January Update 2018

 

 

 

Greetings in the Name of the Lord Jesus! 

We pray that you are having a blessed New Year already and that God will prosper you all throughout this year!  Amen!  I apologize for being so late with this update.  I was sick for a week with a stomach virus or bad food and then this last week have had a bad case of the flu!  Feeling much better today, so getting this our while I can.

 

We finished year 2017 with Christmas Service at Lamp Of Khon Kaen Church and had a great service and lots of fun!  I preached on the mystery and miracle of Jesus and we got two miracles, two souls received Jesus as their Lord. A long time member’s husband, whom the pastor had been witnessing to for over 8 years, came forward during the altar call to pray and receive Jesus!  Hallelujah!  God is so good!

 

 

The first Sunday of the year we celebrated at Thai Buriram Church.  As I said in my last update we are building a new church and it was supposed to be finished but it wasn’t ready.  So, we decided to have church in one of the member’s house instead and had a great service there.   Amen?

God is so awesome!  Annie and I celebrated our 46th anniversary on the 15th of January and on the 20th of January I had the privilege of officiating the wedding of one of our spiritual granddaughters.   We have known her since she was around 10 years old.   The wedding was huge and beautiful and attended by hundreds of people who did not know God.  I was able to lift the Name of Jesus and sow many seeds about our Creator God who created everything including marriage between a man and a woman. To God be the Glory!

 

On the 21st of January we were back at Thai Buriram Church for the dedication of the new building!  God is good!  What a miracle from the notice of the landlord about raising the rent to one month later, a new building was built and now occupied with this small church!  We celebrated with joy for the things God has done!  Thank you to those who helped make this happen!

We have cancelled our trip to the Philippines and will be going to Malaysia instead.  So keep us in prayer.  We most likely will not be making a trip to America this year as well, maybe next year.  We miss all of you but travel is getting so expensive and we have a lot going on this year with the startup churches and trying to get them on their feet!  Amen.

Thanks so much to all of you for your prayers and support!  You are all such a blessing to us!  Please keep us in prayer for good health, strength and energy to serve Him.  Pray for our direction for we have new opportunities popping up all the time and we want to be in God’s perfect will as we serve Him.

We love you!

Ralph and Annie

PS

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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.

December Update 2017

 

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Greetings everyone and we are praying that you are all blessed during the holidays and you have a wonderful Christmas and a very prosperous New Year! 

 

We finished up November in Lamp of Khon Kaen Church and Annie preached the Word and many were blessed.  The church is doing great and all the teens are doing good too!

 

We started December at Thai Buriram Church.  We had a great service and fellowship this weekend with two people receiving Jesus into their hearts for the first time! Praise God!  We also had a surprise from the landlord because he raised the rent to a price the church can not afford.  The good news is that one member is going to let the church build a building on her property using the existing carport and convert it into a church building.  Once it is finished they will be able to seat around 80 - 100 members.  It is going to cost them around $3,000 USD to complete the whole thing.  I sent out an email for the special need and instantly got a response from friends that gave the entire amount to finish the whole building.   Hallelujah, God is good!  We pray God will bless them with many returns. They started the building already and we ask that you will pray for it to be finished by the 7th of January so they can have service there because they have to be out of the rental building by the end of December.

 

This year we will be doing 2 Christmas services. We just finished our first Christmas service at Tap Kwang, Saraburi. God truly blessed us and it was a wonderful time worshipping Jesus.  I preached about the mystery and miracle of Christmas.  We had two people give their lives to Jesus and in the afternoon we had lots of games and fun.  Next week we will have our second service at Lamp of Khon Kaen Church.  We are praying that more will be saved. Amen?

We have another marriage with one of our spiritual grandchildren in January.  Please keep me in prayer because these weddings are all in the Thai language and are very challenging for me. Lol. So I need all the prayer I can get. Amen?

Wow, it is hard to believe that this year is already over.  The years are passing so fast now, guess it is because of our age.  Haha.  We are so blessed by God to have good health, energy and strength to continue to serve Jesus here in Thailand.  Please pray that God will continue to strengthen us and give us good health.  Please pray for us as we go into the New Year that God will direct us in our scheduling of the churches we visit every month.  We also want to do some traveling to other countries so pray we hear from God and that His will be done.

Once again, Annie and I wish you all a great time with your family and friends this holiday season!

We love you All!

Ralph & Annie

PS

If anyone would like to give a one time offering or support us on a monthly basis, they can on line, just click on the Donate Button or give via mail:


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.