Tuesday, October 22, 2013

CHURCH SERVICE SCHEDULE CHANGE

Shalom All,

Greetings in the Lord!

It is announced the Church Service schedule change.

    - Every Friday evening (7.00pm - 8.00pm) will be Prayer Evening Watch - effective in early 2014.
    - Every Saturday evening (5.00pm - 7.00pm) will be our Worship and Church Service – effective on the first week of November 2013.
    - Every Sunday morning (10.00am - 11.00am) will be the Bible Study - effective in early 2014.
    - Every Sunday evening  (4.00pm - 6.00pm) will be Family Sports Activities - effective in early 2014.

There are a few reasons why we needs change our Church’s activities;

    - Due to my wife’s surgery and radiotherapy treatment, we need to change Church schedule. 
    - The homeless Christians could not attend the Sunday Church Service because they are being forced to attend Sunday group meeting.
    - It is more easy to invite local Thai preachers to share the Word of God on Saturday evening. 

We would like to invite the volunteer pastors or preachers to come and share the Word of God on Saturday evening. Should you be interested, we welcome you to write us. 

For the lay Christians, 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. Also do write to us. 

May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.

Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok
Mission Contribution

Friday, October 11, 2013

UPDATE THE SECOND SURGERY AND MOVING CHURCH REPORT

Shalom All,

Greetings in the Lord!

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,