Greetings everyone in the name of Jesus!

Well it’s getting close to the time for us to leave for America.  We have visited all the churches we minister in already and said see you later to everyone.  This is a hard time emotionally for us because we are sad to leave all of our friends and family here in Thailand but happy and excited to see our friends and family in America. 

 

 

We started the month in Chumphae Church.  Annie taught the Sunday school service and I preached the main service.  We had a good time with everyone.

 

 

The second weekend we ministered at Church on the Rock Buriram.  Had a great time in the Lord and the church is continuing to grow.  I am sorry to say that Pastor Bob did not pass his interview for a visa to America.  They are so picky with Thai people and it is almost impossible to get one unless you know someone.  Pastor Bob is not giving up though and he will go back on April 1 to try again.  Pray that God will give him favor with the immigration officer and he will pass this time.  We would truly like to see him be able to join us in May and June to meet many of you.  It’s all in God’s hands!

 

 

The third and last weekend before we go to America we ministered in Lamp Of Khon Kaen Church.  I taught the kids and Annie preached a great message.  After church we had lunch and fellowship with the pastors and some members.

To everyone in America, see you soon!  We are finished with our preaching and teaching until we come back from America.  Now it is preparation time for our trip to America.  Getting all bills paid up to date, and preparing car for storage, clearing all business actions and packing our suitcases.   Just a few more days and we will be heading that way.

Please keep us in your prayers as we travel.  We leave Khon Kaen at 18:45pm ( 0645am Dallas time) on March 27th our time.  Arriving at DFW 09:00 am Dallas time on the 28th of March.  Please pray for safe flights, good weather, favor with immigration and customs and that we can rest on the flights.

Thanks in advance for all of your prayers.  God bless you  and we love y’all!

Ralph & Annie

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Ralph Dryden
KE Resources
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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Update February 2019

                         Greetings in the name of the Lord! 
Time is flying by and as I write this update we only have 32 days left before we get on the plane to cross the ocean to visit all of you.  This is a well needed trip for us because it’s been 4 years since we seen you last and it has been that long since we have had a good rest.  We need to get our rest when we get into he golden years but thank God we still have plenty of spark left to serve God for a few more years.  We are excited about what God is doing in these latter days and looking forward to seeing much more fruit in our ministry here. 

We thank God for the new Church on the Rock Buriram church and since we have received them into our affiliation their attendance has increased by 7-10 people already.  Praise God! Please keep praying for them and also pray for Pastor Bob, He is going to interview for a USA visa on March 8, at 8:10 am our time.

If Pastor Bob gets a visa he will be visiting us in America from May 15 to June 17th.  Our itinerary is already full up to June 3rd.  But we do have available June 5, 9,12 and 16 if anyone would like to meet him.  Please let me know if you are interested and if he gets his visa we can set a date.  

This month we ministered at Church on the Rock Buriram.  Had a great service and fellowship this weekend.  Annie taught and I preached about purpose.  

We  ministered at Chumphae Church and God used us as a blessing. We were able to visit the hospital and pray for one of their members with a kidney disease.  Please pray for God to heal him, his name is Gai.

Then we ministered in Lamp of Khon Kaen Church.  I taught the young people and Annie preached.  God moved in a special way and many were touched.

We have one more round of visits to the churches we minister to in the month of March and then we will be preparing for the trip to America.  Pray for us as we go to each church, it is a sad time to leave but a happy and excited time to see everyone there.  

Please keep our trip in your prayers.  We still have a lot of available dates to share about what God’s doing here and we would like to fill all of the dates through June and even into July if possible. Pray for us a safe and smooth flight.  Pray that God will provide for all of our expenses on this trip as well.

Thanks so much to all of you who support and pray for us.  We appreciate you all and pray for you every day that God will bless you over and above all of your needs.

God bless and we love you!

Ralph & 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 above, give via PayPal directly to us at PayPal.Me/RalphDDryden or give via mail:

Contributions can be sent to:

Ralph Dryden
KE Resources
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

Update January 2019

 

 

                     Greetings Everyone in the name of the Lord!

The first update of the year!  Praise God for all things.  We pray that all of you had a great and wonderful Christmas and New Year Celebration.  Annie and I made it through okay by staying home for a week and resting. It has become our tradition because of the dangerous roads during this time.  But it is kind of fun just staying home for a change.  Amen?

 

We also celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary this year!  Wow, only three more years till we have been together for half a century!  We are both looking forward to serving God for many more years!  Amen?

 

Guess I will start out this update with the biggest news so far this year. The church we support in Buriram has been in an organization that restricts them from following their vision for missions and many other things. Early this month, The pastor contacted me and said he was going to leave that organization and become independent with another church that is  certifying his church. He asked me if he could use the name of Church on the Rock for his church.  Of course I said yes!  We have been working with him now for three years already and know his vision and his character as a faithful, honest and trustworthy minister.  He loves God and loves his people in the church. 

 

Welcome COTR Buriram to KE Resources & COTRGT

Welcome Pastor Nattawut to KE Resources & COTRGT

Ordination

Leaders praying for their Pastor

 

Welcome COTR Buriram!

So, the second weekend of this month, we decided to establish the church as COTR Buriram and bring them into affiliation with KE Resources and COTRGT in America and also ordain him in our organization as well.  So, Praise God, we now have a COTR in Thailand!  We are excited for Pastor Bob and the church.

They already have a missionary organization in Nepal that comes under the church.  It is called Hug Center and works with taking girls out of sex trafficking and teaches them a skill and helps them to return to a normal life.  They support a missionary to work in the center as well! So we are excited about what God is going to do in the future with COTR Buriram.  Please keep them in your prayers!


 

We ended last month by spending Christmas service in Saraburi at the church we used to visit. We had a great time with an outreach on Saturday and then Annie and I ministered on Sunday morning.

 

We started out the first Sunday of 2019 by ministering in the Chum Phae Church on first Fruits Sunday!  Annie taught the Sunday school and I preached in the main service.  God is good!

Praise God!  We have a car for the whole time we are in America this year!  We appreciate and thank God for Bruce Hamilton from COTRGT IN Beaumont.  He is letting us use his car!  May God bless him over and above all of his needs and wants!

Annie and I are excited because we will be on our way in about 2 months.  We still have lots of dates available so please let us know if you would like for us to share in your church. Here are our available dates:

April 10, 14, 17, & 21
May 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 
June  5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30.

Please pray that we will be able to get our itinerary set up before we leave Thailand.  Amen?

We are going to try and bring Pastor Bob from COTR Buriram to the states from 15 May to 15 June also.  So please pray for him to have favor with the US embassy to get a visa, for provision for airfare and expenses while in America.  If anyone would like to help with expenses just let me know and if and when he gets a visa we can start receiving any help at that time. 

Okay, keep us in pray for protection, provision, health and energy to serve God!  We also have some unspoken prayer requests.  I cannot go into details but there is some opposition coming against us.  I believe this is because God is getting ready to do some big things in our ministry here in Thailand.  So please pray in agreement with us!

God bless everyone and we are praying you all have a very prosperous new year.

We love you all!

Ralph & 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 above, give via PayPal directly to us at PayPal.Me/RalphDDryden or give via mail:

Contributions can be sent to:

Ralph Dryden
KE Resources
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