June Update 2014

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Mukdahan, Thailand along the Mekong River

 

Greetings in the Name of the Lord!  

Wow, time flies when your having fun!  It is hard to believe July is almost here already. This year is half over already and things are moving so fast.  We are now reaching out and ministering in four churches other than here in Prakhonchai.   

 

Glory Way Church Mukdahan

Savations!

We were blessed to minister in a new small church in a city on the border of Laos. The name of the church is Glory Way Church Mukdahan and has about 50 member in attendance every week and has home churches as well. We really enjoyed ministering in the church and four people gave their life to Jesus too. We are looking forward to visiting them more in the future.  

This coming Sunday, we will be ministering in the church in Khon Kaen church, which is a blessing too. They have around 100 members and mostly young people. I like ministering to the younger generation, makes me feel younger!  Haha. 

Things are still going great here in Prakhonchai.  Souls are being saved, people are being healed and set free each week.  We are still ministering here every other week.  Annie is teaching the women leaders and I am teaching the men right now. The new building is coming along a little at a time.  Right now the radio has been shut down temporarily because of the coup in Thailand and we are under martial law at the present time. The army came by and checked all of our credentials and everything is in order but all radio stations must wait until they give us the permission to broadcast again.  

Please continue to pray for Thailand as I have already mentioned they are under martial law at the present. But this is not a bad thing for the country and actually things have gotten better. They are getting rid of much of the corruption that was going on from the previous government leaders.   Just pray for everything will move along smoothly and Thailand will be able to return to a true democracy in the future. 

Please continue to pray for our strength, energy and health. We already have plans to visit Vietnam and India this year but we do not know the exact dates yet. But please pray for us to walk in God's will and pray for our provision as well.  

Okay thanks again for all your prayers and financial support.  You all are such a blessing and we need all of you for us to fulfill God's purposes here in Thailand

God bless you all and we love you!

Ralph and Annie

​If anyone would like to send an offering or support us on a monthly basis, here is the information:

Contributions can be sent to:

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.

April Update 2014

Greetings Everyone from Thailand!

 

We made it home safe and sound on the 23^rd of April and now we trying to adapt to the time change and get rid of our jet lag.  I think it takes longer when you get older.  Haha.  It feels good to be back home and sleeping in our own bed for a change but we do miss everyone there in America!  

 We had a great time visiting all the churches, our friends and family.  God was so good to us everywhere we went.  God used us to bless many people and we were blessed by many in return!  God also kept us safe and healthy for the whole trip.  Thank you all for your prayers, God has answered them.

Everything here in Thailand is going great and God is has continued to move in the church.  People have continued to get saved during the time we were in America and we saw a lot of new faces Sunday.  In our first service since we have been back, four people gave their lives to Jesus and the week before we came back two people were saved via the radio station.  We have a wedding next weekend and hopefully by then we will be over our jet lag and we will be making our way to visit some of the other churches we have been ministering in.  The new building is coming along a little at a time.  Praise God!

Annie and I are excited about what God is going to do this coming year and next year!  I believe it is going to be a very busy and productive time of ministry.  God is up to something big here in Thailand and many other places in SE Asia.  Please pray with us as we seek God’s direction and leading for our ministry over the next few years.

I want to thank every church and every individual who sowed into our ministry while we were there in America.  God blessed us and our offerings covered all of our expenses.  You all are such a blessing to us. 

Annie and I give a big thanks to those who support us faithfully every month because through all of you, we can do what we do and go where we go.  And if there is church or anyone else who would like to start supporting us on a monthly basis please let me know.  We will need to increase our support base to do all of the things that we believe God is calling us to do. 

Thanks again to everyone, we love you all!

Ralph & Annie

 

If anyone would like to send an offering or support us on a monthly basis, here is the information:

Contributions can be sent to:

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.

March Update 2014

Greetings in the Name of the Lord!

Praise God, Annie and I are being blessed beyond all measure as we are going from church to church and sharing the Word of God and what God is doing in Thailand.  We spent our first two weeks in the Beaumont area visiting the churches and all of our family there.  We were so blessed by everyone while we were there.

We returned to Duncanville for the COTR Network Of Ministers spring gathering and the birthing of this new organization.  We are excited about what God is going to do through this group of ministers as we build relationships to fulfill the Great Commission all over the world!  If you are interested in being a part of an awesome fellowship of ministers visit their website http://www.cotrnom.com/ and give them a call. Or you can visit the facebook page:

 https://www.facebook.com/churchontherocknetwork

We only have a few more weeks left as we return to Thailand on April 21^st.  We still have two dates available to visit and share with your church if you would like.  Those dates are April 13 and 16.  Please send me an email if you are interested.

Thanks to everyone who is praying for our health and provision, God is answering your prayers.  We still have a way to go to make up our airline tickets and expenses here in America but we are well on our way.  Please keep praying for us and believing with us. 

We love you all!

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Ralph & Annie
James 1:27
http://www.ralphdryden.com
facebook.com/rddryden

​If anyone would like to send an offering or support us on a monthly basis, here is the information:

Contributions can be sent to:

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. ​

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND DECEMBER UPDATE

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Greetings in the Name of the Lord and Merry Christmas to everyone!  We pray that every one of you will be blessed as we celebrate the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  May all of your needs be met and your lives be filled with peace, joy and happiness during this Holiday season!  As we go into the New Year, Annie and I pray that you will be more blessed this year than ever before!  These are exciting times that we are living in and God is up to something big In the near future.  I pray it will be this year and we will all see great things in 2014!

Annie and I are excited because we will be coming to the USA real soon.   Actually we were going to wait one more year till 2015 before making another trip but we have been invited to an important meeting which we feel is God’s will for our life.  When Annie and I prayed about coming, we felt an excitement in our spirits and so here we come.

 

We will be in America from February 26^th until April 21^st of 2014. Please pray for our trip to be safe and all provisions for airline tickets and expenses will be met.  If anyone would like to help us with our expenses please send me an email.  One of our biggest needs is a car while we are there visiting, so if you have an extra car or know someone please email me and let me know.  The month of March is full already but we need to fill the Sundays and Wednesdays in the month of April, so please pray and if anyone wants to schedule us send me an email as well.

Things here in Thailand are going great!  Annie and I had the privilege to help out with two small churches this Christmas.  We were the guest speakers at both celebrations.  We were able to celebrate Christmas by 3 people being water baptized and also this last Sunday we had one man give his life to the Lord!  What a great birthday present we were able to give to our Lord Jesus!  We are so happy and pleased to be able to help out with these small churches and it is a blessing to be able to help them and encourage them. God is good!

Church here in Prakhonchai is going great!  Everyone here is in the Christmas spirit as well.  This week we will be caroling house to house again.  This is a fun time as we go all night long for 3 or 4 nights visiting houses in the villages all around our area.  We cover at least a 50 to 60 mile radius from our church.  God is good! 

Also here in Prakhonchai, we are becoming an international church.  We have 3 new people coming to the church now from Cameroon, Africa.  They are here in Thailand to teach English at the local schools here and are all Christian.  They have chosen us as a church home while they are here.  They have been such a blessing. God is good!  Annie said, she has always wanted to go to Africa and now God is bringing Africa to us!  Hahaha.

God bless you and have a wonderful Holiday season.

We love you all!

Ralph and Annie

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If anyone would like to send an offering or support us on a monthly basis, here is the information:

Contributions can be sent to:

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. ​

June Update 2013

Greetings Everyone in the Name of Jesus!

Well it is time for another update already. This month has been a much needed time of resting for Annie and I. We are presently in Germany visiting our son whom we have not seen in over 8 years. This is the first time in 25 years of ministry that we have taken a real vacation like this and it has been worth it.  We have got to do a lot of site seeing and have had an opportunity to spend some quality time with our son and his family.  We have really enjoyed this time so far and have been blessed.  We have only 4 more days till we head back home to Thailand. It will be good to get back home and back to our serving The Lord but we will miss our son and his family.  We thank The Lord for this time of rest and relaxation. 

We are hearing good reports from Prakhonchai since we have been here. There has been at least 4 more people come to The Lord this month and God is moving mightily in every service. God is so good to the church and the ministry there.

We have heard from the Philippines and all of our churches there have been approved by the government. So Church on the Rock, KE Resources is now a registered religious organization in the Philippines. Please pray for all of our churches there and we will be starting an online bible school starting next month. We have many students already registered for learning already. We are looking forward to seeing what God is going to do throughout this next year there. 

Annie and I will be ministering in a conference of a large organization in November of this year. Can everyone please start praying for us even now that God will use us as a blessing and we will get a Word from The Lord for the right time?

Please pray for our ministry because we feel that this is the time for Annie and I to start reaching out to more churches and leaders to encourage them and minister to them. We know that if the time is right God will open the doors but we must pray too. Amen?

Annie and I thank you and appreciate everyone of you for your prayers and support. We know that we could not do what we do without each and everyone of you.  May God bless you all in everything you do!

We love you,

 Ralph and Annie 

If anyone would like to send an offering or support us on a monthly basis, here is the information:

Contributions can be sent to:

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.

May Update 2013

Greetings Everyone in the Name of Jesus!

Wow, May has been an exciting month.  We just returned from ministering in the Philippines and God blessed us in so many ways!  In Manila, we were blessed by being able to participate in a children’s feeding program, minister in two churches, ordain 6 pastors and receive 3 churches into fellowship with KE Resources.  Annie and I were able to preach the Word of God and we saw God touch and minister to many people.  We had the privilege of praying for the little kids, preaching to the adults and youth as well.  It was a blessed time.

  

Then we went to Butuan, about an hour flight from Manila.  We had the privilege to minister in a village church where God moved and touched many people as well.  I preached in the morning and Annie shared in the afternoon.  I think this was the best I have ever seen Annie minister.  God is good!  The people were all touched by God and ministered to by the Word.  

 

The next day we were able to be the guest speakers at the 2 year anniversary of the COTR Butuan Church.  I preached at the anniversary service than afterwards ordained 4 more pastors and received 3 more churches into our fellowship.  Annie ministered in the afternoon and prayed for all the women and God delivered many women and healed one lady that was paralyzed on her right side.  She was totally healed and was walking and using her hand when she left!  Praise God.  After that we were able to participate in a wedding as well.  Praise God.

 

 

 

We had a great trip and met many new pastors with who we will be working with to expand the Kingdom of God together in the Philippines.  We also will be establishing an online bible school and many other projects in the future.  Please pray for us as we continue to work together.  

Here back home at Prakhonchai church, God is still moving!  We have seen souls still being saved every week.  The weekend that we returned from the Philippines, we had a baptism service.  We were able to baptize over 10 people at the lake after church!  God is good!

 

Please continue to pray for Annie and I’s health.  Annie is doing much better and getting stronger all the time.  I had a problem with my hip and joints being bruised some how, not sure how.  I don’t remember hitting anything, but came back with a lot of pain where my femur bone connects to my hip and now bruised even to my abdomen.  It is getting better every day and no more pain, praise God but please pray for us.

Please pray for Annie and I, we leave on the 30^th of May for Germany.  We will be there for 4 weeks visiting my youngest son, who we have not seen in over 8 years.  This is the first time that Annie and I have ever taken this long of a vacation in the 25 years of ministry we have been serving God.  We are praying this will be a time of quality time with our son and new family.  We have a 3 year old granddaughter there that we have never seen in person.  Please pray for us and also for our finances for this trip as well.

We want to thank everyone for your prayers and financial support which makes all of this possible! We are working together to expand the Kingdom of God!  May God bless you abundantly in all your do!

We love you!

Ralph & Annie

If anyone would like to send an offering or support us on a monthly basis, here is the information:

Contributions can be sent to:

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.

Merry Christmas and December Update 2012

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!

Annie and I pray that all of you will have a wonderful Christmas and that God will bless you in all that you do! 

Wow, it doesn't seem like it has been a year already.  Seems like it was just a little while ago we were in America eating Turkey, all kinds of sweets and opening Christmas packages with our Daughter's family.  Wow, how quickly our lives can change. 

Then in January, it has been one year since Annie had her mini stroke.  At first looked like she was going to go to heaven before me. She was weak, couldn't use her left side very well and couldn't see hardly anything.  Here we are 11 months later back in Thailand and she is physically stronger than me, walks faster than me, blood sugar and blood pressure stable and eye sight getting better every month. We are still believing for her eye sight to return to normal and God to make her emotions strong and stable again.  I am sitting here wondering what it will be like when December 2013 comes around.  Surely it will be better and God will get all the glory!  Amen?

God has been good to us this year and we have still been able to minister here at the church in Prakhonchai, in Laos and in Vietnam.  Next month will be a step of faith for Annie to start teaching again here in the church.  I believe she is going to be anointed more than ever.  Please pray as she teaches the lady leaders starting the 2nd weekend of January.

I believe next year we will be heading to other nations to minister as well.  I am sure of Laos, Vietnam and now we have already scheduled a trip to the Philippines next May.  I will be the guest speaker at an anniversary of a church and leaders conference and Annie will be teaching the ladies there in two different churches.  This will be the start of a fulfillment of prophesy over our ministry and our lives.  We are excited that God has opened this door for us.  We totally believe that this trip is God's will and we are believing in God to provide for all of our expenses for this trip.  If anyone would like to help us with the expenses for this trip just let me know or you can contribute to the address at the end of this update and in the memo put Dryden Philippine trip.  We are living in exciting times especially here in SE Asia, God is moving in every country and we are happy we can be a part.  Please pray for us as well.

Thanks again to everyone who prays for us and supports us each month, you have truly been a blessing to us over the years and now as well.  We thank God for you every day and ask God to bless you back for all you have given.  We pray that God will bring increase in all that you do.

We love you all!


Ralph and Annie
James 1:27
http://www.ralphdryden.com
facebook.com/rddryden

If anyone would like to send an offering or support us on a monthly basis, here is the information:

Contributions can be sent to:

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.