Today is exactly 7 days after the massive gathering of thousands of Christians at the Global Day of Prayer Rally. It is time we put hands and legs to our prayer. Quite timely, this e-mail was sent to us by a regular reader of BC, highlighting to us a special ministry to the poor in our very own home country, in the town of Taiping. If you wish to extend help to Bro Stephen Chow Chee Kheong, please contact him directly from details given in their newly launched website.
Dear Blessed Saints,
By His grace and compassion, I highly recommend your support for the ministry of by Bro Chow Chee Kheong (ESDA), who himself is a disabled person but has been used by God in a tremendous way to help the people with mental or physical disability within the community of Taiping.
In 1999, Bro Chow responded to the Lord's call to serve Him in this ministry, however, it was not with unbelief because of his own disabled condition. Bro Chow who couldn't speak in a normal speech, told me, he couldn't understand why God would chose a person like him instead of another person who has a perfect physical condition? He said, the first few years the labour was very tough. The needs of the people were overwhelming and the lacked of financial support from the churches have been discouraging. In his experience, he has learned that to meet the senior pastors of a church were more difficult than to meet the Government Ministers.
Those who extended help would come with conditions that the ministry must come under their wings otherwise they would not help. With many tears he had sought the Lord and pleaded with Him to give up but each time the Lord would miraculously sustained him. Over the last eleven years, the ministry has been proven with genuine fruits and good reports . As a result, many poor and needy people and their family members have been blessed through this ministry disregard of their religion and race. I've spoken to one of the staff in the centre who was a teacher who told me this, she says, even though the pay here is much lesser than the other organization but you could see that God is at work here. I believe the testimonies here were suffice to prove that the work here is genuine and of the Lord. It was not initiated out of good intention or man's charity. If it was not then it will not be able to stand under fire. (Please read Bro Chow's personal testimony in the website)
Esda ministry is a faith based Inter-denomination Christian organization who depends on the support of good Samaritans who believe that there faith must be demonstrated through good works as the extended hands of our Lord Jesus to elevate the misery of the poor and the less fortunate in order for them to come to salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. The monthly operation expenses have to be met by faith even though there are some faithful followers who have been faithfully supported the ministry. However, with your support whether financially or prayer the vision and mission of Esda could be expanded. Therefore, I encourage you to visit the website or the centre (visit to Taiping can be arranged if anyone interested) to witness for yourself the good works that have been accomplished by the Lord through this man and his team mates.
Finally, I urge you to be wise in your giving, only to the genuine works of the Lord. We must learn to discern and support, and give to those ministries that are NOT motivated by man for personal gain or glory but only for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ so that the will of the Father may accomplish through you as part of His team.
May the Lord bless you in return a hundred fold because of your obedience to His words.
For His glory,
A brother in Christ
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ESDA PRAYER LETTER FOR MAY / JUNE 2010
Dear Blessed Saints,
By His grace and compassion, I highly recommend your support for the ministry of by Bro Chow Chee Kheong (ESDA), who himself is a disabled person but has been used by God in a tremendous way to help the people with mental or physical disability within the community of Taiping.
In 1999, Bro Chow responded to the Lord's call to serve Him in this ministry, however, it was not with unbelief because of his own disabled condition. Bro Chow who couldn't speak in a normal speech, told me, he couldn't understand why God would chose a person like him instead of another person who has a perfect physical condition? He said, the first few years the labour was very tough. The needs of the people were overwhelming and the lacked of financial support from the churches have been discouraging. In his experience, he has learned that to meet the senior pastors of a church were more difficult than to meet the Government Ministers.
Those who extended help would come with conditions that the ministry must come under their wings otherwise they would not help. With many tears he had sought the Lord and pleaded with Him to give up but each time the Lord would miraculously sustained him. Over the last eleven years, the ministry has been proven with genuine fruits and good reports . As a result, many poor and needy people and their family members have been blessed through this ministry disregard of their religion and race. I've spoken to one of the staff in the centre who was a teacher who told me this, she says, even though the pay here is much lesser than the other organization but you could see that God is at work here. I believe the testimonies here were suffice to prove that the work here is genuine and of the Lord. It was not initiated out of good intention or man's charity. If it was not then it will not be able to stand under fire. (Please read Bro Chow's personal testimony in the website)
Esda ministry is a faith based Inter-denomination Christian organization who depends on the support of good Samaritans who believe that there faith must be demonstrated through good works as the extended hands of our Lord Jesus to elevate the misery of the poor and the less fortunate in order for them to come to salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. The monthly operation expenses have to be met by faith even though there are some faithful followers who have been faithfully supported the ministry. However, with your support whether financially or prayer the vision and mission of Esda could be expanded. Therefore, I encourage you to visit the website or the centre (visit to Taiping can be arranged if anyone interested) to witness for yourself the good works that have been accomplished by the Lord through this man and his team mates.
Finally, I urge you to be wise in your giving, only to the genuine works of the Lord. We must learn to discern and support, and give to those ministries that are NOT motivated by man for personal gain or glory but only for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ so that the will of the Father may accomplish through you as part of His team.
May the Lord bless you in return a hundred fold because of your obedience to His words.
For His glory,
A brother in Christ
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ESDA PRAYER LETTER FOR MAY / JUNE 2010
PERSATUAN PERKHIDMATAN KOMUNITI TAIPING PERAK (known as ESDA)
PRAISE, PRAYER & THANKSGIVING
OUR WEBSITE: esda-ppkt.org/wp/
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY / JUNE 2010
2010 PPKT Theme is “RELY ON THE POWER PRAYER”
PRAISE AND THANK GOD
1. PRAISE GOD for our Charity Fair was very successful, everything went well and able to reached over our target, more than RM 50,000.00. PRAISE GOD our guest of honor, Dato’ Tan Lian Hoe, Deputy Minister TIMBALAN MENTERI PERDAGANGAN DALAM NEGERI, KOPERASI DAN PENGGUNA will be help us to get a new 16 seated van.
2. PRAISE GOD for we have our official website: esda-ppkt.org/wp/ and officiate Dato’ Tan Lian Hoe, Deputy Minister during our Charity Fair.
3 .PRAISE GOD our Youth Work: Football team had friendly match with Chinese Recreation Centre and draw 2-2.
4. PRAISE GOD for our Pastor Manu help 4 children who didn’t attend school at all but now able to register indifferent schools and now one of them started schooling.
4. PRAISE GOD for all that He has done and will be doing for HIS ministry through PPKT.
PRAYER
1. PRAY for our new staff, sis. Batmavathy.who is serve in our work centre - will be able to quick enough to pick-up the work and most of all, have full of compassion in disabled work as she serve in ESDA
2. PRAY for our latest project:-
= Public Talk on Awareness of Domestic Violence by Ms. Loh Cheng Kooi, Executive Director, Women’s Centre for Change (WCC), Penang on 26 June 2010. PRAY also represent Welfare Department and Police Department will join on Dialogue Session, right after the Talk. This project will be joint with Kamunting Rotary Club and sponsor by Taiping Panorama Hotel
3. PRAY for Stephen able to cope and reconstruct and plan for work center for disabled people.
4. PRAY for the other 3 other children who Pastor Manu will be able to attend school soon.
5 PRAY for we able to reach out more children with disability and able to provide therapy to them in effective way.
6. PRAY for our new theme “RELY ON THE POWER PRAYER”. PRAY FOR ALL OUR STAFF WILL BE TAKE SERIOUSLY IN THE POWER OF PRAYER.
7. Please continue PRAY for our project at St. George Secondary School– reach-out to high-risk students on every Thursday, start from April at 12.00pm – 1.00pm. At moment we have 28 students join us in this program
8.Please continue Pray that the conditions for getting the Government approval will not affect our Christian principles. Pray for the State Government to fully pay for the major renovation of the new PPKT Centre and issue us a black and white to confirm that the land will be gazetted to us .
9 Please continue PRAY for another project for work centre for disabled people – planting Bougainvillea and able to work with Agriculture Department
10. PRAY for our 3rd Youth Camp at Taiping . Our target is 50 good and naughty boys to be held in June.
PRAY that we will be able to find a sponsor for RM 4,000.00 for this camp and all the plans will be effective and dynamic as we take this golden opportunity to reach out to these boys. PRAY for God’s wisdom to Malaysian Care team as they are our main facilitators and speakers.
11. Pray for the safety of our center as well as for all the staff and volunteers.
ALL GLORY, HONOUR AND PRAISE TO OUR LORD AND MASTER JESUS CHRIST!
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