Kathy's Letter

Dear Healing Rooms Ministry Team,
There is such a feeling of anticipation as we enter the new year. At the Healing Rooms we continue to build on the foundational goal of bringing people into God's presence through prayer to experience salvation, healing, deliverance and freedom. As we begin our fifth year of the Healing Rooms doors being open, experiencing the love and unity of heart and attitude the Lord has established among the team members brings great joy to me.

The testimonies have been pouring in and I would like to share one:
"I have a new found faith in God, church, people, obedience, scripture, tithe, and healing. Since I have come to the Healing Rooms I have no longer needed the use of a walker, a nightly breathing machine to sleep, my level of anxiety around people has incredibly lowered, I'm able to drive again and going to places that were terrifying to me (like walmart) is subsided. My depression is lifting and I'm finding stability in my mind and peace. I will continue to go to the Healing Rooms as I have many years of weeds to pull through, but making great strides."

As we pray for the new year, we are expecting new doors to open. The words that I have been hearing are, "we need to position ourselves to ride the wave." I have never surfed, but I have watched kite surfers flying across the water as the wind blows and the waves crash on the shore. To position ourselves would require being in the water and being watchful and alert to the waves coming , besides courage, strength, balance and wisdom. As a team, I believe that the Lord has prepared us for all that is coming. Flexibility would also be an important element in riding the waves. The Leisters and Rachel are a great example of following the voice of the Holy Spirit to Kenya, intending to build a Chirldren's home, but finding themselves in the middle of an area of huge humanitarian need instead. God's orchestration is so clear now as to why the permits were held back.

The exhortation in Ephesians 5 to "walk purposefully, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time ... not to be unwise but to understand what the will of the Lord is... and to be filled with the Spirit...giving thanks always for all things to God the Father..." comes to mind.

I encourage you to pray about participation in these upcoming events:
- The last Friday of the month gathering to worship and to seek God's direction.
- World Missions night the second and fourth Monday evenings with Neiva Garcia.
- Sozo Ministry training the third Monday night of the month with Jeanne Norland.
- Our intercessory prayer groups continue to meet weekly.


We will be announcing more information about speakers coming into the area soon. I'm looking forward to the ride with you.

Seeking Him,
Kathy Schmidt

A New Year

Hello everyone,
I am sorry that this has not been update for quite some time. I have to admit that December became the month that I lost my mind. I hope I have found it now. I am trying very hard to get back on top of things.

Some things that happened in December that should be noted are:
The Scheelke's left for a three month stay in the Ukraine. They do have a blog, but they have yet to put anything on it. I just checked it this morning. I also sent them an email, so I hope to hear from them soon. If any of you have heard from them, please send us an update. Their blog is scheelke95.blogspot.com.

Also the Leister's find themselves strategically placed by God in a nation that needs His love more than ever. A nation that now needs children's homes more than ever. For updates on them, check out their blog, leisterskenya.blogspot.com. I am the one giving the updates, but I have been talking to my family about twice a day so I am well informed.

As we begin the new year, I hope you all are seeking God for your purpose within the Healing Rooms ministry. We really want to place in the place you feel God is calling you to. If you have questions or just want to talk things out, please contact Kathy about making an appointment with her to do that.

We love you and cannot wait to start this new year with you.
Jessica

Rachel Schmidt's Fiance'

Who just happens to be my brother.
Here they are Josh Leister & Rachel.

Christmas Party

December 3, 2007
Monday Night at 6:00pm
Eldon & Marilyn Riggle's home
629 Riverview Blvd, Clarkston

Sign up at Healing Rooms.
Please let us know if you plan to attend
and what you will be bringing.

Their Gone

For those of you who are interested, the Kenyan Crew have left the country. I actually talked with my brother, Josh, right before they were to get on a plane headed for London. They will arrive in London at 10:20pm our time, 6:20am London time. They then leave for Nairobi, Kenya at 2:20am our time, 10:20am London time. Arriving in Kenya at 10:45am our time Friday, 8:45pm Nairobi time. (They will be 10 hours a head of us in Eldoret.)

Saying goodbye was hard, but this will be a year of purpose there and here. I have no fear that when we are all together again the rejoicing will be greater than the sorrow.

Triumphing in the Midst of Pain

For all of you who have been praying for the Crow family, I pass this on to you. Be encouraged and challenged. This family is amazing to me. They have truly had to fight the good fight on more levels than most of us have ever experienced. Be blessed by the words of a mother who has just lost her child.

And if you did not know, Zayden Crow went to be with the Lord after his family decided it would be best to remove him from live support.

Tanya's words:

Hello everybody,
I was really struggling with sending an e-mail (it would be impossible to talk to so many any other way), but the Lord firmly spoke to me about not letting the enemy have any ground that the Lord has shed his blood for, victory is ours. I know that we are to share the victory of Jesus Christ(Jeremiah and I, with what we have just walked through, but I feel that it is important for all of River City to share that as well, and to know just what that victory is, and that it is for all of us to share as a body, you have all been so faithfull to press into what God has for us) we have walked through soo much, trusting that God is in control, that he has always known what is best for us all, and about facing death, I have not had a family member die, not one of my own. In just days Jesus has walked me through fear of death and dying and an understanding of just what death really is. I realize that there is more fear in letting go and trusting God than there really is of death. I have come to a place in my heart that wasn't there before now, our prize is to be with our King, why should we mourn such a pleasure. Isn't that why we believe? God has been soo faithfull with his love and mercy to our family. Thank you al for being so faithfull to lift us up.
We were all praying that God would heal Zayden's body and trust me nobody wanted that more than I did. In 13 days of my beautiful sons life, God healed soo much more than just Zayden,( his healing is to live in eternity with the Savior, our reward is to praise God for the healing that has taken place in a family that has been broken for 5 years.) When Jeremiah and I split up, his parents, his sisters, his nana, aunt Linda, and his uncle Gus all pretended that I did't exist any more, they stopped treating me like family. We have not shared a holiday, or a birthday since 9-11.
I have asked God when the time would come and how would the healing take place. They all have been here, even Gus. The night that Zayden died was the firts time that Gus had been here, and he stayed so that we would know that he loved us. Every relationship that was broken has been restored, EVERY RELATIONSHIP. What the enemy meant for bad, God meant for good. I know that there is soo much more, that we don't see yet, or that is even yet to come. We want the rewards that we will recieve from trusting God, soo we are going to choose to walk it out in faith knowing that we are loved by the Creator.
We will be home Wednesday sometime, we will want some time to get used to being home, we have been gone for almost a month. We would really love prayer for our boys, Tevan is having a hard time. I'm not sure about Isaac but please pray anyways. We are soo thankfull for all of our family at River City thank you for walking this out with us. We have never felt alone. You all are soo faithfull. We love you and will see you all soon.
Faithfully being held by the Father, Tanya and Jeremiah

Pam Kelly's New Granddaughter

Pam & Mike Kelly were blessed with their 6th Granddaughter, Roslynn Noelle Movius. She was born September 19th at 7:13 PM to Travis (Pam's son) & Ange Movius. She is getting lots of love & attention from her older sister Ysabelle, 3 ½ years. Ros-lynn was 7 lbs. 7 ½ oz. and 19 ½" long.

Thank Heavens for Little Girls!!