Raili's 2011

I am just thinking back on year 2011.
It brought me lot of tears and lot of joys! It was a year of many FIRSTs in my life.
First time after being married, I was apart from Kris and my children for 2 months!
Many of you know that I came at the end of January to Estonia by myself, trying to get
custody of my niece Rosie. This was FIRST time for me after 16 years to fly bymyself to Estonia form USA. God was so faithful, He gave me seats, where nobody was next to me on all the 3 flights there!
 Even during that trip I experienced many FIRSTs. First time in my married life I could
not stay in my own home. We own an apartment in Estonia, but it was rented out and I could
not stay there during my stay. So, I had to totally rely on God, where to live! And God was faithful!
The first week or two I stayed with friends and even in my own apartment for almost a week, when the renters were out of town and they let me stay in my own place...And after that He provided me two nice furnished apartments in Tallinn, where I could stay for free. Some of the time
we stayed there with Rosie and some I stayed by myself, when Rosie was in the hospital.
 God also provided a car for me to drive, when I was here in Estonia by myself. I only drive automatic,so He gave me that.
 It was the FIRST time in my life I lived in Tallinn and FIRST time I drove in Tallinn! This was
one of my fears, I conqurered, driving in Tallinn...and in snow and ice...with a big Ford Explorer.
 God is good!
 FIRST time in my life I had to deal with psychiatric hospital, visiting there many times.I actually have visited
Rosie in 3 different departments of Psychiatric hospital, 2 different hospitals in 2 differents cities.
I have learned many things about that part of life, that many people dont have any experience with or much knowledge about....
FIRST time in my life I talked to psychiatrists, psychologists, social worker, advocate and judge.
 FIRST time in my life I had to go to court! It was not the best experience, but it wasnt too bad!
Under the circumstances, I was not under judgment there.
 First time in my life I have been so frustrated, (dealing with Rosie and her cutting and being suicidal)
to the point of almost giving up...First time in my life I am dealing with cutting issue. It is hard to see
a young women's arm have so many cuts that there is hardly any bare skin left. And her doing it over and over again...Though I know the answer for this problem and she knows it...But sometimes it takes time for healing to take place.
 FIRST time in my life I had to call for the ambulance. Once for Rosie trying to commit suicide by taking pills and two other times when she also was suicidal and she was taken toemergency care. Once I had to ride with them, FIRST time for me to ride in the ambulance.
 But I also saw Gods hand guidung me through these hard times and gave me the extra strength I needed.
 FIRST time in my life I had a daughter!FIRST time in my life I am a stepmom/ fostermom and fisrst
time I have a foster child. First time in my life I have 3 children!
Seeing Rosie getting help she needs, also brought me lot of joy! Seeing her playing with Ryan and her reading the Bible, worshipping and praying has brought me lot of joy!
 FIRST time in my life I am translating Joyce Meyer for Life TV in Estonia! FIRST time in my life I hear my own voice every week on TV, speaking what Joyce Meyer says! Very interesting FIRST!
 I have been blessed with many good friends and a great church family, helping us through these things!
Our church, VFC helped me to take this first trip to Estonia to help Rosie. It meant a lot!
My friends have been there for me, when I needed to talk to someone. For that I am very thankful!
In many ways it has been the hardest year in my life and I am glad that part is over! And I am hoping for better things for this coming new year.
 I dont know what this new year brings me and our family, but I believe God has great things in store for us!
Maybe even more FIRSTs in my life!?
God bless you, as you enter into this new year!

Value Of A Soul

Sometimes in life we have the tendency to feel insignificant and unloved. It is always nice to be reminded of the great love God has for us all. The fact is we are precious and valuable to The Lord. He proved his love so powerfully in the giving of Jesus Christ to the world. Christ experienced immense suffering to purchase our liberty. As we walk into the acceptance and grace the Fathers has for us, our eyes can began to see more clearly how much God cares about and values everyone. He calls us to respond and release this same love to others.

Value Of A Soul is a song written by myself and Bruce Patterson it is part of my soon to be released Latter Rain recording project. I pray this song will be instrumental in a fresh new understanding and  appreciation of the love of God for all people.

In Christ,
Kris Robbie

VALUE Of A SOUL

What does it matter to the Lord of us all

Creator of heaven and earth

When He looks down at one made in His own image

Greater than the sparrow that falls

He sees the value of a soul beyond the worlds treasures

Measured by the blood Jesus shed

Though it be wrecked and marred

There is healing by His scars

He showed us the value of a soul

If you think your life doesn't mean much any more

Just think what you mean to the Lord

If you were the only one, He would have still died for you

You were worth all that He went through

For you are a pearl of great price

That He sought after and bought with His life

Yes you are precious in His sight

See the love that He has shown to you

Housekeeping

The place to send contributions for our ministry did not appear exactly correct on the new November 2011 newsletter. If you sent it to the Deerwood address everything is OK though it  is much more convenient for us to have it sent to the address listed here:

If you wish to support our ministry, you can make checks payable to Kris and Raili Robbie and send to: 2620 Western Hills Dr. Nashville TN.37214. If tax credit needed, make checks payable to Victory Fellowship Church, our names on the memo line and send to our address above.

Staying With The Program

It is very common these days to hear about churches and Christians struggling with finances. Some churches have even closed their door. My heart goes out to those who have been adversely affected by challenging economic times. At the same time though this is the culmination of the great gospel age. Our number one priority in this hour must be to share this living gospel of The Kingdom in the power of the Spirit to the ends of the earth.

Through my experience with mission work over the last 15 years I know how lack of finances can hinder the sharing of the good news. It always thrilled me when our ministry received extra finances for special projects that we were doing. Because I knew the money was going straight into important ministry and not just to meet our basic living needs. Finances in the hands of accountable ministers with vision equals souls. So regardless of what it looks like in the economic world we must elevate our thinking and get into the purpose and heart of our Father for these last days. And I believe the end time harvest is a big part of that.

Years ago a church supported our ministry in a special way. They had a special Friday night prayer meeting and the people would fast in preparation for that service. The money that was not used  for food went toward supporting our ministry. This really touched my heart and stayed in my mind. The way they were doing this was effective on different levels. Not only was it helping our work it was making the people more sensitive to the needs of this lost world through prayer and fasting, becoming closer to the heart of the Father. I believe this type of giving could revolutionize the Body Of Christ. This is something that people can enter into voluntarily with a willing heart no pressure needs to be applied.

Let us all have a heart to do more. If we are in leadership let us lead the people to a deeper commitment to Christ and His cause. I urge all believers to fast at least one meal a week and put what you did not spend on food  into evangelism. During this special time of fasting pray for all those without Jesus Christ, that they would receive Him as their Lord. What great fulfillment and joy we experience when we cooperate with the plan of redemtion.

  

If there was ever an hour to do something for The Kingdom it is NOW!

In Christ,

Kris Robbie missionary to Europe

News November 2011

Dear Friends!

We thought it was about time to give everyone a update on our life and work here in Estonia.

First we are happy that Ryan is now becoming fluent in the Estonian language. He is going to kindergarten and has a lot of opportunity to learn his mothers native tongue. He really is enjoying singing these cute kid songs. Raili sings with him, many of the same songs she learned at kindergarten.

 Aaron is continuing on with home school and is part of a archery training class. He continues to become more articulate and savvy at computer games as well.

We have had many difficulties with Rosie (our niece and foster child) over the last few weeks. She currently is living at a mental health facility for her own safety and visits us frequently. We are trying to find a new school for her, the previous one did not work out. We are just taking it a day at a time and trusting God to work His best in her life.

Raili is now the Voice for Joyce Meyers in the Estonian language for Life TV. She works hard on the translation,voice recording and editing every week. It is great to watch the programs and hear Raili's voice bring the excellent teaching for the Estonian people. Though it is quite a project she is fulfilled in doing it for the glory of God.

We have many opportunities to share the Word Of God and do worship in different churches. I thoroughly enjoy preparing messages and preaching, I know it's the Word that changes lives. We have a vision to expand this outreach of sharing the Word of God you can read our vision at our blog.

Recently we started having some meetings in our city of Viljandi. Currently the emphasis is on worship and a little teaching. It has been a blessing worshiping with our new friend Veiko, a fine piano player and brother in Christ. Our heart continues to go out for this city there is just not much going on here for the Kingdom Of God. There have been a few people coming to our services and whoever has come, has been blessed by the Word and worship. We rented a hall for these meetings, but we really don't have a budget to pay the 75 Dollars a month for it. If your church could help with this, it would be a great blessing!

Also we plan on doing a Christmas outreach for the children in the Psychiatric Hospital in our town.

Many times the children there have no visitors or gifts during the Christmas season. Most of the parents of these children are either alcoholics or mentally ill. We believe we can minister to them with a nice Christmas program and some nice presents. If you have in your heart to help us with that, it would be appreciated!

We are doing our best to do what needs to be done here and our continuing seeking God for his best for our lives as well as Viljandi, Estonia and Europe.

As many of you know this trip was in response to do our best to save the life of our niece and we did not have the time to gain the necessary mission support. Currently we need to raise about 1000 a month to continue living and minister here. To be honest the spiritual condition in Estonia and Europe is dreadful. The people as a whole are totally unprepared for what is happening in the Earth. Almost daily we see another sign of the soon return of Christ and hundreds of millions of people are in the dark in this part of the world. We have a beachhead here and we need to move forward with the vision in our heart. The hope is the Church to arise and shine and share the glorious gospel. God has been equipping Raili and myself for this hour since 1996 when we started our ministry. I am ready to teach,preach evangelize, sing and whatever else I need to do.

Please stand with us in this critical hour and help us launch out into this new phase of our ministry. Please prayerful consider partnering with us in this important Gospel work. Also there is an immediate need of 500 Dollars to pay some bills. We also appreciate your prayers and especially for Rosie during this challenging time for her.

In Jesus,

Kris and Raili

 

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If you wish to support our ministry, you can make checks payable to Kris and Raili Robbie and send to: 2620 Western Hills Dr. Nashville TN.37214. If tax credit needed, make checks payable to Victory Fellowship Church, our names on the memo line and send to our address above.

 

2011 JULY Newsletter

Our niece Rosie is doing good and enjoying America.

We thank God for what He is doing in her life. We know He has great plans for her.

We must return to Estonia the end of August. We are currently foster parents of Rosie and we  will be applying for full custody when we get back. I have applied for a new living permit and this will allow me to be in Estonia as needed. I had to leave the country because my 90 days of visa free travel had expired.

Currently there are some excellent doors of ministry for us in Estonia. We have been invited to help with a new church in Tallinn in the area of teaching and worship. We have been closely working with another church closer to where we live in Viljandi as well.  One thing we are very excited about now is the possibility of doing Christian TV programs in the Estonian language. This has been a part of our vision for 16 years and  the doors are opening up to move forward with this vital ministry. There is the possibility to airing programs on the national channel that is very popular. We need to raise the start up costs of around ten thousand dollars. It is our plan to produce creative quality programs that will be effective in impacting Estonia for Christ. These programs can be a national platform for the voice of the Lord to speak into the hearts of the people in this land. We plan to use testimonies ,music, interviews, and ministry of the word in creating the programs.

This is absolutely essential because of the prevailing spiritual blindness in this land. There is no effective national Christian voice and it is imperative there be one. It  is time for us to Arise and Shine and let the glory of the Lord be seen upon us.

The Father has put a burning message for the Church in my heart for this hour. God has also given me many songs of revival  that our conveying the anointing in our services as well.

Missions

My heart is stirred with the good things God is wanting to accomplish in this hour. In the middle of very difficult and challenging times, I am greatly encouraged by God's heart and purpose to build and revive the Church and bring in the end time harvest.

 

The Lord has increased our vision for missions. Father God has put a very large burden and vision for Europe on my heart. In my research many countries in Europe have under 3 percent evangelicals believers. We are taking about 800 million people that makes up the continent of Europe. The Lord has burned in my heart a" New Macedonian Call ". We must prepare now for a massive gospel advance for Europe. In order to have a large harvest we must sow a lot of seed of the word of God and go forth in the power of the Spirit to reap the end time harvest.

 

We are moving forward in faith to accomplish the things in my heart. I am sharing the different projects that we believe the Lord is leading us to accomplish.

I have a destiny I believe to be a fire starter a revivalist if you will. This has been in my heart for 25 years. I have a prophetic message for the Church to be on fire with a passion and vision to arise and shine in the glory of God and reach the lost in this hour.

In Christ,
Kris Robbie