Truth for Today
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Truth
for Today for the month of May features Pastor Ron Hammonds expounding on the
topics of Church Administration and Church Growth. Many key components are
discussed including the ministry's responsibility to equip people, the
necessities involved with administration and the importance of the utilization
of staff strengths.
Truth for
Today Links for Video and Audio:
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Quicktime Users: Here
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Ralph & Annie Dryden - Thailand
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Recently we ministered in a family camp with a group of churches from the Khon Kaen area. This month in the same area we are teaching in the Calvary Bible Schools. Please pray for Thailand as there is a lot of civil unrest. Also pray for the kid's camp going on in our church. It is great to be able to help the kids stay involved in the things of God and not participate in other events that might be harmful.
Also, please be praying for Pastor Oong, of the Prachonchai church, who has been recovering from a recent fall
and back injury. This week will be his first week back in the pulpit.
Check out the new picture albums that have been uploaded to our FaceBook page and also to our Ministry blog at www.ralphdryden.com
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Mike & Jude Kelly - ILOILO, Philippines - Earthquake 8 miles away!
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500 Teens Came Every Night
for 5 Nights!  |
Just this past weekend, Jude and I woke up to some intense shaking in our house. It turned out to be caused by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake centered just 8 miles away! The house stood firm, though - no damage! It made us wonder - in recent years we've been through hurricanes (in the USA and here in the Philippines), a typhoon, a flood, a tornado and now an earthquake! June begins the 6 month monsoon season. We seem to have all the weather except for winter snow. We joke that when it snows here the end must be near! Recently we completed a week long outreach called IAM (Ignite A Movement).
Many young lives were touched, saved and healed through the gospel! Over 500 came each night!Each Sunday Jude and I and several volunteers from Mike Preaching at San Isidro - Notice the new ILLONGO Bibles!  | our church have an outreach to families in the relocation site. We believe a full and regular church service will begin there soon. The new Bio-Sand Water Filter Mold  | Through the money provided by the Christmas Missions Gift Catalog, we have have purchased and given each family an ILLONGO Bible! Also, we had our first Bio-Sand filter
steel mold made
and we are scheduled to start making our first filters in early May. We can make the concrete filters with this mold, and should get 50 to 100 filters from it. Again we used the funds from the
Christmas Missions Gift Catalog.
Please remember May 10th, election day. There are several good Christian
men
running. The presidential election will
determine the condition of the Philippines for the near future.
For More Information: Click Here or find us on FaceBook.
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Johanis Ciandy - Indonesia
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Johanis and youth working on the Merauke Community Center  |
We recently hosted a student ministry team for two weeks. The team worked on our youth center. The students were mostly the children of missionaries.
Four young people recently became Christians and were baptized. I have challenged the youth in our church to become more involved in ministry and we're getting results!
The Mayor attended the opening of the Merauke Community Center  | God continues to give us favor! Recently the Mayor of the city attended the opening of the Merauke Community Center!
We are looking forward to our 3rd Youth Camp in July. Pray for us to have the strength, energy and wisdom to juggle all our ministries and outreaches!
Download a recent newsletter from Johanis: here
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Pastor Tej Rokka, Nepal
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Pastor Tej and other leaders ordaining new elder  |
 We rejoice
in a new church planted by one of the couples who graduated from our training
last year! Recently I dedicated their
new church building and ordained him as an Elder. Pray for Pastor Ashok and his
wife Asanti, who is pregnant! They need your prayer and support.
We now have
16 students from various regions of Nepal in our new class for our Missions Training Center. Pray for the teachers to be able to impart to them
everything they need to be well equipped for the work.
Outreach
into new areas has begun and we have baptized 9 new believers so far!
 The orphanage building is now in the final
stages. We are painting, hooking up the
water and finishing the lights. This
month we plan on dedicating it to the Lord and the service of children.
Our own
SARA Church on the Rock is growing. We
have started another baptism class.
Please pray
for my health.
Pray for the children of the orphanage and their school work and other needs, and especially for Nepal. We are in another time of serious political
change in our country. Please pray for
peace and for the gospel to have free course.
For more information: SARA COTR Ministries and Orphanage
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HAITI Relief Update / Jay & Linda Threadgill
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God has been so faithful and we want to thank all
of you for your stand with us as we begin to Rebuild Haiti. We are still running
the Marathon. We're well past the 100 day mark
since the Haiti earthquake. We've completed
over $100K of repairs to the school. The church now meets in two services, with
over 5,000 in attendance, in our 22,000 sq ft. tent.
Our temporary medical clinic
has become a cornerstone of the ministry. We are still seeing over 100 people a
day. God has continued to provide medical personnel to minister to these hurting
people. We do need to build a permanent structure, however it looks like we'll
be given two 20 ft. mobile clinics that will help house the clinic until the
construction is realized.
We need help in other projects such as building a retaining wall on the drive onto the church property to stop mud wash due to our rainy season, building new church offices to earthquake standards and rebuilding houses for the "little people" in our church. We're praying for you daily and I believe the blessings of God will be poured
out upon your lives. Together we will "Rebuild
Haiti".
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