Howdy Y’all, I’m writing to you this quarter from the great state of Texas. We are settled down in a mission house provided by the First Baptist Church of Seminole, which is the exact location that Helaine and I officially began our journey together over 18 years ago. During this Stateside Assignment (STAS) we’ve been blessed with so many “convenient circumstances” that I want to begin by giving glory, honor and praise to the Great Provider and coordinator of life’s circumstances, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I will defer to Helaine to provide you with the details of God’s benevolence towards our family.
I want to thank you all for your faithful prayers as Team Jeju BLUE experienced very significant changes over the last several months. As you are aware from our last newsletter, Sue Park and our family have both left the island for a period of STAS in the USA. Sue will not return to Jeju, and we will be delayed for one year of language training in Seoul beginning January 2011. Please continue to pray for Sue Park as she seeks the Lord’s will for her life and ministry. Also pray for Helaine and I as we make preparations while on STAS to transition back into our language student mode of operation.
Praise the Lord, PTL! Our summer mission team from the Global Mission Church in Maryland came to Jeju in July and together with members of the Sun In Baptist Church near Jeju City conducted a very successful Vacation Bible School program for elementary and middle school children. We witnessed eleven (11) young people give their lives to Jesus Christ and ask that you pray for Pastor Won and his congregation as they now take responsibility for growing these new Christians in their faith. This team also conducted prayer-walks of our target villages on Jeju-do. Please join us in our prayers that the Holy Spirit will draw a person-of-peace from each of these villages and that we will have the opportunity to share the gospel effectively with the haenyo of Hado-ri and the farmers of SoGil-ri and Changcheon-ri.
Our time in America is proving to be very fruitful in the recruitment of additional prayer partners and the enlistment of a mission team from Iowa to come to Jeju in 2012. During September, I enjoyed the opportunity to participate in an “On Mission Conference” in Des Moines, Iowa. This experience also involved sharing our Jeju ministry with several church groups in the area and the Lord provided us with fourteen (14) new commitments to pray for the lost of Jeju-do. A dear friend of mine from Stuart, Iowa, Pastor Robert Taylor and his wife Cindy from Heartland Baptist Church, have committed to lead a team from Metro Baptist Association in Des Moines to travel to Jeju in the summer of 2012. Please join me in lifting this couple up before the Lord as they recruit and train a mission team to minister on Jeju-do.
Finally, I want to encourage everyone to visit our “blog” at the internet address listed below for monthly prayer updates and photographs of recent ministry activity. Helaine and I also post our “reflections” on this blog site and I would love to hear your thoughts and comments in response. I’ve posted on our blog a new article “Reflections on Death” which provides my insights into the “supernatural” events surrounding the recent death of my Aunt Margaret. I hope you are blessed and challenged by the message I present. Thank you all for your faithful prayer support and I ask our Heavenly Father to provide for your every need. In His Love, your co-worker in Christ, Phil Hamline
Hamline Happenings
Our stateside time has been very busy. It has been nice getting to visit with family and friends again. The boys have enjoyed getting to know the US more. They are getting a good opportunity to do this by attending public school for the fall semester. The three younger boys have been homeschooled for the past 6 years. David was homeschooled for 4 years and then attended Faith Academy in the Philippines for the past 2 years. He is enjoying eleventh grade in the high school here in Seminole, Texas. He really likes being able to be home with family. He is enjoying the lighter homework load. Daniel is a freshman in high school and playing football. He has really enjoyed getting to be part of a team and making friends. Andrew is enjoying art classes and getting to race boys in PE. He has won several races so it has been a positive experience. He is in seventh grade. Noah is a fourth grader. He likes all the kids in his class and is becoming an ace speller. Spelling always gave him fits before so he feels good being so successful this year.
The house here is very spacious, and First Baptist has been very kind and generous in their furnishing of it and providing for us. Many of those that attend FBC also work in the schools. They have all been very helpful in guiding the boys to adjust. We are very blessed.
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