Vicky's E-mail Update, June 2008
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Well, can you believe it is June already?! We have had lots of storms moving through the Midwest this year, especially during this tornado season of the year. But thankfully (and so far!), we have not had any storm or tornado damage in our local area. Thanks for remembering to pray for us during the stormy season out here. (My dear sister in VA seems to always call me and check on me in the morning after she hears of the storms that passed through the Midwest the day before. Actually, the East coast has been experiencing similar type weather, which is unusual for them to have tornado watches or warnings.) The Lord must be coming soon with all the strange weather patterns! “Lord, help us to be ready!”
Life and ministry presses on for us here at the HIM Center. Speaking of that, pray for the audit that will be going on during this week (June 10-13). Pray that all will go smoothly with the audit, as I will be working with the auditor during those days. Lots to do! (This is an important audit, as it is a requirement for becoming a member of the ECFA – Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.)
Also, we are planning to have our H.I.M. 5th year anniversary celebration on September 20th. More details to follow! Appreciate your prayers for the planning and provisions for this special event....and maybe some of you may be able to come!
Thank you for your friendship and partnership in my ministry, and especially your prayers!
Sincerely,
Vicky Rogers
Heartland International Ministries
www.heartforhim.org
P.S. Check out the new videos on the home page of our website...one is from our recent retreat.
Vicky's E-mail Update, May 2008
Greetings, dear friends,
Thank you for your prayers for our recent Board/Staff retreat. It was good to fellowship with our staff and international staff who were able to attend. Staff from Maryland, Texas (India), Missouri (Pakistan), and Zambia were represented, as well as local staff and volunteers. (Also, the night most of them arrived at the airport was the Thursday night that the Kansas City area had some bad weather, with lots of tornado warnings and one tornado damaging an area north of Kansas City....but thankfully, all of our staff arrived safely.) Our retreat started on Friday with recreation at a nearby park....we all played "Wicketball"....a game created by our Board Chairman, Bob Zoller (check out my photo gallery). It was a lot of fun....a good day to relax and have fun before all the serious meetings the next day!
Also, I am happy to say I finished my Perspectives Class! PTL!! It was a great class, but I must say, I was ready to have a break from all the homework! If you've never taken this class, it is a great way to learn more about missions, and if you're in missions already, it is a great encouragement as you "press on" in the ministry. Bob Zoller and I did our class project together, as we did research on the Santhal people group, which is one of the unreached peoples groups that Fred and Bob have ministered with in India with some of our international partners. So it was a very interesting project to do! Pray that many students from this course will catch a vision for the mission field. "...the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field." (Matthew 9:37-38)
Also, as a result of this class, I was impressed to pray on a regular basis for the unreached peoples groups in our world. A helpful tool that I am using is a daily prayer guide from the Operation World website. It was mentioned in our Perspectives studies that many times prayer is the only thing that will break through the darkness of many unreached peoples groups. May I encourage you to pray with me for these groups.
Not only is "darkness" found in unreached peoples groups in other countries, but we need to pray fervently for those "walking in darkness" here in our own country. May God help us to have a discerning spirit of what is good and evil around us.
Thank you for your friendship and partnership in my ministry, and thank you for your prayers!
Sincerely,
Vicky Rogers
Heartland International Ministries
www.heartforhim.org
Vicky's E-mail Update, April 2008
Greetings, dear friends,
It's beginning to feel a lot like....SPRING! Of course, "April showers bring May flowers"...so that is what we're experiencing here in Kansas City this week! (...showers, that is!)
Also, we've had some excitement here in our area with the KU basketball championship happening this week! Woo hoo.....way to go, KU! It's interesting to me that the last time KU won the championship was 20 years ago in April 1988. That was the month that I flew out to KC to visit the area seeking the Lord's will about coming out here....and so, history speaks for itself....here I am 20 years later!
Fred has been in India for a couple of weeks and having good ministry visits with our national workers over there. He also had the privilege of dedicating the "Shalom Ministry Centre" where Ramayon and Rimis Awungshang and girls are ministering. I'm sure some of you who receive this e-mail remember them. Pray for Fred as he winds up his ministry in India this week and travels back to the USA next week.
The Perspectives missions class continues to be a blessing, even though it is a lot of work trying to keep up with the homework (there are only a few more weeks of class!). More and more I am reminded of the many unreached peoples around the world that we are reaching through our ministry of H.I.M., and it is encouraging to me to know that what I do here at home "holding down the fort" while others go to the field, plays a part in reaching those unreached people groups. Pray for our national H.I.M. partners who are ministering in these areas to their own people group.
Also, we would appreciate prayers for our upcoming Board/Staff retreat during the first weekend in May. We will have several of our staff coming from other locations here in the USA, as well as some other countries. Pray for wisdom and guidance in the preparations before everyone arrives, and also that God will bless our time together and that we will be an encouragement to one another as we press on in the ministry around the world.
Sincerely,
Vicky Rogers
Heartland International Ministries
www.heartforhim.org
Vicky's E-mail Update, March 2008
Greetings, dear friends,
Well, can you believe that Easter is just 2 weeks away?! Someone told me that this is the 2nd time in history that Easter has come this early! Wow! Maybe the Lord is coming back real soon....wouldn't that be wonderful! But until then, we "press on....in Jesus name"!
It is interesting how the Lord provides for us sometimes. Recently, I had to have an unexpected brake job done on my car, and the cost was about $600! Well, I would not have had $600 to pay for the job if my tax refund had not come! It actually came the day before I had the brakes inspected. Also, I had planned to put the tax refund in an emergency fund....so before I had a chance to put it away for the next "emergency," the emergency arrived! Ha! Oh, well...it went to a good cause! :-)
I continue to enjoy the Perspectives missions class that I've been attending and trying to keep up with the homework....so far, so good! Speaking of the class, pray for Fred as he is the instructor for the Perspectives class this week. Also, pray that through this 15 week Perspectives course that laborers will be called to the mission field. "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." (Matthew 9:37-38)
Pray for Fred as he will be leaving on March 27th for ministry in India. Also, pray for us who will be "holding down the fort" at the HIM Center while he is gone. Our annual staff retreat is coming up soon during the first weekend in May. Lots to do before then!
Thank you for your prayers and partnership in my ministry. May you have a blessed Easter with your family and friends. "HE IS RISEN!"
Sincerely,
Vicky Rogers
Heartland International Ministries
www.heartforhim.org
Vicky's E-mail Update, February 2008
Greetings, dear friends,
Well, I'm sure we all will be ready for spring...whenever it comes! It has been a blessing to live close to the HIM Center during these cold, wintery months.
Our consulting meetings in Dallas, Texas went very well last month (see the photos here in my photo gallery). It was a time of refreshing and defining goals, etc. for H.I.M. We would appreciate prayer that we will put into practice what we have learned.
On the first night of the Perspectives class on world missions that I am attending, I had a minor auto accident on the way to the class. As I was getting ready to get in the left lane to turn left, I ended up driving up on the median as it was hard to see at night...the car was totally on top of the median...so I could not get the car off of it. Anyway, my cell phone was not working, so I could not call anyone to help me, and cars were traveling very fast on both sides of the median (for those of you who live in the KC area, it was a median in the middle of Metcalf Avenue around 6:00 p.m. with lots of traffic!). Finally, a couple of police officers stopped and tried to help me get off the median, but I ended up having the car towed off of the median. Before the tow truck came, the police officer let me sit in his warm police car until the tow truck came, as it was around 18 degrees outside! The Lord always takes care of us, and sometimes He uses police officers to help us! PTL for these community servants! Nevertheless, I did not make it to class that night, but thankfully, have made it every night since then! :-) (By the way, I was able to drive the car home; it had some damage to the exhaust pipe underneath the car, but I was able to get it repaired recently.) "Thank you, Lord, for your protection!"
The Perspectives class has been great...even the homework has been rewarding...see the following insights. (It's been a long time since I have had "homework" to do! :-) God revealed His purpose in Genesis 12:1-3...to bless all the families of the earth. His desire was that He would be glorified in global worship through all the peoples of the earth...thus, the reason for missions...that God would be glorified. Throughout the Bible starting in Genesis, God makes His purpose known. I personally count it a privilege to be a part of this missions mandate through my ministry with Heartland International Ministries, and all the connections that we have with our H.I.M. international partners all around the world! Even though my ministry is "behind the scenes" and not on the "frontlines" of missions, I realize that God sees my administrative ministry to be an important part of His purpose. To glorify Him is my only reason for doing what I do.
Thank you for your friendship and partnership in my ministry, and thank you for your prayers! Happy Valentine's Day!
Sincerely,
Vicky Rogers
Heartland International Ministries
www.heartforhim.org