July Update 2025

                                 Greetings in the name of the Lord!

We pray that God continues to bless you all in everything you do. Annie and I express our deepest gratitude for your prayers and unwavering support.

It has been almost five months since I submitted my claim to the VA, and I still haven’t received any word. However, we remain hopeful and believe that God will take care of everything and ensure that things turn out for the best. In the meantime, I have been fortunate enough to complete several health-related tests and evaluations during this waiting period.

Despite the delay, we have decided that we cannot wait any longer to return to Thailand. There are several reasons behind this decision. Firstly, our car is in storage, and we need to have it serviced before we can use it. Secondly, we have scheduled yearly checkups and physicals in September, and we cannot reschedule them. Additionally, there are other pressing matters that require our attention.

Therefore, we will be flying back to Thailand on August 7th and arriving in Bangkok on the night of August 8th. We will then continue our journey to Khon Kaen on Saturday, the 9th, in the afternoon.

During this time, we kindly request your continued prayers for safe travels and divine favor wherever we go. We are eagerly looking forward to returning to Thailand and reuniting with our Thai family and visiting all the churches we hold dear. We have missed everyone dearly and hope to see you all soon after our return.

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Church on the Rock Sisters

Church on the Rock Brothers

New Life Church Vidor

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As we prepare for our return, we pray for our protection, health, and provision. We are grateful to all of our American family and friends who have been able to visit us during our time here. We thoroughly enjoyed every moment spent with you, and we hope to see you again in the future.

May God bless everyone, and we love you all!

Ralph and Annie

May Update 2025

 Greetings, everyone, in the name of Jesus!

As I write this update, we have been back in America for two months already. Time flies when you’re having fun! We returned expecting the weather to be typical for spring, but it never fails that several cold fronts have passed through, leaving us cold since our arrival. However, the weather is finally warming up for summer, which is more what we’re accustomed to.

We’ve been traveling for about six weeks and have been truly blessed wherever we’ve been. We’ve visited churches in Garland, Grand Prairie, Palestine, Rusk, and the entire Beaumont/Nederland area. God is so good, and we loved seeing all of our families and friends. It was an absolute joy sharing the Word and spending quality time with everyone. We express our gratitude to God for each and every blessing.

Please keep us in your prayers as we spend the next few months here in America. I’ve filed a claim with the VA for disability, and I’ll have to wait until the claim is complete before returning to Thailand. Please pray for favor, and that they’ll respond quickly. 

Please keep us in your prayers as we still have a few churches to visit within the next month or so. We will continue our furlough for a few more months. So, please pray that we get ample rest and have a wonderful time spending quality time with our daughter and family. Hopefully, we will also get to visit other family members during this time. 

We are so grateful for everyone’s prayers and support! We truly appreciate all that you do for us, and we will be praying for God to bless you abundantly, far beyond all your needs!  

We love y’all!

Ralph and Annie

March Update and Prayer Request

Hello everyone!

Annie and I are currently in a hotel in Bangkok, waiting for our flight back to America. We’ll be flying to Korea on Monday night at 11:15 pm, with a 3-hour layover. Then, we’ll fly straight to Dallas for 12 and a half hours, arriving at DFW at 9:00 am on Tuesday morning. Since we’re both older, this journey is quite a bit for us. We’d really appreciate your prayers during this time. Please pray for us to have the strength, energy, and protection we need. We’d also love to get some rest on the plane. Finally, please pray for good weather and smooth flights the whole way to Dallas.

Thank you so much for your prayers in advance. We’ll see you all soon!

God bless everyone, and we love you all!

Ralph and Annie

February Update 2025

      Greetings everyone in the Name of Jesus!

We are getting excited about our trip to America in March and seeing our family and friends soon.  Everything is starting to line up already.  We have started our itinerary already, and the month of April is full, and we are planning to be in the Beaumont area the first two weeks of May.  We are presently contacting pastors in the area to get a date to visit everyone. If you are in that area and want us to visit, please contact me so we can set a date.Please keep us in your prayers during this time as we diligently prepare for our upcoming trip. Our journey begins on the 17th of March, as we depart from Thailand and arrive in Dallas on the morning of the 18th. Please  pray for safe and secure travels throughout our trip. Amen?

We ministered at COTR BURIRAM on the first weekend of this month and had a great service with Annie teaching and me preaching the main service.  This will be our last visit until we get back from America. We will miss everyone, so we are praying God will bless them all while we are gone.  Amen!

This will also be our final update from Thailand. Our next update will be next month, after we arrive in America. So, we pray that God bless all of you and hope to see most of you very soon. We pray for you as you pray for us. 

We love y’all!

Ralph and Annie

PS

 

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Church on the Rock

P O Box 1228

Nederland, TX 77627

Checks can be made out directly to me Ralph Dryden or 

If a tax exempt is needed the checks can be made out to 

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January Update 2025

               Greetings everyone in the Name of Jesus!

We are already praying and preparing for our trip to America in March and are excited to see everyone.  We are trying to set up our itinerary already and have filled 2 our first two weekends. If anyone has a date they want us to visit, now is the time to schedule it. We are trying to fill up the months of April and May first because we are not sure how long we are going to stay. Please pray for us to get everything set up before we leave Thailand. 

On Children’s Day here in Thailand, we came together with Chum Phae Church to celebrate. What a blessing!  It was so much fun to watch all the kids being blessed with games and many presents.  

Then on Sunday we ministered at Chum Phae Church! It was great to see everyone again and had a wonderful time in the Lord. I Preached and then afterwards had lunch and fellowship with the pastors.  

Then after lunch, Annie and I celebrated  our 53 wedding anniversary for a few days in the mountains  . We enjoyed the beautiful view and quiet time at the resort. It was sooo cold though for us with the wind factor we were ready to get home to the lowlands. lol. Then we had a nice lunch to complete the celebration. We are looking forward to having many more anniversaries before we go to be with the Lord. Amen?

Okay, praise God. Keep us in prayer for the next couple of months, we have a lot to take care of before we make the trip to the good ole USA.  We appreciate everyone who prays and supports us every month. We love you all and pray for God to bless you abundantly. 

We love y’all!

Ralph and Annie 

PS

 

If anyone would like to give a one time offering or support us on a monthly basis on line, click on the Donate Button at www.ralphdryden.com , or give via PayPal directly to us at PayPal.Me/RalphDDryden, Zelle@rddryden@gmail.com or give via mail:

Church on the Rock

P O Box 1228

Nederland, TX 77627

Checks can be made out directly to me Ralph Dryden or 

If a tax exempt is needed the checks can be made out to 

K E Resources - memo line: Dryden Support