Greetings in the
Name of the Lord!
This
has been a
busy month including a trip to the Philippines and we have a long update
this month. I pray you will take the time to read and enjoy what God
has done this month.
Here is a report of our 10 day
trip to Manila and to Butuan City. First
of all we want to thank everyone for your prayers and support that enables us
to minister all over SE Asia. A special
thank you to Church On The Rock Golden Triangle who paid for a large part of
the expenses for this trip. Other
expenses came from all of you who support us every month. We thank you so much!
We had a very
productive trip and met many new pastors and leaders from local churches in the
area where we ministered. We stayed in Manila the first day and met with the
director of the Christian Fellowship of Churches in the Cavite area along with
other pastors and ministers in that area.
On the 11th we flew to the Island of Butuan for two days of ministry. We were able to minister a village church on Sunday which was a great blessing for us. They all welcomed us with open hearts and God moved among us.
On Monday, we were the guest speakers for the
4th anniversary service for the COTR Church in Butuan City. God moved through Annie and I as we preached
the morning and the afternoon. There
were several pastors there from other churches in different parts of the
Island. After the service we were able
to take all the pastors and leaders out for Philippine Dessert. They all said it was a special treat for
them. Two of the pastors want us to
visit their churches when we visit again.
Praise God!
On the 14th,
we flew back to Manila for the remainder of our time. On Wednesday we had the great honor and
privilege to baptize 10 new converts in the COTR Cavite Church. They held the baptism at a resort in a swimming
pool there. It was awesome the power of God was with us and spoke many
prophetic words over the ones being baptized.
One woman was 9 months pregnant and her baby is a boy named Daniel. We were able to baptize the mother and the
baby in the womb at the same time. Lol.
Also while I was
baptizing the people, Annie was witnessing to a young man watching all that was
going on. After we insisted the young boy Annie was witnessing to, went to the
pastor and asked him about his church and wanted to know where he could find a
church like theirs. He directed him to a
church in his area.
On Thursday, we were
able to feed about 40 to 50 poor children in the area of the church. What a
blessing! They were so cute. Blessed be the little children. If you give even a
glass of water to a child in my name you will receive a reward in Heaven.
Then on Friday,
Annie got to minister to a women’s fellowship with a luncheon for them as
well. God spoke to the women through
Annie and many were blessed by the word she shared with them.
Later on that night, I was able to preach to
about 70 youth from many of the local churches.
God moved mightily as we laid hands and prayed for all of them
individually. God spoke to many of them
and called many to the ministry. Praise God!
On Sunday and our last full day there, we ministered in the morning service at the COTR Cavite, Bacoor Church. God anointed us with a special anointing and moved among the people once again.
Then in the afternoon, we were able to
participate in a wedding of a couple that are members in the church. They wanted to dedicate their marriage to
God, and I was able to speak and encouraging word to them during the
wedding. Praise God.
SUMMARY:
Over all I am
pleased and happy the way that things went on this trip. I truly do believe it was God ordained and
from God. I myself was encouraged and
see an ongoing ministry here with the churches and pastors. They all want us to come back next year and
God willing and provision provided, we will plan on going. Please pray for us too, we are wanting to get
more support to make these kind of trips more frequently and of course that
takes more provision.
There are two
ways that I would like to help in the Cavite church and with Pastor Lito’s family:
2.
I
would like to find three sponsors for Lito”s Children. Pastor Lito’s wife passed away last year and
left him with three beautiful little girls to take care of and as you can
imagine trying to care for them, work a part time job, and do the ministry as
well, without the mother is truly a burden for Lito. If we could find sponsors for the children it
would help him to be able to focus on
ministry more than now. If possible, we
would like to find a sponsor willing to provide $100 USD per month for each
child.
If anyone is
interested in helping with either one of these projects please message me and I
will give you details on how you can help.
Okay, thanks
again to everyone! Things here in
Thailand are going great! Please pray
for our trip to America in August and September.
We still have dates open for ministry and are
as follows:
Sunday – August 16,
23; October 4
Wednesday – August 5, 12, 19, 26; September 2,30
Also, we need a
car to use for these two months. So if
you have a second car that you are not using, please let us know too.
God bless you all
and 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.
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.
