Hey, Guys and Gals! I wanted to get a letter out and touch bases with you all in these crazy days. I originally started writing an update two weeks ago, but that’s now totally obsolete and in the trash. I will try again...
First, I want to say that God is still good and He is still in control. None of this took Him by surprise. As I look over the situation and ponder and pray, I am more and more amazed at God's hand in all of this. With one virus, virtually idols of all kinds have come crashing down. Just as God battled the false gods of Egypt with the Plague, He has just ripped down all of the idols that we have set in place and that take all of our time and attention. There are no sporting events or concerts to watch or attend. Travel and shopping have virtually ceased to exist. Our money is taking a hit. The government is struggling to stay on top of the current situation. All that is left standing is God, He is the only thing that is Unshakable and Unstoppable. We now have time to honor and worship Him. Let’s not waste this amazing gift of time that God has given most of us around the world to set things in the right order. Thank you, God! Continue to fix the foundations of our lives. Here are links to the 3 worship/church services we have been participating in each Sunday in case you don't have one to attend: Immanuel Kenosha.Church, The Tabernacle, and Living Light Church.
Prayer is one of the ways I’m actively staying connected with other people and I would encourage you to do the same. Although I am unable to do face-to-face visits for prayer, I am using FaceTime, phone calls and Zoom to pray with and for others. I want to share this little story with the hopes that it will encourage you and spur you on to good works. One of the guys in my home group named Joe texted me. Some people call them life group, small group, caring group or a variety of other terms, but it's just a collection of believers meeting regularly to do life together. Joe texted me asking if I could prayer for him because he had had Influenza B for a week, and it was getting worse. I prayed for him for 20 mins and nothing happened. Then I felt God nudge my heart to get the other men in home group involved. So I told Joe, "I’m going to hang up, text the guys in our group to pray, and call you back in 20 minutes." So I did that, and two other guys started praying, I called Joe back. And GOD HEALED JOE! Man, we serve an amazing and powerful God! All this to say, you can do the same thing. You can pray for God's healing in a time where that’s what people need, and you will see God do amazing things. When you hear of someone sick from the corona virus, don’t just throw up a prayer for them, go on the offensive, call them and pray for God's healing on their life. At one of the local churches here in Kenosha, one of the deacons came down with what he thought was COVID-19. He had been home sick for 5 days. He had been in contact with his doctor and was just about at the point of going to the emergency room. Just before going to the ER, he went to his church's online prayer meeting, where they prayed for him and his breathing became much better...by bedtime, all of his symptoms had disappeared! Way to go, God! (He later got the results that he had RSV) I was able to pray with this guy last night and he was still in awe that God had healed him. This needs to be our new normal, not the surprise that God would heal, but pushing into the fact that He can and will heal others. We need to step up our game. All that said, I have added a link below where you can send me any prayer requests you might have and I will be happy to pray for you, especially during these troubled times for the world.
Naturally Supernatural
Roger being prayed over by one of the speakers, Bob Fulton
It looks like my seventh annual trip to Soul Survivor Church, which puts on the Naturally Supernatural Conference, in England with pastors and leaders from Kenosha may be the last trip I am taking for quite some time. This year’s trip included 9 guys from Kenosha and my son, John, joined us again for the conference, making it 10. Their were 5 churches represented including mine. It was great to be back in Watford with my good friend Mike Pilavachi. There is just something about the extended time of worship and getting into God’s presence that happens at this conference. Each pastor brought a younger guy to pour into this year. I was able to not only pray and speak into the lives of the senior pastors, but also the guys they are raising up to come along side them. It was great to see the next generation experience God in some special ways. This trip is always an amazing key to building the unity of the Church in Kenosha.
We had a great time of fellowship just being together as we traveled through Portugal, and spent the day there on our way to England. From the little we saw, it was a beautiful country. However, it has a drug problem…I have never been approached to purchase so much cocaine or weed in my life. They would even come into the restaurants where we were eating during our meals and offer to sell us some. I even had a few offers for free samples, which I declined, in case you were wondering.
Koral loves Peanut Butter
After the conference, I took my annual pilgrimage to Taunton/Wellington, Summerset, to see my kids John & Marie, Divan & Koral, who live on that side of the pond about 20 minutes from each other. It was important that I deliver Jif peanut butter, pickles, ranch dressing and a few other items for birthdays and Christmas. Each guy going on the trip gives me some of the space in his suitcase, and takes part of the gifts for the kids so I can bless them with more than I could carry alone. For those of you who really know Koral, you know about her PEANUT BUTTER PROBLEM! Hahaha. My brother Matt and son-in-law David Johnson (Kellie’s husband) accompanied me on the trek to Summerset. We were able to again attend the Wellington Church which we try to do every year. It was great to be able to worship with them and to be able to pray for them. It was great to see my kids who live so far away. I am so grateful that I can bundle those two adventures together.
Allies of Kenosha Youth
The Gathering at The Tabernacle on March 8th
Allies was on a great path before COVID-19 turned our world upside down. We started March off with The Gathering (a gathering of youth ministries' Sr. High and middle school across Kenosha area, and campus life clubs from local schools, for prayer and worship.) God has been speaking a lot about unity and being on the same page. So we were working towards that end. At The Gathering, we introduced a Bible reading plan for all the students to do together via the YouVersion Bible app. It was 21 days in Ephesians. At the conclusion of the 21 days, we were going to come together for another Gathering. During the 3 weeks between gatherings, each Church across Kenosha was going to be teaching the same lessons on the Armor of God as we were looking to mobilize students to reach their friends more effectively with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to go on the offensive. That is all on hold now as no one can gather and everyone is currently looking at how they can best minister to their current students under these circumstances.
We continue to meet together weekly as youth leaders by way of Zoom meetings. Thank you, Jesus, for technology that makes this possible.
Sr. Allies
The senior pastors and leaders in Allies have been faced with some incredible tasks these past few weeks. How do we best care for the people we shepherd, and how do we take our church services into their homes? It's a crazy, time-consuming task and many of the pastors are weary from putting in 90-hour weeks making sure that all the little details work along with all of the studying and preparing that usually has to happen to bring about a church service. I am even aware of some that have been sleeping at their churches to be able to get everything done so services happen. Meetings have evolved from sitting around the table discussing best strategies and praying, to having online meetings and trying to get acclimated to using technology and making it feel natural as situations change from day to day. We continue to meet weekly for prayer via Zoom, although I missed one due to our staycation (more on that in Family update section). This is all new to everybody and we are working to try to get things right.
Family Front
From left: Roger, Sarah, Grace, and Zeke
We were all set to take our spring break to Tennessee two weeks ago. We had our clothes packed, had groceries for the week in coolers and totes, had our swim gear out for the indoor water park. The pets were set to be doled out to various people. We were ready to go! There was no sign in our area of any of the COVID-19 at all. Then about 12 hrs before we were to leave, our state made moves to help stop the flow of the corona virus. Schools were closed and a no-unnecessary-travel order was put into place. The same as all of you. So we did the only thing we could do...we turned our vacation into a staycation. We had a Toy Story 1, 2, 3, 4 marathon. We did puzzles, played games, ate unhealthy food (isn't that what vacations are for?), played indoor tennis (using foam plates with stick handles for rackets and balloons for balls), played video games, and a whole lot more. I stayed away from all meetings (although I did sneak in a few calls). We had a great time being a family and focusing on each other. Although it wasn’t our first choice or second ...or 689th, we still managed to make it an enjoyable time.
Last week was crazy as we tried to get Sarah and Grace up and running with online schooling. This is problematic in itself, then throw in Zeke who was already being home schooled with his ADHD, and our house is a mad house. Raising this group of kids is nothing like raising our biological children, it requires us to constantly go to God in prayer looking for supernatural wisdom to tackle these new problems that are unlike anything we have seen before. The link to this lady's prayer summarizes what we and probably half of America is now going through.
There is another chef brewing in the family besides Uncle Dude (my brother David). We attended The Tabernacle’s Chili cook-off fundraiser for the youth. And Zeke entered a chili, which He and Tammy made... He called it Zeke Olicious. It was a pizza chili. He told me he was going to win because he had the best chili. I was prepared to make this a great teaching moment and to help him rise out of the ashes and rebuild his life. We got a lot of strange looks at first, but in the end it was voted kids' favorite. Well, so much for my great in-the-moment teaching plans...throw them out and enjoy the moment. When they called his name to come up and receive his spoon for winning, he was so excited he didn’t know what to do, he finally ran to the front with the biggest smile ever!
Summer Plans
This was going to be the section were I was going to tell you about all my summer travel plans to South Africa, New Zealand, and California. All of which are now on hold. We'll leave this section empty until another time.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support over this difficult season. Please remember to use the prayer request link so we can be praying for you. We love you all and wish we could see you. Love, Roger
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