Beloved in Jesus, Happy Easter! I’ve been driving quite a bit these last few days, but the views of green pastures are breath taking. It makes being on the road so enjoyable. Spring is so very beautiful and to top it all off, we celebrate Jesus who brought us salvation, Easter.

     David and I usually go down to my sister and her side of the family to have children’s church with her three grandsons, a picnic and then an egg hunt. This year, they are coming here. This is Sonya’s first Easter. She didn’t know or before hear about the celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection called Easter; a brand new idea to her.

     I preach Jesus, they all know the importance and reverence of Jesus, His crucifixion and Resurrection. That is the most important, but they know we have fun, too. Even though Sonya is too big for an egg hunt, I will send her out with a basket to hunt with the kids anyway. She should be able to know what she missed out on all these years.

     I thank you so much for your prayers. So much is happening and I will get into that in a minute, but your prayers are a sustaining strength. And absolutely, we continue to pray for you. I enjoy talking to the Lord on your behalf. I seek God for you as well as all the many things before us.

     David is going to have hip replacement surgery very soon. We are waiting for the Dr. to notify us when it is scheduled. Friends and family are calling him the bionic man because he has a lot of hardware in him already.

     I am so thankful there is hope for him to be repaired from all the many long years of hard work. It would be wonderful should God decide to supernaturally touch and give him a miracle. I continue to ask God for that, but at the same time, if his healing is through surgery, it is still all glory to God. We thank God for always answering prayer.

     With that, I am writing this letter late Sunday evening so that I can get it in the mail before I catch my flight in the morning. My brother Mark called me today, barely speaking, from the hospital in Florida. He passed out and was found lying on the floor on Friday night. He only woke up today and still not clear-headed yet.

     I talked to the nurse on duty who said he is stable. I do not have answers except he did not have a stroke. Mark called me last week with severe pain in his gut, asking for prayer. We prayed and he found relief. I hadn’t heard anything until today. Mark said, “Please come, I’d

like you to lay hands on me and pray.” I barely could hear him, he was so out of it. I will spend one night and fly right back. There is so much happening here.

    Lately, the Lord has brought me to several people who are hard, mad at God or have their own beliefs. I am so grateful to be able to share God’s love which they can see. One such person gave his heart to Jesus recently.

     I still have nursing home church services, and they have been so blessed. It has been a joy pastoring in nursing homes. Friendships are wonderful and seeing people grow in their faith is a blessing.

     We started a new lifegroup for young adults. We are into the second month. Of course, there are those who go to church and love God and they give little more than that; but we’re believing that will change.

     Then there are those who dearly love God, they come because they are hungry for more of Him; praise God!

     We have been working very diligently over the past few weeks to open our very first home for women, called Reset Home. It is a little more than 30 minutes from Pryor in a very large building. We turned one section into it’s own one bedroom apartment that is roomy, comfortable and private living space.

     The front section of the building is it’s own home with a kitchen, dining area, living room, bathroom and five private bedrooms.

     This is intended to be a place for certain women to find a place of refuge, security and the opportunity to reset their lives. They will pay rent, but it is affordable, especially in our region where rentals are limited and expensive. This has been costly and we are believing God to bless all the hard work and expenses.

     I personally have been approached and asked if I know where a woman can go, even in emergency situations; now we have a place. We are set to open by April 1st.

     With so much happening, we have been so busy. David asked me one day if I had free time to take care of something for him. I said, when do I have free time? Then I listed what I had to do. He said, you have every minute scheduled. I said, I’d rather be working for God than not.

     When Reset Home is filled and running, I’ll take a break, but then there is church and the mission field.

     Our pastors have been asking us to come back. Our visit to the mission field will have to wait a little longer. But the work doesn’t stop and is growing. I’m so excited for the work of the Lord on the mission field.

     Pst. Nehru has started a new children’s feeding center. It is obvious he loves children. He already feeds the village children from his home every night.

     He said there is a poor village near the Lepers that he feeds and preaches. He wrote that he felt the Lord told him to open a new feeding center for the children. I wrote him back to find out how much will it cost, which he told me; but before I knew it, he opened it. He said he is believing God will provide because he knows it is God’s will. The cost is $2.29 per child per meal. He fed 70 children and will go weekly or $640 a month. That is a huge leap of faith.

     We are helping to do this along with feeding the Lepers nearby and the children of his village. He is also lead pastor of 15 pastors who all are hoping for support.

     This is in India along with many of our other centers where we have a sewing clinic, two bible schools, a church that houses and feeds seniors and so many pastors. Thank God we have native preachers delivering the gospel and winning souls for the Lord. The greatest report we receive is that people are getting saved and follow in water baptism.

     Our sewing clinic is so beneficial. Our instructor trains women very well. The course is 16 weeks, free to the women, but they must come and hear the gospel. There have been hundreds of women over the years who have graduated the course and so far, only one woman chose not to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.

     I love this picture of these women training. A young mother could not come because she had to care for her child. Determined to go, she brought her child with her.

     We are still building churches in India. Two more months of installments to fully fund one church in Visakhapatnam, that is Pastor Rufus Paul’s church.

     Pastor Spurgeon asked us to pray for the children taking their school exams. There are two older girls about to graduate out. 10th grade is the highest, then college. Nearly all our children go to college.

     We have beautiful homes and we are so very grateful for orphan support. Lives literally are taken from poverty and raised in the love of the Lord while being prepared for a future.

     Joel is so grateful for your prayers. As he ministers in the Philippines, he is beginning to receive more invitations to preach. People are seeing God work through him, and it is impactful. He continues with pastoring, home visitations and guest speaking. Also, he brings cooked food to the poor. His church ladies cook and work hard to serve the Lord.

     In Mexico, Blanca continues to be strong for the Lord. Her evangelizing leads more than 20 people to salvation weekly. She spoke at a family members funeral recently. She messaged me before going requesting prayer. We prayed. She led several of her own family to Jesus at the funeral service. She was so happy to know they came to Jesus after shunning Him for so long.

     Jesus said to go out and win the world to Him, and that is what we are doing. All -who say “yes” to Jesus is because you have stood behind us to keep going. Thank you. You are so very needed and are a great blessing. Thank you for all you do. Please let me hear from you very soon. I love and pray for you. Happy Easter and God bless you.

 

                                                                                                                  With love in Jesus,  

   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Sis. Heather Becker