Hamilton Jonathan Sheila 1991 World

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D e a r F r i e n d s a n d C o - w o r k e r s ,

She i l a and I send you g r e e t i n g s t h i s new y e a r i n th e name o f o u rw o n d e r f u l Lord J e s u s . We do c o n t i n u e t o p r a y t h a t a l l i s w e l l i nyour s e r v i c e to Him. We thank th e Lord f o r you and your p a r t i nt h e m i n i s t r y a s t h e Lord u s e s us f o r His Glory t o r e a c h t h e unr e a c h e d . We a r e a l s o p ra yin g w i th you f o r t h e l e a d e r s o f t h i sc o u n t r y dur ing t h i s t ime o f war. I t i s a con t ineuous r eminder o fhow soon th e end i s comming. We p r a y f o r a l l t h e peop le i n v o l v e d .May th e Lords w i l l be done. L et us see t h e urgency t h a t i s beforeu s and w o r k h a r d t o f u l f i l l Gods p u r p o s e o f p l e a s i n g Him.

We want yo u to be aware of a ^haT^e„we-Jiave_inad£._wi.th~our-_XQrward-in g a g e n t . We have r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e d my grandmothe r F rances 0Hami l ton f o r d o i n g ou r fo rward ing work f o r so l o n g . We f e e l t h a ts h e n e e d s a r e s t f o r awhi le Pa t a n d K a t h v T o p p i n g i n M a n i s te eM i c h i g a n h av e v o l u n t e e r e d t o do o u r f o rw a r d in g w o r k f o r u s . Theyare rea l ly neat an d we thank them fo r doing th i s fo r us. TheM a n i s t e e Church o f C h r i s t h a s s a i d t h a t we c o u l d have p e o p l e sendmoney t o us t h r o u g h them i f t h e y need a t a x d e d u c t i o n . J u s t maket h e c h e c k o u t t o M a n i s t e e C h u r c h o f C h r i s t f o r J o n a t h a n H a m i l t o n ,i f you need a t a x r i g h t - o f f . We have s e t up o ur m iss io n a c c o u n tt h e r e so you can b e g i n t o send t h e checks t o o u r box number i nF i l e r C i t y r i g h t away. I f you have any q u e s t i o n s , p le a s e a s k .Here i s t h e a d d r e s s t o send t h e money t o ; f , n . pnv S7 FTTiFR, CTTY9MICHIGAN 4 9 6 3 4 - 0 0 5 7 P a t a n d K a t h y s p h o n e n u m b e r i s 6 1 6 )

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We had a g r e a t t ime i n December w i t h th e fa m i ly . P e te and Francame up and o f c o u r s e Karen wa s h e r e too f o r a change. We d i d tdo any t r a v e l i n g i n December excep t to Manis t ee where we spoke tw oSundays . We have been working w i t h th e r e f u g e e c e n t e r h e r e i n townh e l p i n g g e t an E t h i o p i a n f ami ly g e t s e t t l e d a s w e l l as tw o RomaniansWe a r e h e l p i n g dad mom, and Karen t ake them to church each week.We d e l i v e r e d C h r i s t m a s g i f t s t o s e v e r a l r e f u g e e f a m i l i e s f o r t h er e f u g e e c e n t e r .

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t own .We had a g r e a t r e c r u i t meet ing i n I n d i a n a p o l i s on th e 5 th o f Janu a r y. We had 10 r e c r u i t s who a r e plann ing on go ing o ve rs eas w ithi n th e y e a r . A c o u p l e guys p l a n t o go t o A l b a n i a one g i r l t oR u s s i a one t o Ghana w i t h a team from Johnson B ib le C ol le ge one i si n Uganda r i g h t now and a coup le f o r J a p a n . We a r e e x c i t e d a b o u te a c h a r e a and want a team i n each c o u n t r y . P l e a s e p r a y f o r t h e s e

\ r e c r u i t s and fo r more i n th e f u t u r e .

S h e i l a and I j u s t a r r i v e d from a long t r i p to Wyoming. We spoke a tLusk and Wheat land and i n C a s p e r whi le i n t h e S t a t e . We were a b l e t ospend a b o u t tw o and a h a l f weeks w i t h S h e i l a s f a m i l y. I t was a

n i c e v i s i t . Yes S h e i l a s t i l l h a s h e r j o b . She wa s a b l e t o ge t - t h e - -t ime o f f . On o u r wa y back from Wyoming we s p e n t tw o days w i t hRick and Vicky Bronson. They s e t us up to have a r ad io show withBoyce Mouten a t Ozark C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e . We a l s o spoke a t t h e campusf e l l o w s h i p a t t h e Arkansas S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y and a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y a tP i t t s b u r g Kansas . We h ad a g r e a t t ime and we p r a y t h a t we were a ne nc ou ra ge m en t t ow a rd m i s s i o n work. We a p p r e c i a t e eve ryone t h a t wesa w and f e e l t h a t i t was a p r o f i t a b l e t r i p . I t i s good t o be home

X^he teams in Hungaryand in China are doing just great People are ^/ comming to the Lord. Pray for a team in both places for next year^^

Cont inue t o pray t h a t S h e i l a and I w i l l have t h e s u p p o r t needed tor e c r u i t f u l l t i m e . P l e a s e p r a y t h e Lord o f t h e H a r v e s t t o s e n d o u tl abourers i n t o th e h a r v e s t M a t t h e w 9 : 3 7 - 3 8

OUrn^ACH IMTERN ATIONAL v c ^MR MRS JOMATHAMHAMILTON Servants ,

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Dear F r i e n d s and Co-workers

Hello again from Michigan. The Lord has been good to us th epas t month or so. We pray t ha t yo u are doing well in the Lord.The Lord i s always good and we have real ly enjoyed Raster. Wespent Easter Sunday a t Manistee and were involved in the program t h e r e . I t was a l o t o f tu n and g r e a t t o c e l e b r a t e R e s u r -e c t i o n d a y.

Sheila and I have been t r ave l ing up to Manistee Church o t Chris t

every Sunday tor the past month and a ha l t . We have real lyenjoyed the people there and t he o pp or tu ni ty to preach and helpin any way we can. Dad i s s t i l l preaching a t Manistee when hec a n . I t k e e p s u s b u sy w h i l e we a r e i n t o w n .

Speaking of busy we have b een w or ki ng more and more with therefugees here in town. I am going to have a refugee to tu to rin English star t ing next week. Dad mom, and I took a nightclass to learn to teach people to read and also teach Englishas a second language. We have enjoyed the re fugees and areseeing r e su l t s . Karen and Mom have been taking them to churchan d t h e y l o v e I t . P r a i s e t h e L o r d .

We have been doing our best to f i l l up the summer with appointments t o r camps VBS s and preaching engagements. We haveboth June and July f i l led r ight now. We are looking for more.P le as e c on tin ue to pray t h a t we w i l l be ab l e t o t r a v e l andhe lp inform th e churchs o f th e ne eds arou nd th e w orld . C o los -s i a n s 4 : Z 4

We want t o l e t you know o f o u r f in a nc ia l S i t ua t i on . We haveabout 300. comming in each month. I t has dropped a lo t sincewe have been married Thats not supposed to happen. Severalof our supporters have had a financial change in there l ivesand have had to quit or reduce the i r support. That is fine

we understand that and s t i l l appreciate each one for what theyhave been able to do. I f we a re going to cont inue to r e c r u i tf u l l t i m e we need more s u pp o r t . The Church needs to be i nformed o t the needs overseas and the oppor tuni t ies . We haveseen g r e a t r e s u l t s i n r e c r u i t i n g t h i s p a s t y e a r. We f e e l wereal ly need to continue r ec ru it in g r ig h t now. Please pray aboutt h i s .

The teams in China and in Hungary are gett ing along fine.We are needing people to rep lace them fo r a year t h i s f a l l .Please be praying about this too. They have seen great res u l t s f rom t h e i r B i b l e s t u d i e s e t c .

Jacques and Bev Biackwell wi l l be re turning from Uganda fo rawhile the Ib th of t h i s month. Larry Smith an d Laura w i l l becomming back also around the same time. They wil l be travelingwhen they ge t back. They plan to t r ave l from Lansing. Prayt h a t they w i l l f i n d a good p l a c e to l i v e whi le i n th e S t a t e s .

Hello everyone: As Jonathan said we have been keeping busy.I t seems that he is leaving jus t as I get home Ot course youa l l know tha t our job i s n t over jus t because we got home fromwork. We sure appreciate a l l the prayers and support that you a l lhave given us s ince we have been married. Almost a year i t shard to believe tha t th i s year ha s gone by so fas t . I t s been tunt o s e e ho w o u r L o r d w o r k s I P r a i s e Him: y.M.H.

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A u g u s t 1991

D e a r F r i e n d s ,

Wow w h a t a summer l S h e i l a a n d I j u s t r e t u r n e d f r o m a camp i nP e n n s y l v a n i a . We h ad a g r e a t week w i t h Dave Bock and al l t h e newp e o p l e t h a t we m e t . I t w as a g o o d week o f c a m p .

T he w h o l e summer w e n t w e l l . P r a i s e t h e L o r d We e n j o y e d t h e t i m ewe s p e n t o u t i n Wyoming w it h f a m il y an d f r i e n d s . We had f o u rw e e k s o u t w e s t . T he f i r s t week we s p e n t a t t h e V. B . S . a tP a r a d i s e Va l l e y C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h . The week was a l o t o f fu n a st h e k i d s v i s i t e d a d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r y e a c h d a y. T he m i s s i o ne m p h a s i s w as g r e a t

We h ad t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e t h e m i s s i o na ri e s a t a j u n i o r campweek i n L a n d e r , Wyoming a s w e l l a s a High S c h o o l week. Bothw e e k s were n e a t . S e v e r a l p e o p l e came t o know J e s u s t h o s e w e e k s .We h a v e a b o u t t h r e e p e o p l e f rom t h a t a r e a t h a t a r e i n t e r e s t e d i nd o i n g m i s s i o n work i n a y e a r o r s o . P r a i s e God J a c q u e sB l a c k w e l l was a t t h e H i g h S c h o o l week o f camp a s w e l l . I t w as ab l a s t t o b e t h e r e w i t h h im a n d s e v e r a l o f o u r g o o d f r i e n d s f romP a r a d i s e Va l l e y an d a l l o v e r Wyoming . -

We were a b l e t o go t o t h e Nor th Amer i can C h r i s t i a n Conven t ion i n

D e n v e r w h i l e we w e r e i n t h e a r e a . We e n j o y e d h e a r i n g t h ed i f f e r e n t s p e a k e r s . We were a b l e t o s t a y w ith L ar ry B e r l i n a th i s Mom's p l a c e which was a g r e a t f i n a n c i a l h e l p t o u s , making i tp o s s i b l e f o r us t o a t t e n d t h e c o n v e n t i o n . Even t hough we d i d n ' tg e t a b o o t h s p a c e a s p l a n n e d , we were s t i l l a b l e t o t a l k w i t h al o t o f p e o p l e . T he w eek w as a g o o d o n e .

T he w eek o f V. B . S . a t Newburgh , I n d i a n a and t h e camp a t N i l e s ,M ic hig an w en t w e l l a l s o . I nc lu d i n g t h os e two weeks , we had beengone f o r e i g h t weeks i n a row. I t h a s been b u s y, b u t p r o f i t a b l e .

We a r e e x c i t e d a b o u t t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s f o r making a s u r v e y t r ipt o N a m i b i a S o u t h We s t A f r i c a . S h e i l a a n d I a r e s t i l l p r a y i n ga b o u t making t h e two month t r i p w i t h i n a y e a r s t i m e. Da d i ss t i l l p l a n n i n g on t h e t r ip w i t h L i a P ao t o L a o s and h e h o p e s t os t o p o v e r i n Vi e tn am a s w e l l . They a r e p l a n n i n g t h e t r i p f o r t h ef i r s t p a r t o f t h e y e a r .

J a c q u e s and Bev B l a c k w e l l a r e s t i l l p l a n n i n g t o go back t o Ugandai n J a n u a r y. Brad Cocco and a n o t h e r p e r s o n o r tw o p l a n on g o i n gback t o Hungary i n Sep tember. J a n e Naber i s r e t u r n i n g t oB e i j i n g , China i n Sep tember a l s o . We j u s t p r a i s e t h e Lord f o ra l l t h a t He i s d o i n g i n t h e s e a r e a s an d a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d .C o n t i n u e t o p r a y w i t h us t h a t t h e l o v e o f J e s u s w i l l be p r e a c h e di n a l l t h e w o r l d

P le as e c on ti n ue t o p r a y t h a t t h e Lord w i l l l e a d us t o t h o s e wh oneed t o go o v e r s e a s so we can h e l p them i n t h a t d i r e c t i o n .S e v e r a l p e o p l e maade t h e i r i n t e r e s t i n m i s s i o n s known. We t hankGod and p r a y t h a t H is w i l l i s done i n t h e i r l i v e s . We a l s o a sky o u r p r a y e r s f o r o u r needs t o be met w h i l e we a r e r e c r u i t i n g . Wec o u l d u se more month ly s u p p o r t . We a l s o f e e l t h a t a s u r v e y t r i pt o N a m i b i a i s n e e d e d . P r a y w i t h u s a b o u t t h e s e t h i n g s . If y o uwould l i k e f o r u s t o come and visi t y ou an d s h a r e w it h you someo f t h e s e o p p o r t u n i t i e s p l e a s e l e t u s know.

We t h a n k yo u f o r a l l y o u r p r a y e r s and s u p p o r t . Remember, Do n o twork f o r f oo d t h a t s p o i l s , b u t f o r f o o d t h a t e n d u r e s t o e t e r n a ll i f e J o h n 6 : 2 7

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Hamilton Jonathan Sheila 1991 World