Them arrives in Haiti

The mission team arrived safely in Haiti yesterday. Half of them are going to the school tomorrow to help the teachers and the other half is going to the feeding center. Please remember this team in your prayers. They have much to do and we are sure that God has big things in store for them. Thank you for all your prayers!!

For more about what the team will be doing in Haiti check out our website: hsminc.org/Haiti

Pray for a replacement TV

An urgent request from Lyle, who is at our Pastors' Training Center in Ghana:

We had a disturbing incident happen last night. While we were sleeping someone came into the building, made their way to the second floor, passed by our rooms, entered the classroom and stole the TV. Thankfully that was all they took. It would have been very easy for them to have entered our rooms and robbed us as well, or worse.
Without a TV, we will not be able to proceed with classes beyond Wednesday as Sam McVay is teaching live until then.
My request is that you might make known the need to replace the TV to our friends and partners via emails, facebook, etc. and ask whether anyone would desire to donate to the cause.
As you know, the price of a TV in Ghana is more than double the cost of one in the US. This could be a serious set back for the school, but we are convinced, after much prayer, that we must move forward.

Peru: Watch and be Utterly Amazed

I (Kathryn) have just returned from leading a team of 17 people to Arequipa, Peru.  God was so faithful to us and we saw Him work miracles among our team in many different ways.

Habakkuk 1:5, "Look at the nations and watch and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do things in your days you wouldn't believe, even if you were told."

The Mission team:

•  Hosted  Medical clinics

• Spent time praying over land that the missionaries HSM partners with have a desire to  build a permanent Christian Hospital on.

• Worked with children leading worship, sharing Bible Stories, making crafts and playing games.

• Supplied food for a feeding center.

• Worked in orphanages.

•  And much, MUCH MORE!

God was so faithful during our travels and had his hand on us this whole trip. Please continue to pray for the people of Peru and those who came to know Him as their personal Lord and Savior.

For the full story please go to: Vicars4MissionsBlog

HSM will be headed to Haiti in 3 weeks. Please pray as team members prepare their hearts for this trip! 

So that all may know Him,

Kathryn

Gary and Ann Gramlich

Please be in Prayer for Gary and Ann Gramlich who joined the Heaven Sent Ministries missionary team in November of 2011. They specialize in using creative, “out of the box” Children and Family Ministry ideas and work as consultants, mentors & life coaches to churches around the country training and building leadership teams. They will be arriving soon in Chula Vista, Alabama for a Pastors Retreat Renovation & Balloon JAM. The Retreat will run from January 11^th – January 16^th. Please pray for them to be effective as they teach and equip the leaders in Chula Vista, and for there safe travel from Florida.

To learn more about the Gramlichs, there ministry and how you can support them visit there missionary page at haminc.org.

Food Headed for South Sudan

After almost nine months the 20 ft. shipping container (packaged at the Mercer County Hunger Challenge in February 2011) finely left our HSM headquarters headed for Central Equatoria, South Sudan.  There has been much difficulty in scheduling its shipment as minty of you know that have been faithfully in prayer over these mounts. We received an email from our missionary contact there in Sudan (Charlotte) the day after the container shipped and wonted to share a portion of it with you our prayer partners.

“Dear HSM Family,

Praise the Lord! Thank you for the most wonderful news that the Container left for Sodan!

On behalf of Bush Telegraph Mission, and all those lost souls in Central Equatoria, South Sudan, who will be impacted by these life-saving Relief Supplies, we thank you with all our hearts!

As Heaven Sent Ministries strengthened the Church in south Sudan, our Church will do their part to use that ‘strength’ (from the food) to further Christ's love. What Satan intended for their destruction (starvation), the Lord, with your help, is turning around for His glory.” 

Please join us in praise for the shipment of this much needed food. All honor and glory to our Lord and Savior!  

Oasis – What’s happing?

      Every Monday morning, Tim Swingle spends from 9am to noon with the group there at the Day Report Center. In addition to connecting one on one with participants, attending required classes with the group and assisting with transportation needs, Tim spends one hour in Bible study pointing them to Jesus Christ, the only One who can fill the emptiness that drives them to addictions. 

What is Oasis?

Oasis
 Princeton, West Virginia

When most people think about Heaven Sent Ministries, they think about shipping containers of food to countries in Africa, foreign mission trips around the world and summer mission team projects here in Princeton, West Virginia.
But there is another side to what we do here locally.

Early in 2009, Heaven Sent Ministries began a ministry in the Mercer County Court system reaching out to those who have found themselves in trouble due to substance abuse and the behaviors associated with it. Our desire as a staff is to reach out with love and acts of kindness to those who find themselves empty and struggling to find hope.

Early in 2011, it was reported that the new leading cause of death in West Virginia is drug overdose. Mercer County is number one in the nation for Hepatitis B and has one of the nation’s highest rates of HIV/AIDS. The biggest cause is promiscuity and the sharing of drug equipment.  What a tragedy it would be if we were to look the other way and ignore an epidemic that is right outside our front door. Few families here can say they have not been personally affected by the substance abuse problem.

Our prayer is that these individuals might be reconciled to the God who created them, who loves them beyond measure and desires a personal relationship with them if they will only submit to Him in faith. Please pray with us.

Submitted by Tim Swingle