Do you have the gift of
speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through
you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the
strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring
glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to Him forever and
ever! Amen - 1 Peter 4 verse 11.
We are given gifts to use in
God's Kingdom for two reasons; firstly, it is to bring glory to God and
secondly, it is to bless others. Whether we serve or speak, we are to do
so with these two goals in mind, knowing that God will supply the strength to
do what he has gifted us to do.
In regards to Jenny’s second
surgery, we went to meet up with the doctor on 30th September 2013
at the Thammasat University Hospital and the surgery will take place on 4th
November 2013. She required to stay in the hospital for 5 - 6 days till the
blood stop bleeding on the neck. The doctor told us that there is no
guarantee whether she will have the voice or not after the operation because it
is the second round surgery. The doctor also told us that if they can
find the parathyroid, then they will not take it out, otherwise Jenny require
to take calcium pills forever.
On the 8th October
2013, she went to do all the basic medical check-up before surgery. The
doctor discovered a few dots in her chest through the X-ray. Therefore we
need to go back to consult the doctor next week.
Six weeks after the surgery,
they will need to perform the Iodine-131 nuclear radiotherapy at Princess
Chulabhorn Research Institute for 4 - 5 days and we need to make an appointment
for this with the doctor next week. As the treatment will fall during
Christmas week, therefore it will be necessary to find a
replacement Pastor or Bible College student to help out our
Church between November 2013 - January 2014.
During this October 2013, Jenny
is busy preparing for her first semester, second year examination of Early
Childhood Education in Ramkhahaeng University. She is trying her best to
complete the degree programme within 2 ½ years and then she needs to have one
year practical teaching experience in the school before the Ministry of
Education will issue the Teacher’s License. With the license, she
can start a pre-school for the Church and another opportunity to share the
gospel.
My Thailand Visa will be expired
on 16th October 2013 and the last stamp exit fall on the third week of December
2013. I have been using a Non-Immigrant O (dependent spouse) visa.
The Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has had to change the requirement
recently. Last time, when I applied for the Thai Visa, I just need to
show my bank statement of THB 100,000 but now the Embassy requires me to show
THB 400,000. If I apply at the Immigration Division in Bangkok, I
need to maintain THB 400,000 for two months, then only the one-year Thai Visa
will be issued. Now, we are trying to figure out how to solve this
visa issue as I do not have the required funds in hand.
Turning to the weather, parts of
north, northeast and eastern Thailand have been facing heavy flooding
several weeks now. Sakeow province is flooding around 1.3m - 1.4m.
There have been many great monsoons hitting Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos,
Thailand and Myanmar recently. Most dams in the vicinity are full
and they need to release the water. The floodwater from the north and
northeast is now heading towards Bangkok again. It is uncertain
whether the floodwater will pass through our place again and so we pray that it
will not be a repeat of the 2011 Bangkok floods..
Church activities (Caption at the
slideshow);
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.
Attached
is the financial report for September 2013 for your reference.
All Praise to the Lord, as we seek His will ... Do uphold us
in prayers.
God bless all of you.
Blessings,
