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Ou t re a ch I nte rn a tio n al

It was a pleasure

to

be able

to meet with

Je remy and Edie C rim l as t month in Oklahoma

City. Edie s

brother

is Clint Leigh, one of Out-

reaches recruits

in France.

Jeremy and Edie

have graduated from Oklahoma State University.

They are planning to go to

help with

the work

in

Equatorial

Guinea

with Allen

and

Betty Pierce,

teaching E nglish in

the

school. They have not

made a firm commitment

ye t about that

area

specifically. Please keep t hem in y ou r prayer s,

that the Lord will direct their paths

as

they plan

their ways. Proverbs 16:9 1was veiy impressed

with

their

hear t for missions when 1 interviewed

them. They have a zeal

and

passion to reach the

world

that

eveiy Christian

should

have, but

is

so

often

hard

to

find

in the chu rch in

America.

Steve and Laurie

Westlake

from Waxaha-

chie Texas

are

making plans to work

with the

Pierce family in Equatorial

Guinea.

Steve and

Laurie will

be leaving this summer

fo r

Cameroon

Africa for a few months of training. They have

committed themselves

for long

term.

Sonja

and

1

spent a long time with them at the missionaiy

convention this year in Tuisa and 1 just spent a

full day with them and their parents. Laurie s

parents

will

be their forwarding agents and

we

had

a meeting about

that

an d other things. We,

Outreach International,

are

glad to

be of

ser

vice

to them and be their sending agent. Hav

ing a new

li

ahead of them, Lord willing, they

will

need

our prayers.

Nathan and Jessica

Pyykkonen

are also

planning

to

spend the summer in Cameroon

teaching,

working

with

t he you th and whatever

else the Lord may

giv

them to do there. They

have

both

been there before. They plan to

return

after the summer and finish up their schooling

and

go

back

to

be

full-time

miss ionaries there .

We

also

had a good time at

the

convention

with

them

and

h ave come to see

their

passion for the

lost. Please

pray that the

Lord will

continue

to

direct

them and provide the needed funds

to

do

the work that the Lord has called them to. If

churches

here

in America wou ld have

the

same passion

to send

missionar ies as all

o f

these couples have

to

go, then they will not

have any problems getting the needed funds.

P.O.

Box

9

Bedford. TX 76095

Phone:{817 355-9598

Fax: 817 355-0272

e-mail: Jonathan_Hamilton@msn.com

l e r emy and Edie CrIm

Equa to ri a l Gu inea

Af r i c a

Nathan

and feiilca

Pyyhbenen

Cameroon Africa

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Dad and Sonja plan to be here the last weekend in April to meet with all

three

of

these couples

before

they

leave for Africa

this

siunmer

The mini orienta

tion that wewill havewith them will hopefully help get them to the next step be

fore

le ving

the countiy.

hese

are all

people

that have a host of

people

praying

for them in their sendingchurches as well at others aroimd the countiy. I hope

you

will take a minute to do

the

same

WHAT

IS

A MISSIONARY

RECRUITER?

Recruiting

missionaries and

starting

work overseas where

we

have

no work

requires a lot of various tasks. I am grateful to have the privilege of doing this lype

of work since I

cannot

go overseas anymore

due

to my lung t ransplant. We look

for workers, we motivate people

toward mission

work, we hold interviews, we take

recruits

through

orientations to help

prepare

them, we show

them

how to go

about

getting over

there

and

al l

that

is

involved

down to

what kind

of c lo th es to take

We

either send them

to a

place

t ha t h as

an established work

or

send them into

a

new

area with experienced missionaries to

open

a new field. It gives

us

joy to

see

the Lord raise

up

people to go. May we be of service to

the

Lord to help make it

possible for

them

to go and

to

do well.

If

O.I.

was not

in existence

some

workers

mi^ t never

reach the

held of

labor Just

as

any

other

mission l ike PBT, World Vi

sion etc. has an office here

in

the States to coordinate

the work so

the ofiice of

Outreach in Bethel Missouri and here in Texas continues to be vit^ to the families

we

have

overseas and

the

ones that

we

recruit

and

help get

overseas.

I

wanted

to

thank you as

always for all

your prayers

concerning my health.

I just

spent

6

days in the

hospital with some

kind

of infection or parasi te . They

have

me

on

flagyl right now

and

it

seems

to

be

taking

care

of things. With me, I

can

be healthy

one

day

and sick

the

next. I guess that i s t rue for all of us Any

way I am

doing

well

and

have enjoyed

traveling some

too I was able

to

attend the

week of missions there at Lincoln Christian College

last

month February). Be

tween doing some traveling, doing the local thing with

correspondence

etc. I

seem

to stay

out of

trouble for the most

part

:)

It

was

nice to spend some time with Pete, Fran,

and

Denzil while they

are

here for a year on furlough. It

has

been good to

have

dad back from

his

5 month

trip

to Sudan Dad

is raising

funds for th e

work over

there

with

The Voice of

The

Martyrs. If you would like more information

about

that

and

how you

and

your

church can help please

le t

us know

May the Lord

be praised and

glorified

in

all

things as

we strive together to

do thisjob that the Lord

has

allowed for us to do. Maywe be faithful to doing eve

rything

in our

power,

throu^

Christ, to get it done.

Thank

you for your

partner

ship in this

ministiy

Love you

Your Servant

J o n a t h an

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OUTREACH

INTERNATIONAL

WE PRAISE TH E LORD FOR

THE

SAFE DELIVERY

OF CALEB ALBERT NGUYEN BORN TO TH E PARENTS

OF

TOAI

AN D KAREN BORN AUGUST 6TH HE

WEIGHED A HEALTHY 8Lbs 2 oz

THIS

IS NUMBER

FOUR AN D THEY

ARE

ALL

DOING

WELL SISTERS OF

K AR EN , FR AN

AND

SONJA,

ARE THERE

IN

SOUTH

EAST

ASIA HAVING

A

GREAT TIME WITH

BABY AN D ALL TH E

FAMILY.

FRAN AND SONJA PLAN TO BETHERE FOR A

MONTH AND I AM

SURE

A GOOD TIME WILL BE HAD

BY ALL. GAYLE

CONFER WHO TEACHES OVER THERE

HA S BEEN A GREAT HELP TO

EVERYONE

INVOLVED

OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

P O

BOX 952

BEDFORD

TX 76 95

Phone:

817 355 9598

Fax:

817 355 272

Email:

Jonathan_Hamilton@msn com

Organization

It is

hard

to

believe

that the

summer

is

already over.

I also just

realized

that it

has

been

a

long

time since I have vn itten you all. I do apologize for not

>vriting more often.

When I am so busy with everything it is hard

for

me to take the time to do that.

It

has

been

nice

to be

busy

with

some traveling.

It is

always

a

pleasure

to

see

old

friends

as well

as meet a lot of new people. I

was able

to do both this

summer as

I trav

eled to Wyoming, Oklahoma, East Texas,

Atlanta

Georgia and a

few

places in between.

Having

great

health

to

do

that

has been

a blessing from the Lord.

In May,

Dad and I

borrowed David

Bledsoe s truck

and we

drove to

Casper Wyo

ming

to speak at

Paradise

Valley

Christian

Church.

After

dad spoke

the church

collected

over 300 English Bibles to be sent to Sudan via Voice ofThe Martyrs. We

praise

the

Lord

for that little church of about 200 people that have done so much around the world

over

the years.

Dad left to come back

and

I

stayed

and

spoke

at

the

Paradise Valley

Chris

tian School s graduation commencement. It

was

great to see old friends again

and

share

with

them Dad made another stop

before

coming

home

and collected a total of about

5 Bibles

fo r Sudan Praise the Lord

Dad

and

I have met with several of

Outreach International

missionaries this

sum

mer here at our

Bedford Texas office. We

had a good

weekend with

Clint

Leigh

in a time

of

ministry review. Clint

returned

from

spending one year in

France with

our

team there.

He

did a

great job

working with the Baird s and

others

in the local church in Poitier as

well as

ministering

in the local university where a campus

ministry

has been started.

Clint is

back

at Ozark Christian College to finish up and then he

plans

to go back overseas.

We praise God for the great work that Clint was able to be involved in dur

ing his time in France

Great

things

were done for

the

Kingdom.

Nathan

and Jessica Pyykkonen have returned from Cameroon Africa. They had a

great

summer and was able to be involved in camps

and

vacation

Bible

schools, among

other things. They were pleased to have gotten involved with theyouth there

and

they

felt

like it was a great success which

will

be

able

to

help

prepare them for

full time

work

over

there as

soon as they are finished with their college.

Jeremy and Edie Crim decided

not to go

overseas

at

this time. They have taken

on

a ministry upin Minnesota to getsome ministry experience first. We also

agreed

that the

Lord

was leading

themthere at this time.

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Steve

and Laurie

Westlake

with their

kids

have spent the summer in Cameroon

Africa attending an African Orientation Course

put together

and

ledby

WycIifF. They

are planning to arrive in Equatorial Guinea next monthand join

Allan

and Betty Pierce

and

the

work there. Steve

and

Laurie plan

to be

involved teaching

in the

English school

as

well

as be a part of the ministry in

several

other

capacities.

The work there

seems

to

be

going

along very

well.

Dad and I hadthe opportunityto spend the

day

withKevin and

Andrea

Mclnturff

this summer. They were missionaries in Budapest Hungary back when I was

in Hungary.

They have been

back inthe

States

for awhile now and

have decided

tore

turn

as full

time

missionaries

there.

Please keep

them in

your prayers

as

they

continue

to make the necessary plans to return.

Pray

that the support needed

will

be provided,

according to

the Lord s

purpose and

plans.

Ofcourse

our.

prayer for

all of these recruits

isthatthe Lord s work

may

be established in their

lives

according to God s plan andpur

pose

not our

own

I

enjoyed

getting so

see

one ofmy best friends,

DeU

Bledsoe getmarried in At

lanta

Georgia

this summer. He married a good friend, Sharyl

Powers,

whom we both

knew

inJunior High. It

was

a

blessed

time for

everyone.

My time

in

summer

camps

this

year

was

enjoyable

as always.

The

kids are always

a blast. It wasn t even as hot as normal the two weeks of camp 1spent in East

Texas.

A

good time was

had

by all. Always a pleasure to see some of

the

campers accept

Christ

and be baptized. Praise the Lord.

Thank you everyone tooat

Oakwood Christian

Church in

Enid

Oklahoma. 1had

a

wonderful time there with everyone

at their Vacation

Bible School last month. Thank

you forthewonderful

time

and

the opportunity to getto know

all

ofyou.

Funds

were raised thissummer to help put a new roof on the

office

house in

Be

thel, and

to

help build

a

fence

around the property for

Karen and Toi s house

in

Vietnam.

Praise the

Lord

for all the

help

and

all

the

prayers.

Please keep all the

missionaries

in

O.I.

inyoiu

prayers. Everyone seems

to be

doing well, moving

right

along. We

continue

to need workers to go. Please

pray

that funds will be available to

travel

and do the re

cruiting needed tohelp

these people

get to the

place

thatGod

has called them

to.

We are also a part

of

a new program called Nourish the Children.

Through this organization, you can buy a bag of food for 40 that will

feed one

child in a

third world country for a month.

We

are encomaging

individuals

and churches to get

involved

and

also let their

missionaries know

of the opportunities to feed

hungry kids.

For more information call us or visit the following web site

www

hamilton

ntdnfo

com

Thank

you so

much

for

your faithful prayers and

support.

May God bless you as you serve Him

and

as we

serve

together.

Your

Servant

onathan amilton ^ y cr~^

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P.O.

Box

952 Bedford, TX

76095

817 355-9598

MISS IONARY MOTIVATION

N STRY

December 19,

2002

Hello Friends and church

family,

Well, it looks like another year

about to be behind

us. Praise

the Lord for life

and

the health we

have

to enjoy. I

have

been

feeling

great with

111 lung capacity,

as of

last

week. Not sure how

they

figure that out but it is better than

good.

I

hope and pray

you

all

are

doing

as

well

during

this holiday season.

ITimothy 6:17

I am looking forward to being with

family during

this new

year.

My sister Fran, and

her family are going to be here

before

returning to South Africa

from

their

furlough. My

sister

Sonja

is

coming

down

from Missouri

to be with

dad,

mom andI

as

well.

I

am

really

looking forward to my girlfriend Teri who

teaches

in China, being

here.

I will

introduce

her in

my next newsletter

due to some big news I will be

sharing

with

you concerning her

and Iand the future, Lord

willing

we

live

to do so.

Outreach International just

finished having

their

annual

board meeting at the

Missionary

Convention in Wichita Kansas. We are excitedabout the new projects that we

have

been

involved

in

this

past year in

Equatorial

Guinea

Haiti,

and

the Cameroon,

We also

have some

exciting things

going

on withY.E.S.

outh Educational Services)

over

in Southeast Asia.

As

far

as

that particularcountry goes we cannot go into detail in writing

about it so

please

let us knowifyou would

like

more information.

Every

country

that

we

have

workers

in needs more people to

help

out the

work

and expand the existing work that it

going

on. I

hope

you are praying the

Lord

of the

harvest to send out more workers. They are

very

few and far between. It is still difficult

for me to understand that young people are not motivated and/or encouraged to work in

fields

that are so needy

like

the un reached people groups. We have countries we are

tryingto get into and some we

have

been in and trying to get backinto. It is not a matter of

not having the information opportunity or the ability to go into these countries with the

Gospel. We just

lack

the people. Dad Al, and I both would

like

to see one of us in every

Bible College and every University Campus Ministry in the country and share the

needs

and

opportunities with these lads. Funds are lacking for us to do that. Right now that is the

biggest need for Outreach to continue the work ofrecruiting and puttingnew people on the

field. These young people do not have a way to respond to a need they have no knowledge

of.

I have been busy with office work and some

traveling.

As the

president

of

O.I. this year, I

have been

given

new

responsibilities and therefore would

appreciate your prayers,

I

will be

sending

a financial

report out next

time.

If

you

would like an update

on

all our missionaries

and

mission activities please

le t us know. Thank

you

for all

your

prayers

and

support and being a

part of

al l

this work . May God bless

you.

Love ya JONATHAN

Z

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Outreach Intemational Project Information

Overseas Campus Ministries

Coiuitries that we need teams in that we have already had teams in

and/or are working right now

Slovakia

Vietnam

Hungaiy

China

China

France

City

of

Bratislava

City

of

Saigon

City ofSzeged

Hong

Kong

City

of

Beijing

City of

Poitier

Countrie s t ha t we

would

like

to

send

teams in fimds

were

available

to do

so

Russia

Kazakstan

Turkey

Bulgaria

City ofVladivostok

City ofAstana

City

of

Ankara

City of Sofia

And many other hard to reach and restricted areas around the

world

where

we cannot send missionaries but

will

welcome

students under this unique independent study program This

service to American students gives them the unusual opportunity

of

a foreign culture and language while providing a great door

of

service that carries the message

of

their Christian faith into the

hearts

of

people who are not connected to the Christian world as

most people in America are Each student after one year

of

language and cultural study can return and another student can

replace them in the college or University which has welcomed our

program The ultimate goal of course is to start a Christian

Campus ministry and a local

him h

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Outreach International Project Info.

COST OF PUTTING A TEAM OF FIVE PEOPLE IN A

UNIVERSITY OVERSEAS

FOR

ONE

YEAR.

t u e n t

Tuition for one year 5 000

Student Airfare 900

Student Extra funds 1 100

Total 7 000

Mcludes Room and

Board

Cost for Outreach Intemational to recruit one student... 2000

Total cost for sending a student for one year to study

overseas

= 9,000

Multiply 9 000 by five for a team

of

students.

Approximate total cost for team

of

5 students to spend one

year starting a campus ministry overseas = 45 000

This is

one

project in

one

country.