universe into existence out of nothing, he declared that it was to be and it was. Our faith is in the God who created the entire universe by His Word. God’s Word has awesome power.
During the past 2 ½ months, we were extremely busy with all kinds of Church related activities and so we were unable to update our reports regularly. Most of the time, I was only able to update some of our activities in our Facebook wall.
Recently, my home church, Glad Tidings Assembly of God (GTPJ), Malaysia decided to place us as a mission partner in Bangkok, to help GTPJ to start a community centre, church planting and community outreach. As I prayed and looked for a suitable location to start our work, God answered our prayers in a mysterious way ... in no time at all, God provided us with about 20 local volunteers to help us in our planned ministries. Praise the Lord!
We sense that our Almighty God will bring us bountiful harvests in our planned Bangkok planting. So our vision and prayer theme for the coming year will be “Changing Thailand for God's Glory”. Together with existing local churches, we will strive to work hard in unity with them to bring the Good News to the local people. In John 14 verse 6, Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me”. We will bring this message to save souls. We will also strive to free sinners of the bondage that holds them back, so that the Love of Jesus will set them truly free!
The Christians in Thailand constitute less than 1% out of a population of 67 million. For 180 years, the Christian missionaries and local churches had tried many ways to spread the Good News but have, by and large, failed to find the key to open their hardened hearts. There has been a measure of success elsewhere, many mission workers have focused on the Hill Tribal people from Myanmar, Yunnan and Laos where more than 40% have been saved. Praise the Lord for that. But we need now to concentrate our focus on the majority of the Thai people themselves, where the needs are greatest. So let us together pray diligently for the theme adopted for next year to come to pass, for the greater Glory of God.
The mission reports;
On September 5th, 2010, I was invited by Rev. Dr. Sinchai, the senior pastor of Mahachon Church to preach the Word of God to his congregation, with Jenny as my interpreter. This church, established here only less than a year ago, plans to build a brand new church building next to a river nearby, to be called the Ark's Church. It will be the first such new modern church building to appear in Bangkok in many years.
The church hopes to cooperate with existing local churches in as many of its activities as possible. Currently, I serve as a partner/mentor to the senior pastor and we work together on the same vision.
“Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is only valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action; it is about creating learning processes” ... Peter Senge.
On September 11th, we celebrated the birthday of Bro. Kiert, aged 86, at the Lumpini Park. About 180 people came to celebrate the event. Brother Kiert is one of the founding members of the Lumpini Evangelism Group and Poukey Service Group together with his wife, also a church worker/evangelist originally from Beijing, as well as two other local Thai - Chinese co-founders. He had been unwell and weak after a recent operation. Let us remember him in our prayers for Jesus to strengthen him.
Usually on every Saturday morning, we will be helping out in the Lumpini Park on fellowshipping and sharing the Word of God with the poor to let them know how much God love them. Some of the poor sleep by the road, some in temples, never taking baths for weeks. Many appear to have lost the direction for living and are in deep spiritual emptiness or darkness. So we endeavor to give them hope and light through Jesus Christ, doing whatever we can with gifts of love and encouragement, including verses from the Bible and our frequent prayers and encouraging them to bring their friends to the park as well. We plan to start a pilot "Adopt the poor" project which will mainly focus on giving them simple jobs like polishing shoes, washing cars etc. This will help them to get some income. Let us pray for God's leading in this project.
Early in October 2010, I went on a short trip to Wuhan, China to meet up with Bro. Stone. A year ago, I had baptized him into the faith in Tianjin, China. We have had a good fellowship and reunion.
From October 29th to 30th, Jenny and I were invited to attend the Thailand Prayer Conference which was held for the first time in Thailand, when churches came together to pray. Unfortunately, many ministers of God were unable to come to the event due to the 60th Anniversary Baptist Celebration. During the conference, I was asked to write down what I thought was needed most in Thailand. I wrote on the big board “Change Thailand for the Glory of God”. Many came to ask me explain how to do that. We shared our thoughts sand plans for the coming year. We said a big “Amen” to that dream, hope and trust with God, “anything is possible”.
In early September 2010, a member from The Hymnsmen asked me to invite the Hymnsmen group to come to Bangkok to do some church events. From November 8 to 12, they came to Bangkok to perform. I arranged for them to sing at various churches. At first, we were not too sure of how they would be received in Thailand, singing in English as they do, and whether their CDs would be sought and bought ... so only about 80 CDs were brought in. After their first performance at the Bangkok Christian Hospital, our optimism soared ... all the CDs were sold and we had orders for more! Despite our little faith, God did great things right in front of us, telling us to trust Him more each day. So when I next preached in Mahachon Church about the “Power of Change”. I was emboldened to make an altar call. About nine people came out and accepted Christ ... Praise the Lord!
In Luke 15 verse 7 Jesus says “In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and have strayed away!” Hallelujah!
Preaching in House of Christ Church on “Healing through Christ”, with the Hymnsmen playing the music in the background, I again made an altar call. The whole congregation came out to seek Healing. One lady unable to walk, then walked, one lady unable to hear then could hear ... truly miraculous!
In Matthew 9 verse 35, Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness ... Praise the Name of Jesus ... what a Miraculous God we serve! All glory to Him!
From November 10th to 13th, we went to the Province of Surat Thani (South of Thailand) to distribute dried foods to flood victims using own funds. We were also able to fellowship with the local pastors and have had a good time together. We traveled by Airasia paying return ticket at THB 300 (USD 10) for two persons and everyone was surprised how we could travel so cheaply! The Lord provides and takes care of our frugal needs so that we may serve Him joyfully. Hallelujah!
On November 14th, 2010 a few churches joined hands to organize a prayer walk and concert in Bangkok. About 3,000 people attended the event, mostly youths. This was the first such event held in Thailand.
We are praying to buy a new small car, a Chery QQ this month so that we will be able to get to places more conveniently. Currently we are taking the public transport and it is hard and time consuming. Our schedule of work has also increased; we have more commitments such as starting a community centre, outreach centre, church planting, public events and working with other local churches.
May God bless each of you wherever you are.
Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok and Sister Jenny P Kok
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
GOD'S BLESSING
Shalom All,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Paul wanted his readers to be generous on every occasion. We are reminded that God is the source of everything. In the Book of 2 Corinthians 9 verse 13 says “As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ”. All believers are called to be generous because of the example of the Lord of Life. Generosity proves that a person’s heart has been cleansed of self - interest and filled with the servant spirit of Jesus himself. That is why acts of generosity result in God being praised.
Since last Sunday, I have mild flu and sore throat due to abrupt changes in weather and the workload. Do pray for us, since all servants of the Lord will always be under attack from the Evil One.
From October 1st - 8th, 2010, I will travel to China, first to Guangzhou, and then to Wuhan, Hubei, for a short mission trip. My wife, Jenny, will remain in Bangkok. I will be preaching in various home churches and teaching Bible Study group on equipping the Christians.
The following month, November 2010, I will help set up a Hymn team to share testimonies and sing Hymns at two churches, a hospital, a primary school and in a park. With this event, we hope to reach out to many people around Bangkok. I sense that Thailand will experience a revival and the people will respond positively to a cleansing change. Let us all pray for Thailand to move away from idolatry worship and turn to seek God's true love - and turn to Jesus the SAVIOR who has died for our sins.
Presently, Jenny and I have decided to remain in Bangkok for a year to help out some ministries before planning to go to Mosul, Iraq and finally to Israel. We need to do lots of mission planning before going to Iraq, also to consider our long term visa status as well the security outlook of the country. Moreover, I am thinking of linking up with other missionaries with similar interests and directions.
After the US-Iraq war, there appears to be no permanent missionary teams in Iraq due to various problems. I believe God wants to change the people in the Middle-east countries, the so-called 10/40 window.
About future plans in starting a foundation in Thailand, we didn’t get much feedback from readers and supporters and so we have decided to shelve the idea for the time being. But we have been offered other openings. Two local Thai churches have offered to take me in as their pastor. I am still considering the option. Another has offered a piece of land to build a church. I have passed on this proposal to my home church which is actively considering the matter.
If the home church decides to help start the church in Bangkok, most probably Jenny and I will remain in Bangkok to assist in the work in this church for a year, such as equipping disciples, church planting and recruiting team leaders. Our plan to provide handicraft training for the poor can also continue as part of the ministry.
Let me now introduce our apartment.
We live a very simple life here, with no refrigerator but recently we bought a small TV. We put a blanket on the floor to make a bed to sleep on and also our room is very small. We thank God for this room because this room belongs to Jenny’s uncle who rents to us around USD 48 per month but when we were away, he never asked us to pay the monthly rent. Moreover, the electricity bill is currently free because our tariff usage is always below the average.
From July 8th - 13th, 2010, we were in Hatyai (Southwestern Thailand) and Pattani (Southeastern Thailand) together with Jenny’s father. We spent time with her family and they have not met for years. It was a good family reunion. We have the opportunity to share with Jenny’s cousin sisters about the Good News and they were very keen to find out more. So we propose them to visit the nearby church. We also visited the local AG Thai church and had a fellowship with the pastor and his church members.
Every Saturday morning, we join the Lumpini Fellowship Group where we share the Word of God with the poor and also fellowship with the people around. Since coming back from Kunming, we noticed that there were more people coming to this fellowship. The elders told us that when the red shirt protesters occupied the park from April to May 2010, they continued to hold the fellowship meet and the protesters started joining the fellowship. Amazingly, some were touched by the truth in the Word of God and some repented of their sins. Praise the Lord!
Every Wednesday evening, I made it a point to preach the Word of God in the church at Wireless Road, Bangkok and Jenny was my translator. There normally are three pastors (including me) taking turn to share the message.
On July 24th, 2010, we attended the Thai businessmen fellowship together with Dr. Kamjorn Chaowrat, a former senator. It is interesting to observe how the more affluent Christians share their faith with the less fortunate among them. Praise the Lord for this ministry. One of the brothers shared how he almost became a bankrupt and lost everything but the Lord brought him back. He said the US Coca Cola was trying to penetrate their market into China but the Chinese Government rejected this inroad many times. When this brother was appointed advisor to the Coca Cola of Thailand, he made good relationship with the Chinese Government, then brought the Coca Cola company into the China market. He urges that we need to always seek God’s wisdom rather than our own wisdom, then blessing will pour down from Heaven. God is always amazing!
From July 25th - 28th, 2010, Jaisamarn Full Gospel has invited us to attend the “Encounter through Inner Healing” conference in Pattaya and the guest speaker is from Prachuabkhirikhan (South Thailand). The senior pastor called on each leader of branch churches to attend this conference. Jesus has commanded us to extend his mission on earth. We are to go to all corners of the world serving God, serving each other and serving all people to whom we are called.
Matthew 16 verse 18 says: “Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it”. This is the land I mentioned above where the land owner has decided to give it to build a church. My home church is evaluating the possibility. Praise the Lord for this donor, Hallelujah!
We thought that we could not go for Don Moen’s worship concert as we have limited mission fund. Therefore I said to God, if it is your will, I shall obey and I will not think about the concert again. A week before the concert, I received some funds from an unknown person and so I was able to buy two seats for the concert. Praise the Lord ... our God always works in mysterious ways! When we were at the concert, I could sense that God wanted me to “rest” and have a break for awhile before taking another step of mission work. Jenny also felt peace in her heart. Thank you God for your provision and guidance. Hallelujah!
We need your support in prayer as we hope to get a more convenient means of vehicular transport to enable us to move around in Bangkok more easily.
God Bless!
Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok
Friday, July 23, 2010
DOCTOR OF MINISTRY (CHRISTIAN STUDIES)
Shalom All,
Greetings in the Lord Jesus Name!
May I first begin by sharing the happy news that I have been offered a chance to study towards a Doctor of Ministry (Christian Studies), that is, D.Min, on a scholarship.
I have 2 - 3 years to complete this correspondence course. Meanwhile, I can still continue my mission work. At the same time, I am also pursuing a Diploma in Healthcare and Social Welfare to further equip myself in counseling. Indeed, God is good all the time!
With regard to my earlier report “Future Mission Plan”, so far I have received little feedback from you all - can I have more feedback from you about this proposed plan I have?
We need to work together in step with God. So let us all work and pray together to reach our common goals in serving the Lord.
Proverbs 16 verse 9 says: “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps”.
Jenny and I might not attend the Don Moen’s Worship Concert on August 3rd, 2010, as we are a bit short on funds, and it is an expensive event too!
The Word of God to remind ourselves, Proverbs 4 verses 23 to 27 said "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil". Our heart, our feelings of love and desire, dictates to a great extent how we live because we always find time to do what we enjoy. Solomon tells us to guard our heart above all else, making sure we concentrate on those desires that will keep us on the right path. Make sure your affections push you in the right direction. Put boundaries on your desires, don't go after everything you see. Look straight ahead, keep your eyes fixed on your goal, and don't get sidetracked on detours that lead to sin.
God bless!
Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok
Candidate of Doctor of Ministry (Christian Studies)
Thursday, July 8, 2010
THE FUTURE VISION MISSION WORK IN THAILAND
Shalom All,
Greetings from Thailand once again, brothers and sisters in Christ!
This is just another brief report from me, to update and share with you about my upcoming work plans for the Lord. I pray that you will have the time to read it.
As you all well know, my initial calling 3 years ago originally was to evangelize to the Jews, but the Jewish Rabbis that you read at mission blog “Concentrate on the Lost Tribes” and “First Mission in Thailand”.. I had contact with did not open this door for me. Even so, I am certain the Lord loves and cares for the Jews, despite their steadfast stubbornness, and that one day, He will find a way for me to serve this community.
Then the Lord directed me to go to India. By faith and without much preparation, the Lord opened this doors for me, helping, equipping and teaching me to evangelize along the way, and even leading and annointing me to cast out demons in His name. (these activities have been covered in earlier reports). Isn't God’s amazing?
I am sure God has a plan for me ahead, as He never fails in His promise. But I am waiting for a clearer direction from Him. After 3 years even up to now, I have a burden and a desire to make contact with one of the Lost Tribes of Israel, to bring them back to the true Jerusalem and into the lasting Kingdom of God.
Yet the time does not appear to be now, as there are too many issues and obstacles for me in this path right now. For one thing, my government still imposes a very strict ban on its citizens from entering the State of Israel.
Then also, living cost in Israel is too high for me to be there.
And thirdly, Jenny is not ready for this journey just yet, even if I am ready. I can't just leave her behind in Bangkok - that would not be the right thing for me to do. No, we must work together for the Lord as a pair, since the Lord has joined us in marriage. Therefore, I am still seeking and praying that the Lord will work out a way, and find us an opening for both of us, if not for the Jews in Israel or elsewhere, then some other place.
The other option for us is to stay put in Thailand. Here, we also have a great desire to serve the Thai people, as there are many needs we can see. One vision we have is to start a "One-Stop-Mission Centre" (OSMC), in a shop house or any suitable place. We are particularly encouraged to have the boldness of this vision after our recent work of one year at the Olive Farm in Kunming.
As we see it, the objectives of such OSMC will be:
- To provide handicraft training for the poor, such as in cross stitch, knitting etc. This work will help the poor to generate some income to support their family, as well as provide us an opportunity to serve the Lord.
- We will have a place to sell the handcraft made, as well as to sell Christian books, gifts and music.
- Once we have established a proper footing, we can and will open this venue to all Christian denominations visiting Bangkok/Thailand, in joint efforts to preach the Gospel and extend the Kingdom of God throughout the land.
We are praying for God's hand to make this come true. One way is to incorporate a company or a foundation, and to find a way to get the company/foundation, exemption from tax. This is not something we can achieve overnight. It will necessarily have to be a longer term plan, but we need to open it up for input of ideas, to deliberate, discuss and pray for God's leading, to bring about a project such as this to bear fruit for God's people.
Just another thought. Initially, we could plan to rent, say a three-storey shophouse in the outskirts of Bangkok … the ground floor to be used as the proposed handicrafts center cum coffee fellowship place ... the second floor to be used for children ministry, Bible studies place, library, prayer room and for worship service … the third floor to be used as guest rooms for missionaries/Christians on their way to or from Thailand, who can also contribute in some way to promote the activities of the center.
Last week, I have had a brief sharing about the above ideas with the pastor and elders of a sizable church in Thailand. They seem to find this vision interesting.
With prayer and the support of everyone, perhaps we can all work together to bring to fruition.
God is always great, Glory to the Name!
Blessing,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok and Sister Jenny P Kok
RETURNING FOR MISSION IN THAILAND AND BACK HOME IN MALAYSIA
Shalom All,
Greeting in the Lord Jesus Christ’s Name!
The Word of the Lord lifted me up when I read 1 Timothy 4 verses 12 - 15 said that “Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them. Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you. Give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress. Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you”.
Most likely, so for many people around us. Each day we have many opportunity to support and inspire family members, fellow workers and even total strangers. People need help and affirmation all along the way. Paul modeled six important principles to help us to encourage others. Start with encouragement whereby people who know we will encourage them will be happy to work with us. Secondly expect of others only what you expect of yourself such like people resist being held unfair standards. Thirdly, we need to develop expectations of others with consideration for their skills, maturity and experience, it is important to be patient with slow learners and distracted. Fourthly, we require to monitor our expectation to others as changing circumstances something require revised or reduced expectation. Fifthly, to clarify your expectation with others. Lastly, end with your encouragement as people love to be thanked for a job well done.
Jenny and I will be in Hatyai from Bangkok from July 8th till July 12th, 2010 to renew my Thailand Visa at the border post. We will also be meeting my cousin’s family from Penang in Hatyai and also visiting Jenny’s relatives in the Province of Pattani before returning to Bangkok.
On August 3rd, 2010, Don Moen, an American singer-songwriter, pastor and producer of Christian worship music will be having a Worship Concert in Bangkok. When Jenny mentioned this to me, I found it hard to believe until she showed me the website. We are so excited about this coming event as it is going to be a great concert. We trust the Lord will provide us the funds to see the concert.
Here is our mission report, with photos:
On May 18th, 2010, we were invited by a local church pastor in Kunming, China to spent a few days with a Thai community in Wangchan District, Province of Rayong, Thailand, close to the border with China. It was good to have this opportunity to fellowship with these people in a remote part of Thailand in their homes. We were brought to see an elder of the church ill with stomach cancer, who has not been able to attend church for many months now. The pastor asked me to pray for this brother. Using the olive oil for anointing, I called on the name of Jesus to heal this brother, laying my hand on his stomach. After the prayer, he felt better. On Sunday, I was preaching in the local church and this elder felt fit enough to attend church to worship the Lord. Praise the Lord for this. Give Him Glory .
We also celebrated Jenny’s birthday that Sunday. It was a big surprise to me that the local pastor has arranged for so many of his flock to celebrate Jenny's birthday. May God continue to give my beautiful wife strength and joy in serving the Lord, according to His Plan and Will.
During our visit in Wangchan, we also took the opportunity to visit a pastor serving in Pluakdeang, a well as another friend from Sa Keow. We were brought to a member's home for fellowship. One member in this family has not accepted Jesus. We shared the Word of God, the Love of God and the saving grace of our Lord, with this family and prayed for the Holy Spirit to be with them. Then the unbeliever was moved by the Holy Spirit to accept Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord, one more soul is won for the Lord's Kingdom. We heard from the pastor recently that every member of this family now attends church.
On May 27th, 2010, we returned to Malaysia for three weeks. Thanks be to God for friends giving us free accommodation in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur, as without such providence we would not be able to afford the accommodation for this stay .
The following day, we went to the Bible College of Malaysia to attend its Carnival Sale. It is good to meet up with some old friends at the Church We attended some of their cell group meetings, where I have the opportunity to share the Word of God and my walk with God in the mission field. I felt so good sharing my life and experiences serving God, also as an encouragement for them to serve God in whatever way they can Faith in action is one way to lead others to do more for the Lord.
I was also invited by a pastor from the Kelana Jaya to preach the Word of God in his church. After preaching, we went to the children ministry and spent time with children from different races. God makes us in different shades and colors, but we are one in Christ. Amen!
On June 4th, 2010, while we were crossing the road from the prominent Kuala Lumpur Twin Tower Building to the Public Bank Head Office Building opposite, all of a sudden, a large crowd of about 15,000 people appeared in front of us, staging an Anti-Israel Protest and Pro-Palestine March. The demonstration was heading towards the US Embassy. We were caught unaware in the middle of this street protest. It was scary ,but the Lord protected us. Praise the Lord!
We had to rush back to Bangkok on June 13th, 2010 to attend the launching of a new sister church in Nakhon Luang, Province of Aytthuya. There were about 20 members who turned up for the official opening. When we arrived, the people were happy to see us and told us they had prayed for us every day. Our God has touched and transformed their life. All Glory and Honor to God Almighty!
I have been invited by the main church pastor to teach English and to conduct Bible Study in English with the local people there, while Jenny will teach them handicraft. We are praying for God's hand in this area of work.
I have written to you briefly encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
Greet one another with a kiss of love.
Peace to all of you are in Christ!
Blessing,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok and Sister Jenny P Kok
Monday, May 24, 2010
BANGKOK NO LONGER THE SAME
Greeting in the Lord’s Name!
Before I share about the situation in Bangkok, just to inform that we will be returning to Kuala Lumpur for a short trip from May 27th to June 9th, and then to Kedah and Penang.
Thailand is no longer the same due to clashes between the red shirts protesters and the Thai Government. It is all about power, greed and money that destroys one another. God reminds me that this situation is like Jeremiah warning the King of Israel on idol worship, power and greed, and then calling everyone to repent of their sins. But the King and the people did not heed. In the end, the Babylonian Emperor took over the whole of Jerusalem.
On May 12th, we went to Silom to meet up my friend studying in ABAC university. At 4pm, we left Silom and headed back home. Around 7pm, trouble started in Silom. Earlier, I had thought of staying back at Silom to do my mission report but thank God for pulling us off from Silom before bombing took place!
That night, we watched the TV news about the Thai army starting their operation to take control of Rajprasong (Prantip, Pratunam and Silom) area after 8pm. We would like to thank God for protecting us and taking us out from the area in time otherwise we could have been shot dead by the Thai army!
On the May 19th, we were invited by a church in Rayong (eastern of Thailand, further up from Pattaya) to share the Word of God, and to bring encouragement to the members. When we left for Fortune Mall, we saw a huge smokes in the city. Then we took a taxi to Ekamai Bus Terminal and the taxi man told us, he was not sure whether the road was closed or not but he would try his best to bring us there. He shared with us that one lady was shot at directly to her head and the whole Rajprasong was full of blood and dead bodies. Then we reached Ekamai Bus Terminal and immediately took the bus to Rayong to avoid sensitive areas in Bangkok.
When we watched the TV news, the Thai army won the battles and took back Rajprasong area. Most of the reds leaders surrendered to the police. This made the red protesters very angry and now that they do not have leaders ,they could therefore do anything they like. So they began throwing petrol bottle bombs at various hotspots area such as Central World, Siam Square, and a few big banks, Stock Exchange of Thailand, National Electricity of Thailand Headquarters, Central One, temple, MRT sub station etc. Even the Central World (used to be called World Trade Centre) almost collapsed and the insurance cost around USD 103 billion. My home branch bank at Central One also collapsed.
We will be returning to Bangkok on Monday taking a train from Bangkok to Hatyai on next Tuesday night. We are not sure whether the redshirts will attack the Hua Lampong Railway Station or the train. Also we are not sure whether we could safely return to our home from Rayong. Please pray for our safety during these trying times.
God Bless!
Blessing,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok and Sister Jenny P Kok
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