The Montreal Chronicle - Spring Issue 2014

VICTORY HARVEST MINISTRIES
Pastor Steve and Esther Roach
821 ch de la Carriere, Brownsburg-Chatham, QC  J8G 1K7

Dear Family and Friends,
Greetings to each of you in the Wonderful Name of Jesus from Brownsburg, QC! It is with thankful hearts that we come to you today. God has been so good to us, our family and our ministry! Here is a little update....

Len and Michelle have returned to the beautiful province of Quebec with many stories of victory and the power of God. He protected them so well... especially the day Titus found a black widow spider nest! That was the same day that Hunter almost got hit in the face with a very large boulder that was rolling down a steep hill towards him. As it gained speed with every inch, Len stood helplessly at the top of the hill, and Michelle was too far away at the bottom of the hill to do anything! At the very last second, that boulder veered off to the side! We know God protected him, and we are thankful! They drove all the way to California and back without any car problems, or travelling difficulties. Our God is faithful!!!

Estelle and Mark are excited about what God is doing in their lives, as they grow in Him. They, along with their children, love their Church in Toronto. The little ones are growing so fast! Baby Abel will be 2 years old in just a few days. It doesn’t seem possible that the time has passed so quickly, and they all are growing so rapidly! We are really missing them, because we haven’t seen them since Christmas. We haven’t had a chance to go and see them because we have been working some extra hours.

God graciously gave us the strength to work at Len’s daycare cleaning jobs while they were away. Three times a week, we cleaned 2 very large daycares. We could not start the work until after 6:00 pm, so it made some very late nights for us. We certainly gained respect for the work that he does. It is not easy! Doing these jobs did help us financially through the winter months, and that was definitely a blessing!  

In the middle of February, an elderly couple in our Church lost their home to fire, and we both strongly felt to take them in to our home. We quickly did some renovations in the basement, and moved them in. The kitchen was the area that needed to be worked on. Everything else was pretty well ready. They ate with us for the first few days, and we still try to take them a meal or two each week. The stress of all they went through with losing their home, having to move their belongings into storage, and moving temporarily into our house, showed up after a couple of weeks, and he broke out with shingles. That has been an added trial for him. He has a lot of pain at times, and is extremely uncomfortable with it. Please keep them in your prayers.  They are presently still with us, and looking for a permanent place to live.

Victory Bible Camp: Our next event will be the Purity Retreat at the end of May. This is a tremendously important retreat. These young people do not get this teaching anywhere else in their lives. We have 2 Staff Training days coming up in preparation for our 2 weeks of camp during the first 2 weeks of July. We desperately need God to move in a powerful way. So many lives of children and young people have been changed and transformed by the Holy Ghost, and it only happens because His people are praying! Last year, we had two very large weeks, and it looks like it will be the same this year. Please pray for our staff and speakers as well! God is ready to pour out His Spirit on these people – we are ready to witness it and be part of it as well!

Victory Harvest Church: Francois and Carole (the 2 newest ones) are doing great! My husband has been preaching and teaching on the experience of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, and praise the Lord, last Sunday Francois received the Holy Ghost! It was marvelous to witness! The presence and power of God is so very real in every service. Our numbers are small (attendance & offerings) but there is no shortage of the power of God! This couple will be getting married on May 3. We ask you to keep them in your prayers, along with the rest of us. God is good.

Financial Support: We want to thank each one of you for your prayerful financial support. It has been 18 ½ years now that we have lived here, and God has been faithful. We presently do have some needs, and we ask that you join with us in prayer for these needs to be supplied. The winter hydro bills have arrived for our home, the camp, and the Church, along with the oil bill for the Church. With some careful micromanaging, we were able to cut the oil bill this year by $1,300.  We did use an electric heater some, so overall, we saved $1,100. It was an extremely cold winter as you all know, so we feel blessed to have saved this much. Our Church insurance bill of $2,600 has arrived, along with the Municipal tax bill for the camp property. I’m not sure how all of these things come in at the same time, but this is how it is! So please join with us over the next couple of months as we ask God to meet this $7,000+ need. He is able, and He will do it by using people. Ask God if He wants you to be used in this way. His Word says that when we give to those in need, we are lending to The Lord! Thank you for all that you have done! Many blessings to you and your house!!!

If you can come visit us this summer, you are gratefully invited!! ANYTIME!!

In Love with Jesus,

Pastor Steve& Esther Roach