Shalom All,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of
Nazareth!
Of late, Jenny and I have worked hard every day in trying
to spruce up the new premises of the 5-storeyed building we plan to turn into
our new church. Back breaking painting of walls and ceilings, getting help to
fix up the minimum plumbing, throwing away accumulated unwanted broken pieces
of furniture and things and cleaning up the place to make it look more welcoming
as a place of worship.
Work in progress with what funds we have and more awaits
to be done, when donations are in support of our efforts are available and
coming in.
These are the encouraging words from our Lord Jesus: “It
is more blessed to give than to receive” - Book of Acts 20 verse 35.
To many, those words make no sense. They love to receive.
Yet the Lord is not saying that receiving has no pleasure. Many of us have
experienced the joy of having someone care for us. Yes, there is pleasure in
receiving; yet there is even more pleasure in giving. Jesus is saying that the
pleasure of knowing that we have been used by God to help someone, exceeds the
pleasure of being the one who was helped.
If that is so, then whenever we have the opportunity, we
should do good to everyone, especially to those we love the most. Doing good
may include a monetary gift, but it may also include a word of kindness or
encouragement. To do good may involve us sending a card with a special note
inside. It may include a carefully baked dish. Or, it may involve a helping
hand to get a job done. It may be something as simple as a smile and a few
moments of our time.
As reported earlier, our initial target was to raise some
THB 300,000 (RM 33,334/USD 10,600) principally to enable necessary simple
renovations to be done to set up a look able fellowship/ worship center to
cater to the needs of this neighborhood of Bangkok.
For the past one month, we have collected almost THB
36,800 (RM 4,000/USD 1,300) to help us kick off the necessary renovation work
for our new church. The money has come from a number of sources - from those
who have been extraordinarily generous with private donations and from those
social/charity welfare.
Given below are some snapshots of "work in
progress"
Our floor
plan and future renovation works needed are set out here:
Attached with this report is our appeal for funds for the setting up of our new church.
Should you need further information or clarification,
please write us.
We will be more than pleased to update you with your
queries.
Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok
