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MISSIONARY MOTIVATION MINISTRY

Jonathan Hamilton, International Director

P.O. Box 952 Bedford, TX 76095

(817)355-9598

July 01, 1997

Mission Services Association

7525 Hodges Ferry Rd.

KnoxviUe,TN 37920^9731

Dear Friends,,

Greetings inthe name of our Lord Jesus Christ from the Hamilton family herein Texas. We hopeyou are all doing
well. We appreciate all your work andthe ministry that your are doing. Sheila andI wantto thank youfor all your
prayers and for letting people know of our needs during mytransplant time. TheLord has honored allthe prayers of
His people.

I am doing real good these days. My recoveryhas been going wonderful. I have had no problems at allsincemy
transplant. I am taking a lot of medications, anti-rejection drugs, etc.. There are a few minorside effects but nothing
serious. So far I have hadnot sign's of rejection either. Praise the Lord for that. The Lord has really blessed my
health. We praise God for a new chance to livewhateverdays He gives me. I am keeping busy with rehab, clinic
days in Dallas, and of course, being a new father.
Sheilaand our new little daughter. Crystal, are both doingjust great. We thank God for that miracle too. Iwasjust
feeling good enough to be able to get around again when Crystal was bom. She was bom on May 31 and weighed 5
pounds 13 once's and was 91 1/2 inches long. Crystal was a month early but healthy and doing fine.
I am sendingyou a couple of pictures. We were not sure if you wanted a picture of us or me in the hospital but we
thought you could at least show them to the staff and they could see who they were praying for. We know that
people all round the world were praying for me. We sure thank you for helping get the word around about our
needs.

May the Lord bless you as you continue to serve Him. You have been a blessing.

Your Servants,

Jonathan and Sheila Hamilton

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Jonathan & Sheila Hamilton
P.O. Box 952

MAY/JUNE 1997

r^he Lord has

He has done in our

(as t always is)! The infections

were not responding to
antibiotics Uke they were
supposedto and I was on 5 liters
ofoxygen constant at the time
of the double lung transplant
The doctors only gave me 4-6

dves. Sheila and I want

months to live at that dme.

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blessed
us
ndghdfy these pastfew
months. We cannot

...

even begin to express

y\f the wondetful things

To

Godfor the $2o-$30,000

needed a year (for the

have been praying for

make a long-Story short, God

decided to give me some more
timeon this eartfu,,thatfedgood!
I am doing real well

financially. The

breathing great and feeling

good,..
NO
MORE

Ltofirst express our love

and thanlfiilness to

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each one ofyou who

us and helping us
Lord

Q3 has honored your

Sprayers and gifts in

ways you

probably

'Praise God for the

miracle
of
each
breath we take!"

COUGHING!
My
recuperation period will be
about one year (during which
time my medications will be
stable and I will then be able to

leave the area and travel again.

Lordwilling). Praise Godfor the
miracle ofeach breath we take!
At this time our medical

don't even know about We want

on the last few

months. As mostofyou know, I
had beensickand in the hospital
2 weeks out ofevery monthfrom
November of last year, through
April of this year with
pneumonia. On April 17th we
received the call that they had a
set of lungsfor me! Praise the
Lord! God's timing wasperfect
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anti-rejection
medications that wdl be

neededfor the rest ofmy

life) will be met as welL
these anti-rejection drugs
are expensive!
Sheila and I are
also excited to announce

another
gift from
God,the birth of our
daughter,
Crystal
Annette Crystal was
bom on May 31st and
weighed 5 pounds 13

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ounces. Both Sheila and

'^The

Lord

honored

has

Crystal are doing great

your

and are at home! Thank

prayers and gifts in

youfor allyourprayers!

ways you probably

don't

know

about... "

needs are bmng met "Thank

you " to each one who has given
towards the lungfund. Wetrust

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"Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you plannedfor us no
one can recount tuyou; were I to speak and tell ofthem, they would be too many to declare."
Psalm 10:5
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t^^lcome Stacy Garner, who will be working full

time with Outreach International as of August. This will be a

tremendous blessing to the recruiting and training side of the
work as the ministry of Outreach is growing. Stacy just

recently made a trip to visit our team in Southeast Asia. The

(5^

visit was helpful in many ways as it provided an

encouragement to the team members. Stacy was also able to

see the work there first hand and therefore he will be more

informed about this field and work when recruiting for it! Stacy will be working
out of St. Louis Christian College and traveling to schools and campus ministries to

help recruitfor Outreach InternationaTs currentfields ofservice. Please be praying

for Stacy as he raises his support and during this transitional time! We are looking
forward to him becoming a part of the Outreach International/ Youth Educational

Services team and we thank Codfor his much needed help and service!
J[

MISSio^n^news

ease he
Thanksgiving & Praise for [
Jonathan's Transplant and Crystaf'si
arrival!

During the past several months many

exciting things have been happening in Outreach

Needed Recruits for Burma, \ International and Youth Educational Services.

Thailand and Southeast Asia.
[ God has graciously given Outreach International
Continued strength during this\ an old historic house in Bethel, Missouri which
will be used as a much needed office space.
Transplant recovery time.
'
. . . office
Hopefully
will to
be occupy
donatedintoAugust,
renovateLord
this
acy -arner as , e joins^
and funds
be ready

Oufteach Iniemafional full Hme in\ billing, just in time for Outreach International's
August.

I 20th anniversary celebration on August i6th.

Recruits planning on beings

There have also been requests for recruits

overseas this fall: Dawn Carney, \ (especially students and teachers) for Southeast
Asia and Thailand. There is also a family, Bill &
the BairdFamily.
\ Caroline Baird who will be going to France this
Fall under Outreach International. (This will
Toai & Karen (Hamilton) \
make 3 new projects this year: Burma, Thailand
Nguyen who will be losing their\ and France).
We praise God for these
1

Jonathan Gray, Caleb Plumb,

supportin September.

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Also

j opportunities of service!

O^anijou a^ain foz aCCjoux fizayszi and mfifiozi! ^ou Liu& alttsstz a bizmemtous

ttssiCn^ to U6.! <J\f[Q^ ^od contbzux io

jjou alt!

^onajlan, cStsita & Czjjsiat

tssp. and Ui jou to cdfii- gtozy!

tous

0UTF.e/K6H INTepMM'lONAL
October 23, 1997

VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3

O.I. 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Sheila and I really enjoyed the time
spent at Bethel Missouri in August at
the Outreach International 20th an

niversary. We were very encouraged

and excited to see the 0.1. board mem

bers, several of our missionaries that

We praise the
Lord for Stacy
Garner who is
now on location
at St. Louis

Christian College
recruiting with
O.I. Stacy is still
raising support,
but is beginning
in a full-time ca

pacity. He is
working under
the name, Gate
way Interna

were on their way overseas, the church

family there at Bethel and of course
family too. We had a great time of fel
lowship and meetings.
The new office house looks great. We
had a group from Monrovia Indiana
come and help do some renovating the
week or so before. The members of

Bethel Christian Church helped as

well. We thank the Lord for all of then-

help. Sonja, our U.S.A. Director, now

tations, consulta
tions, and New

field survey's.
We appreciate
St. Louis Chris

tian College for

working with
Stacy and allow
ing him to be

P.O. Box 952

out of as well as space for orientations,

meetings, etc. Praise God !!!!!!

Bedford, TX 76095

E-mail jonham@flash,net
Phone: (817)355-9598

tional Educa
tional Services.

Stacy will be
helping with re
cruitment, Orien

Jonathan and Sheila Hamilton

has an office to do her work. Dad

now has an office to be able to work

MINISTRY PLANS
It has been decided that all recruits

wiQ be traveling through the Texas of

fice here or through the office in Mis
souri as they leave the U.S.A. and as
they return. We will be having a short
orientation with them before they
leave and a ministry review meeting

with them when they return from

being overseas. We will be helping
them get prepared to share the
work with churches and family etc.
as they spend their furlough time
traveling. I still hope to be able to
do a little traveling and recruiting.

PRAYER CONCERNS
NEW RECRUITS AND FIELDS THEY ARE SERVING IN

Jonathan Gray

Asia

Jennifer RejTiolds & Beth Thomas - Thailand

based on cam

Dawn Carney - Soutbea

Southeast Asia

pus.

Stacy Garner - New full-time recruiter etc. in U.S.A (Support Needed)

Caleb Plumb - Myanmar

Continued Health
More Workers

Karen & Toai (Support)

TTLAIST (office sjjace)

OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

PLEASE LET US
KNOW IF YOU
WOULD LIKE US
TO COME AND
SHARE AT YOUR
CHURCH
I JOHN 3:1
HOW GREAT IS THE
LOVE THE FATHER HAS

LAVISHED ON US,
THAT WE SHOULD BE
CALLED CHILDREN OF
GOD! AND THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE!
THE REASON THE
WORLD DOES NOT
KNOW US IS THAT IT
DID NOT KNOW HIM."

MAY WE CONTINUE

TO PRAY THE LORD

OF THE HARVEST TO
SEND OUT WORKERS
SO THAT ALL PEOPLES
MAY HAVE THAT
WONDERFUL OPPOR
TUNITY TO KNOW

GOOD HEALTH

FAMILY

Sheila and 1 can hardly believe thai ii has

been six months since my double lung
transplant. I am doing just great. Last
week when I had my six month checkup,
the doctor said that there was no problems
at all. My bronchoscopy went very well
and did not show any signs of infection,
rejection, or any other problems. They
said that even my bone density test came
back normal, which they said was unusual.
We just praise the Lord for a clean bill of
health. On top of all of that, I feel wonder
ful. That felt good. I am exercising regu
larly every day and spending about three
hours each day taking medications. Of
course that is a small thing and the Lord
uses that to keep me going, so thank the

the missionary convention as we had

planned. Sheila came down with bron
chitis and some sinus problems two
days before we were to leave. I took
care of Sheila and Crystal for the week
end. We were so glad that Sonja,
Karen and Toai were able to go and
take care of things there for us. Son,ja
did a great job of speaking for me at
the missionary breakfast on Friday
morning. We thank Walter Birney for
the opportunity to share and I espe
cially thank Sonja for taking my place

God for medications and treatments etc.

We want to thank each one of you for your

faithful prayers and support which the Lord
has used to keep the family and I going strong
and serving Him. God has been truly blessing
usthroughyou. THANK YOUfI!!!

The lung fund continues to provide for my

medical needs as they come in. We are

praying that the Lord will continue to pro

Sheila and I were not able to attend

since I couldn't be there. We look for

ward to the chance to go next year,

Lord willing we live and the Lord tar
ries.

Sheila is doing great now and so is

Crystal We are just having a ball with
little Crystal She is growing like a
weed and continues to be healthy as
can be. She has been a great blessing
in our hves. I am sure most of you
know the joy that we have having a ht-

THE LOVE OF JESUS.

vide the funds needed. We are confident

IT IS OUR PRAYER
THAT THOSE WHO

for helping with providing for our needs

over the past months.

tle one aroimd to take care of. Praise

We thank the Lord for the gift

one of God's children which He has in

trusted to us for a time. I believe she

CAN GO AND TAKE

THE GOSPEL OF
CHRIST WILL TAKE
THAT OPPORTUNITY
AND RESPONSIBILnr.

that He will. We thank each one of you for

of life and for each breath that

we take. Praise God for the op

portunity to know Him.

IF SHEILA AND 1
COULD BE OVERSEAS

God for the opportunity to take care of

is beginning to reahze that she is a
Hamilton. She is beginning to make
more noises and get louder all the
time. What a joy.

RIGHT NOW. WE
WOULD BE WE ARE
HAPPY TO SERVE THE
LORD WHEREVER HE
LEADS US AND WANTS
US. WE THANK GOD
FOR THE GIFT OF
HEALTH SO WE CAN
SERVE IN WHATEVER
CAPACITY THE LORD
LEADS US TO.
MAY GOD BE PRAISED
AS WE SERVE THE
LORD TOGETHER. WE
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRAYERS AND
SUPPORT.

Yatw Serva4^ty,
JoncLthcun^ Sheilo' ^
CtyiCal'

BETHEL OFFICE PERSONNEL

Toai and Karen Nguyen are living up in
Bethel Missiouri where dad, mom, and

Sonja are. They are planning to return

to Southeast Asia in about one years
time. Lord willing. They hope to have
papers for Toai to be able to travel back
and forth between here and there by
that time. They have also lost support
due to their living link church redirect

ing funds to another missionary from

the local congregation. Pray for them
as they travel and speak.

Sonja is doing a great job as the U.S.A.

director. She is working full time at
the office as secretary etc. Sonja is still
doing some recruiting too. She helps
with the local church there at Bethel

which keeps her busy as well.

Dad and mom are also keeping busy
with the O.I. work and Bethel Christian

Church. Dad is ministering at the

church as well as keeping up with re

cruiting and training missionaries etc.

This has been a year of surprises and

delights for us. We have sure enjoyed what God
has done In our lives. We want to thank each of

you who has prayed for us throughout this year.

This has also been a year where we learned
patience...just to wait and see what it was that
God had in store for us.
HEALTH
As mostof you ail know
by now, Jonathan had his
transplanton April 17th. He
has had good health so far
and so we praise Godfor

FAMILY
Guess what littie bundle

FUTURE
We are patiently waiting

that miracle of extended life.

ofjoy arrived 4 weeks early

on May 31 St? Ourbaby,
Crystal Annette was indeed
a surpnse for us and has
been such a joyto have and

to share with others what

He just had one minor

take care of. She is now 6

God has done..and is doing

setback in November where

1/2 months oldand growing

and learning a new trickto
keep mommy and daddy
busy every day!

in each of our lives. Who

he battled a virus or

something that had the

doctorsstumped. We still
don't know what it was, but
are grateful that he came
through that with a smile still

with good health and her

daddy's love oflaughter!

on his face!

She knows she is a Hamilton

He is working out 3 times

a week and walks on bie

days that he doesn't..he is

just enjoying these new
lungs so much!

She has been blessed

until the time comes when

we are given the okayto

start up our recruiting again.
We are so anxious to be able

knows when we will be in

yourarea..but youcan bet

that when that times come,
we will enjoy every minutel

as she Is learningto talk and

she gets louder and louder
with each passing day!

Happy Holidays