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