Shalom All,
Greetings in the
Name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth!
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God
The Creator of the ends of the earth
He will not grow tired or weary,
And His understanding no one can fathom.
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. - Isaiah 40 verses 29 - 31.
He will not grow tired or weary,
And His understanding no one can fathom.
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. - Isaiah 40 verses 29 - 31.
I would
like thank everyone for praying for my wife, Jenny Ruth during her recent
illness. The Lord has now healed her through the prayers of our extended
Christian family. Praise the Lord!
In my last email, I have explained that
she was diagnosed to have Ménière's disease (Disorder of the inner ear) that
can affect hearing and balance to varying degrees. I have brought her first to
a government hospital, and then a private hospital (to get a second opinion).
However, the Lord soon healed her thoroughly without the need to do MRI or CT
Scan. Praise the Lord!
Subsequently, Jenny felt a small growth in her left throat area. The doctor who examined this ruled out thyroid. Jenny is scheduled to have an ultra-sound and tissue examination on 4 June 2013. The result will be available only on 25 June 2013 to determine whether surgery is necessary.
Thank God for a kind and generous brother who has offered RM 2,000 (THB 18,000/USD 630) for her surgery. We continue to find strength and comfort from the Lord and pray for His total healing upon Jenny, awaiting His deliverance, His mercies and His miraculous power. So together we request your prayers as we look up to Him and pray for His deliverance!
Subsequently, Jenny felt a small growth in her left throat area. The doctor who examined this ruled out thyroid. Jenny is scheduled to have an ultra-sound and tissue examination on 4 June 2013. The result will be available only on 25 June 2013 to determine whether surgery is necessary.
Thank God for a kind and generous brother who has offered RM 2,000 (THB 18,000/USD 630) for her surgery. We continue to find strength and comfort from the Lord and pray for His total healing upon Jenny, awaiting His deliverance, His mercies and His miraculous power. So together we request your prayers as we look up to Him and pray for His deliverance!
As you have been informed, we recently
rented a beautiful bungalow house in the outskirts of Bangkok, to turn it into
our Church. A Christian brother has pledged to give a big and generous offering
to the Church to buy over this property for the use of the Church within 6 - 8
months. However, we encountered flood water reaching the toilet area, also at
the car park compound and access road to the house during heavy rains … three
times within 6 months. We informed the owner about the flooding noted by us and
that we might not consider the purchase option as originally indicated. The
owner has now found a willing buyer on the 1 May 2013 and requires us to
vacate before 30 May 2013.
We then urgently went about looking for new premises for our Church. We found a suitable shop lot at Saphan Mai, Bangkok. The rental for one shop lot floor is THB 10,000 (RM 1,052/USD 340) per month. This shop has 5 usable or let able floors that is, it is a 6 storey high, with the 6th floor serving as its open rooftop. It is located near a bus stop (70m away), a Central General Hospital (350m away), a Big C Hypermarket (400m away), a 24 hour open market (1.1km away) and the back lane have more than 10 apartments. All in all, it is located in a busy and bubbly part of a corner of greater Bangkok metropolis.
At the rooftop, we can see a clear sky, planes landing and take-off, and quite a wide girth and vista of the north part of Bangkok. The shop lot owner says he chooses not to rent at a high price because he wants a good tenant who will take care of the shop lot.
However, we need to do a fair bit of facelift and renovation, such as: painting, repair of water pipes, fixing the lighting/electrical wiring, repair of PABX telephone line, cleaning and repairing partition walls. We also need to buy a big cross with neon light to put on the rooftop, and church signboard, cabinets, tables, chairs, beds etc.
We then urgently went about looking for new premises for our Church. We found a suitable shop lot at Saphan Mai, Bangkok. The rental for one shop lot floor is THB 10,000 (RM 1,052/USD 340) per month. This shop has 5 usable or let able floors that is, it is a 6 storey high, with the 6th floor serving as its open rooftop. It is located near a bus stop (70m away), a Central General Hospital (350m away), a Big C Hypermarket (400m away), a 24 hour open market (1.1km away) and the back lane have more than 10 apartments. All in all, it is located in a busy and bubbly part of a corner of greater Bangkok metropolis.
At the rooftop, we can see a clear sky, planes landing and take-off, and quite a wide girth and vista of the north part of Bangkok. The shop lot owner says he chooses not to rent at a high price because he wants a good tenant who will take care of the shop lot.
Praise the Lord for leading us to this
new building suitable for our Church.
However, we need to do a fair bit of facelift and renovation, such as: painting, repair of water pipes, fixing the lighting/electrical wiring, repair of PABX telephone line, cleaning and repairing partition walls. We also need to buy a big cross with neon light to put on the rooftop, and church signboard, cabinets, tables, chairs, beds etc.
The
Church needs a budget of about THB 300,000 (RM 34,090/USD 10,714) to do
all these things, as well moving cost. Please pray with us for the realization
of this project unexpectedly thrust upon us.
The
contract will be for an initial 3 years with option of renewable at the
end of this period.
Below is an update of our Church and
mission activities report;
Attached is the financial report
for March and April 2013 for your reference.
Thank you for your prayer and giving.
May God bless you all.
With Love and Blessings in His
name,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok
