Dear Prayer Partners,

I am so sorry I have fallen off giving out prayer updates and requests. It has been a busy time. An electrical storm took out a lot of our electronics, including my computer, and that started it all. We have some exciting plans for the new year in ministry. We have some disappointments as well.
--Mr. P, first asked for a break from discipleship since his crops were keeping him so busy. He had planned to start back up with his discipleship in April. He has since started to avoid us and resist talking with us. We keep giving him gifts and reaching out to him. We aren't sure what caused the change. We pray that he will feel compelled to be upfront and honest with us. Pray that we will find a good time to visit him where he will feel comfortable opening up to us.
--The new year is bringing about some new plans and strategies. As a team we are committing ourselves to fasting and praying for the lost of Jeju once a month. On the first Sunday of each month we will focus on those we specifically know who are lost and for the many others that live here and are lost. We also would like to ask you if you would be willing to adopt one of our individuals/families that our team has a relationship with but is still not a believer. If you would like to commit to praying for one of these on a daily basis, please contact me and I will give you a name and more specific information about that family or individual.
--Another new strategy started several months ago. We have a plan to go into a village and focus on ministering there. Phil had chosen ChangChunLee and he a Sue, our partner here, have gone there to look for openings to start some ministries. Time and again doors have been shut and we haven't found any openings. We are still praying about whether we should continue trying to work in this village. There is no Christian presence in this village which is why we chose it. This past New Year's Day we went with a couple with whom we are seeking to develop a relationship. They aren't believers but are natives to Jeju. Our focus was on spending the early morning sunrise hours with them to strength our relationship and have a good time. We traveled out to the east coast to attend an event begin held in HadoLee. It was a nice event. After it was all over and we were standing around, the man in charge of the event and the agro specialist(fisheries) for the village came over to talk with us. He wanted to practice some English. He is a self taught English speaker. He was very pleasant and seemed open to visiting with us. Now we are praying about and planning a future visit with him to see if maybe this is to be our first village to focus our ministry in this new strategy. We aren't sure exactly which ways we should start ministry here and pray for God's direction, guidance and sensitivity as we meet this man and visit more in the village.
--We have had some difficulties with our oldest son this past semester. This next semester he will be living with a couple from our company while finishing out his sophomore year at Faith. Please pray for this situation. We plan to be on stateside, living in Seminole, Texas, next fall. The boys will go to school there for that semester. We will return to Jeju in January 2011. Daniel and David plan to attend TCIS as boarding students here in Korea that spring semester. This is the school the boys attended while we were in language training in Taejon, South Korea so they are excited to see how many of the kids they still know.

Thanks for keeping us and the work here in Jeju in your prayers.

The Hamlines