Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth!
For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope - Jeremiah 29 verse 11.
We would like, first of all, to thank everyone for your encouraging emails, and for covering us with your prayers. Very sincere thanks, too, especially to pastors Rev. Dr. David Yonggi Cho, Pastor Rick Warren, Pastor John Burton and many others for praying for our mission work. God is truly working in an amazing way through our extended family of God, encouraging and upholding us in the building of His church.
I firmly believe our God will bless us all the way whenever we walk by faith in obedience to Him.
Last Sunday, we went to see the landlord of the shop lot and were surprised to be told he would bless our Church with one month free rental from 15 May till 14 June 2013. Praise the Lord! So we will be moving to the new premises starting on 18 May 2013 (next Saturday).
As for the old premises, the landlord has refunded us in full the two months' rental deposit we had with them. That settles nicely our move from one place to a new one.
But we need to plan and think through how best to utilize the 5 floors of the shop lot we now have. Our thoughts:
Ground Floor - Coffee/Tea Fellowship Center and Christian bookshop (i.e.a convenient ground level contact point or center for evangelism ).
1st Floor - Congregation Sanctuary Hall, Training Hall and Bible Study Hall.
2nd Floor - Still thinking and planning
3rd Floor - Parsonage.
4th Floor - Rooms for Missionaries and Visitors.
5th Floor - Rooftop view with deck chairs for rest and relaxation, particularly during breezy evenings for worshippers and visitors.
Our rationale for a coffee/tea fellowship center: to provide a convenient way for local people to get to know who we are and what we do, as well as to provide a convenient meeting place for them to spend time relaxing, reading, chatting or even doing their computer work. We can use in-house piped Christian music, recorded testimonies and sermons as well as making available photocopies of Christian quotable quotes from Proverbs and other well known passages from the Bible, etc ... anything light and easy that will help in spreading God's message. Not only that, we will have regular worship and sharing regularly and daily, if necessary. These activities will provide more opportunities for non-believers to know Jesus Christ and open new doors for them into the Kingdom of God.
We truly want to thank God for opening doors for us to do His work in the first place ... by providing us with such marvelous premises in a prime location, accessible from and to many busy, crowded people centers and at an affordable low rental too, for a 5 storey shop lot and so far, it is truly an amazing act of God that is only explainable and made possible by His grace, through the prayers and petitions of His saints! Surely also all according to His great plan.! And for His glory!
We need to raise funds to do the moving in and for some necessary renovation for the new premises. We estimate a launching initial budget of THB 300,000 (RM 34,090/USD 10,714).
I pray that with your support, the new Center and Church will take off as planned and set out above. Please pray with us for the realization of this project. In God we truly depend and trust "One Faith, One Hope, One Love".
May God be with you and bless you for His Glory.
Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok
