September 30, 2011 Issue #7
Dearest Friends and Faithful Partners,
Autumn has arrived in Seoul and the change in
weather is both refreshing and a warning of the cold that comes next. Life is often full of these mixed signals. Helaine and I are entering the final stages of our language training which encourages us to look forward to returning to Jeju-do, however, the advanced levels are always the most difficult. Please continue to lift us up in prayer to our heavenly Father as we struggle with much more complex language structures and increased levels of vocabulary.

I praise God for blessing this past summer with special moments of encouragement. In July we gathered together with other missionary friends for a week of inspiration and training at a beautiful retreat center east of Seoul. Our family spent some quality time together as David and Daniel were home on summer break from boarding school at TCIS. Following this meeting we travelled to Jeju for a week of vacation and thoroughly enjoyed renewing our fellowship with friends and neighbors. Finally, we returned to Seoul and were blessed with the opportunity to begin an English class for high school students at Central Baptist Church in Sinchon.

In early August, I took David and Daniel back to TCIS and enjoyed a wonderful weekend of visitation with our prayer partners at Daeheung Baptist Church and Christian International Church on TCIS campus. I’m excited to report that several people have indicated a desire to travel to Jeju next year in support of our ministry to the blue collar works in the remote villages on Jeju. I enjoyed sharing my vision to begin a new strategy of story-telling and was pleased with the response to participate. We are looking forward to coordinating these short-term mission trips beginning as early as spring 2012.

The Lord continues to bless the work of my partner in Seoul that translates my new stories. He has just completed working on story #4 about Jacob’s Dream and I’ve included it in both English and Korean as an attachment to this newsletter. As the time draws near for our return to Jeju, I plead with you my dear friends to faithfully intercede on behalf of the farmers, fishermen and heanyo in the villages of Hado-ri, Changcheon-ri, and SoGil-ri. These three villages will be the focus of our efforts to spread the good news of Jesus Christ using the story telling methodology. Ask the Father to visit these people in the power His Spirit to draw them unto Himself. Pray that their hearts will be softened and their ears opened to His message of hope and love. Thank you all again for your faithful support and prayers.
　
HAMLINE HAPPENINGSOur family has gotten off to a busy start for the fall. Everyone is in school and working hard to accomplish our assignments.

Please remember David and Daniel’s school during these days. This is David’s senior year and Daniel’s sophomore year.  They are in separate dorms this year and once again blessed with great dorm parents.　　 PTL!!

Andrew is getting settled into his eighth grade year. Noah is enjoying having a male fifth grade teacher this year. He gets to begin learning a band instrument this semester and is very excited.

We expect to return to homeschooling our younger two sons again next semester as we move back to Jeju. Please pray for Andrew and Noah as they leave friends and go back to schooling at home again. Pray for Helaine as she returns to teaching the boys and trying to balance her responsibilities.

Our family has gone through lots of adjustments in the past year and a half. We praise the Lord for being with us and helping us throughout this time. We are so thankful for the many ways He has blessed us and provided for us.