February Update 2016

Greetings everyone!  

 

We pray God is blessing you over and above all your needs.  We truly do appreciate all of your support and prayers for our ministry here in Southeast Asia. It is such a privilege to be able to minister here and be a servant of God. We are blessed with a great responsibility and know that we could not be here without you.  We appreciate and thank God for everyone of you!

While things are going crazy in the world, God is moving all over Southeast Asia. I want to bless all of you with a report I received from our contact in Vietnam.  This is just one Christian group a that we know and visit.  

 

Here is his report:  

  In October 2015: We had 408 new converts,made disciple 1307 people.

  In November 2015:  We had 471 new converts,made disciple 1411 people. 

  One cell group.

  In December 2015: We had 789 new converts,made disciple 1504 people.

  We preached among persecutions so please pray for us. May God bless you.

Praise the Lord, for this encouraging report along with what God is doing here in Thailand. Please continue to keep us all in your prayers. 

In Khon Kaen at Lamp of Khon Kaen Church God moved in a great way last month.  We ministered to the youth and church from Friday to Sunday.  All of these young people are on fire and hungry for more of Jesus.  Please keep them in prayer because this month is a difficult month for them because all of their financial support ceased last month. They need God to provide and help them until the school break next month. When the new school term starts they will be receiving support from the families of the kids.  Also, during  term break they will finish building the new building for their housing. If anyone feels led by God to help them with a special offering please let me know or send it in through our normal channels but designate it for Kid's Home Thailand.  We will be there this week ministering again so keep us in prayer. 

At New Life Church Tap Kwang, God is moving as well. It has always been a blessing and a privilege for Annie and I to be able to minister in the small churches here in Thailand.  This small church is growing slowly but surely over the last 2 years.  This last Sunday morning we had one visitor and she gave her life to God and received Jesus as her savior and Lord!  Praise God!  Maybe in a big church, one person getting saved may not be a big deal but in a church like this and you have one visitor and that person gets saved it is a big deal.  Lol. And it is a big deal in heaven too!  Please continue to pray for this small church and for us as we continue to minister there every month.`

Annie and I have been invited to a missionary retreat at Thessaloniki, Greece during the month of October!  It is a ministry that reaches out to missionaries and looks like a great opportunity.  The ministry will pay for hotel and all expenses after arrival but we are obligated to pay for our travel to get there.  I have checked on airline tickets from Bangkok to Thessaloniki and it cost around $3,000 for both of us. Out of our 25 years or more of ministry, we have never been on a retreat just for missionaries and we would love to go.  Of course just the airfare is a major expense for us and we were wondering if anyone out there would like to bless us and help us go on this trip?  Just let me know if you are interested and we can work out the details.

Okay, thanks again for all of you!  May God bless you over and above all of your needs.

We love you all!

Ralph and Annie

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