OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

JIOKATHAN AND TERI HAMILTON

February 2007

"The h^tvest is

the harvest,
therefore, to

New Recruits! That's something that all mission organizations like to see. We
have a passion for reaching the lost world with the Gospel of Christ, so when we
think of new recruits, we think of new un-reached people groups being reached.
We think of needs being met, places having preachers and teachers where there
were none, new workers for the Kingdom in places where there is such a great
need, new people that we may be able to help do the work of the Kingdom that
God has called them to do. We get excited! We get encouraged. We thank the
Lord that maybe we can be used to help in some small way.

sen4 out workers

In the past couple of months, we have had several people come to us for help,

plentiful but the

workers 3re few.
Ask the Lor4 of

into his harvest

fie[4/

young people who feel the call of God on their lives to take the word of God to

those in another coimtry where they don't have it. We have also had olderpeople
who are already in ministry come to us to partner with them as they make evan
gelistic trips overseas. We are praising God for being here to hopefully help these
brothers and sisters in Christserve Him more fully and completely in othercoimtries.

Patrick Mahoney is one of our recruits who is on his way to Equatorial Guinea to
work on Bible translation in the Fang language. He wiU be working on the Old
Testament.

He is raising support at this time and plans to leave for Africa in

August or September.

Last month we had Maiy Frank and Norma Caddell leave for Gulu, Uganda to
serve there. They did arrive safely and are doing great. They are busy getting
JemUhatt S. S&ti
utreach International

Jonathan Hamilton
President
PO Box 952

Bedford, TX 76095
817-355-9598

ionham@flash.net^

:settled and working in the displacement camps with the people from Northern
Uganda. They were so excited to get over there and get started in the work. We

also had the Ulibarri family return to Equatorial Guinea, West Africa. They are
stayingout in a village with the peoplelearningthe Fang language and gettingim
mersed into the culture. As you pray for these workers, please keep Allen and
Betty Pierce in your prayers as they are battling malaria and other healtli issues
there in Equatorial Giiinea. The Pryor family has had some problems with ma
laria as well. Living in the village in New Guinea lends to a lot of health issues

from time to time. A1 Corson's most recent trip to Mozambique and South Africa
went well. He was able to accomplish a lot of teaching and preaching. He plans to
return to Mozambique with his wife Velma this year and continue with helping
the people understand the scriptures from the Christian world view. Jared Hla
has been very busy with his involvement in the university there in Thailand. He is
studying Thai and helping his dad in the ministry in Myanmar. There are several

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people he is working with specifically that are at least listening to the Gospel of Christ at this point
The chinch mFiance continues on, as well as the church in China. Please keep these countries and the OI
workers m them,m yolir prayers, aswell as the Others.

WAa^ Castle, apreacher friend in norfii central Missouri, made asurvey trip for us to an area in India where
<kd, ^ Hamilton, IS mcontact with alocal man named Ravi. Richard just returned with some exciting news
about the area and acouple of un-reached people groups. We are excited about what the possibflities Me for
helpmg reach these areas with the GospeL We are discussing what we need to do next to get ateam in that area

tosee what needs to be done toreach these people.

So much IS happening with all our 25 plus people overseas. Thank you for your partnership with each of them
Teri md 1ei^yed the time with family at Christmas. My sister Fran and her family, Pete and DenziL were all
here durmg ChmtmM. They are here in the States on furlough from George, South Africa. It was nice to have
ftem aroimd. My other sister Sonja and her husband Dale were here from Bethel, Missouri Sonja keeps the
Outreach Intemational office running. They have also been busy meeting with several recruits and prospective
recruits mtheir area ofthe country.

^e second week mjmuary was fun for Teri and me. We made atrip to North Carolina where we spoke at
iltoon aurch of Christ on Sunday the 7th. It was good to see the people there again after several years It

was Tens first time to meet the congregation. Jon hartley, the minister, and his family were wonderful and
kind to welcome us mto their home. While we were in that part of the country, we did some visiting in Viiginia
and West Vi^^ as weU. We saw Wayne and Judy Black, who are in charge of O.l.'s Haiti project We also
saw some old fnends, Jerry and Von Feagan. They have a son, Andy, who has cystic fibrosis like me." We have
had alot in co^on over the years and it was good to visit them. Andy seems to be doing well healthwise at
the age of 26. We also had the opportunity to visit Reggie and Linda BrazieL Reggie has an evangelistic ministrv
and j^t returned from atrip wth Reggie Thomas to India. It was great to visit with them too. By the way, if vou

would hke us to come and visit you and speak at your church, please let us know. We would be glad to come
and give you an update on the mission.

Teri has been looking into getting certified in the state of Texas as ahigh school English teacher. It seems to be a
tug ^wess, but we me hoping she wiU be able to find a position and begin this fall. If so, it wiU help our personM financial situation in abig way. We can both be covered by the insurance too. This is something we have

not been able to do in the past. Pray that it will happen according to God's plan.

My health is doing good. 1have seen anumber of doctors this month for check ups. My cancM doctor diabetes

doctor, lung doctor, and dentist aU say 1am well. Thank the Lord for the "doing weU" words. 1mav'have mv

ihostomy reve^ mMarch. That will mean asmgery and a10-day or more stay in tlie hospital and asix-week

period ofnot lifting anyttog more than five pounds. 1guess Teri will have to do all the house cleaning. 1guess 1

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With love.

Your servants in Christ,

Jonathan and Teri

pounds at atime. :) We praise the Lord for every day. May we be used by him and

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To GOD be the Glory

GREAT things HE has done!

Missouri Oi

Sonja dC <Da(e Tfawi

(POOoJC 272

SHelByviSe, MO 63469
660-284-6528

ifas6&ome@mar^pwain.net

As many ofyou know, this Spring brought many unexpected challenges for us... un

expected to us but NOT to God! On March 13th, Jonathan Hamilton underwent

what was supposed to have been a fairly uncomplicated surgerythat of reversing

his iliostomy. The initial surgery went well, but complications soon developed and
he was taken back into surgery on March 22nd as his intestines had not started
working. What the surgeons discovered when going in was very unexpected and
complicated and the sitrgeons were unable to close Jonathan's wound.. -He was inM
drug-induced comafor 5 days where he "hung " between life and death.

(Bedford, TX 76095

During this time, our prayer was that however God would be most glorified in
regards to Jonathan was what we all wanted. On March 27th, Jonathan underwent
a 3rd surgery. The surgeons were still unable to close him, but he quickly made
progress and after having a skin graft, is now doing well! (Also unexpected by his
surgeons and doctors)! We want to thank all ofyou who "bore our burden " as if it

^CandAnnette Jfamilion

prayer. The Lord in His great mercy has allowed us to keep Jonathan with us and he

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were your own and lifted up Jonathan and Teri (as well as the rest of the family) in
817-657-5493

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Jonathan andTeri JfamiCton

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LIGHteTRUTH.
LET THEM

GUIDE

ME...

is recovering and doing great! To God be the glory!

From Jonathan and Teri,,

Dear Friends and Co-workers,

Teri and I are doing well. We have been blessed more than we can imagine. My
health is great. I just had a CT scan last week and everything was good. No return
of cancer and everything else seems to be fine too. I am back to 175 pounds in
weight, which is good for me. My stomach is doing fine. The skin graft from my leg
to my stomach has taken well and is just about healed completely and has covered
the open wound (hole) in my stomach. I wear a binder all the time now so I don't
strain my gut. Everything is good and working like it should. The doctors are all
pleased. We praise the Lord for your prayers and support that help make it all
possible.
Teri just acquired a new job last week. She will be teaching English at a High
school in Arlington. This new job will be full time and will provide good insurance
for both of us. It will also enable us to have her work more hours and give us a little
better income. We thank the Lord for this answer to prayer!
We are looking intently for people that will be willing to go overseas for a year at a
time to teach English to university students. Please let us know if you or someone
you know would be interested in being part of this project. We have some great

opportunities in countries where the need for a Christian influence is so great! Please
pray about this need with us.
We love you all, and thank you for all you do for the Kingdom.

JonaiAan/ 6c
*When sending a donation please specify on the envelope or on a separate note
which project you are wanting to support ^Thank You!
If you are sending a donation to more than one of Outreach International's missionaries and/or projects,
please be sure and send separate checks for each proiect/missionarv. We were advised that this is a better
system in keeping the books up to date and accurate. Thank you for sharing in this ministry!

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PRAISE GOD FOR:

Jonathan

Hamilton *s

good health report - he

continues to be cancer-

free! PTL!
SO years of service to
missionaries,
mission
fields, recruits, churches
and mostly to the Lord
Jesus! PTL!

Thanksgiving for new

opportunities to reach
some of the unreached
peoples ofthe world.
NEEDS:

Christian

Newsfrom the Ham House:

The work of the Lord that we are allowed to take part in, has been extremely exciting this
spring. Now at the end of May, 2007 we can bring you some views from our perspective
and our experience.
If you have not received a copy of the 'Horizons' magazine, for the month of May -2007
you might want to call them and ask for one to be sent to you, since Outreach International
is the 'featured' mission for that issue. Sonja helped put some of our material together and

we think you will enjoy that issue, the staff at Mission Services did a fine Job of presenting
our part in God's work. The phone number for Mission services is 800-655-8524 and you
can see it is toll free. Just ask for a copy for May 2007 issue (or order some for your
church) - to be mailed to your address.

We have a man (and wife) praying about the possibility of coming on board full time to
work with Outreach International in state-side services and who can also visit overseas pro
jects. We believe this is from the Lord. Please be praying for them as there truly is a need
for help on the home-front for work in the far-flung front.

recruits

I just returned from a trip overseas, and this seems also to have been the Lord's leading, as

willing to teach English

overseas for one year callAl at (817)657-5493
for more information.
Continue to pray for
new opportunities in
recruiting, etc.
Funds for travel and
other missionary recruit
ing expenses.

it may provide opportunities for sending future workers...more on that at a later time. We
were thankful to have number one daughter, Fran with hubby Pete and son, Denzil stay with
Annette while I was off to another part of the world! The Lord really blessed Annette's
time with them and also my time across the seas! Pete and Fran made that trip possible ~ a
big thank you to both of them!
We lost a great worker for the Lord when Jerry Culbertson of Bethel Mo., di^ suddenly

and went to be with the Lord! He was a real blessing to our ministry in missions. Pray that
his fine wife Judy will keep on in faith in the army of the Lord, she is very strong in the
Lord as well!

Thanks again,

6c s4nneite/

From the Bethel^ Missouri Office,,.

Yippee! ... the tax filing was completed by Mid-May and the registrations are all up to date for Outreach International!
It is always a blessing to hove that taken care ofeach year and ofcourse it is one ofSonja's many responsibilities.
We are now full swing into the camp season. Sonja represented Outreach International as the mission at our local Jr.
High week ofcamp as well as the local Day Camp (for those going into the first grade). Later in July she will be at the 5th
& 6th grade week of campfor their missions time. We wish we could both be out at camp for the entire week, but so far it
has just been Sonja there for the Mission time and some meals. It is always exciting to hear the kids express their desire to
see lost people found. One young lady at Jr. High week ofcamp stated that her church has no overseas missionaries, but
she was going to let her church know they needed to support some overseas missionaries. That was so encouraging... it
shows that even at her young age she is taking initiative and being pro-active in reaching the unreachedfor Christ, PTL!
The end ofFebruary we were able to get in on a meeting with Richard Castle regarding his survey trip to India We are
very excited about the information he was able to report back to us and look forward to future opportunities to research
and develop a strategy to reaching into some ofthe unreached people groups he discovered while there.
There are also some new opportunities in Asia that will require a great deal ofprayer power, time, travel and recruits to
see these open doors taken advantage ofwith God's people carrying God's love. Isn 't it exciting to be in the hands of the
living God?! We are always lookingforward to what is next!
It won 7 be long and it will be missionary convention time.... This year, 2007, marks the 30th anniversary of Outreach
International! We are planning to have a thanksgiving prayer and praise time at the National Missionary Convention in
Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, November I6th in Room 232 after the main session (around 8:30 pm). Please plan to come
and be a part of this prayer and praise time. We look forward to having time with all the O.I. recruits (past and present),
missionaries, supporters, prayer warriors, friends,

andfamily! We hope to seeyou there. Lordwilling! j "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all

Until next time, we remain,

Yours in Him,
<So/zfay <Sr ^aJe'

j
ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work
\ within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
i

throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen."

Ephesians 3:20-21

Trip in May 2007 Overseas

Al Hamilton

In the June 7, 2007 Issue of USA Today, on p. 5 Sec.B, is a story of one Ameri

can college student who traveled overseas, to get her MBA degree. It was cheaper
and it required a shorter time to achieve. This is now becoming a trend that is very
popular with American college students. And this also emphasizes the awareness
that experience and opportunity overseas is a great advantage in the present mod
ern world.

What the article in USA Today does not reveal (obviously) is that this opportu
nity has been before our students for many years. 16 years ago, Y.E.S. Inc. sent
several students to South East Asia, to a University to study the local language and
culture. Two of those students are still there now, as teachers of English. I visited
with them, and have also renewed the friendship established 16 years ago with the
Local University President. These young American students had made such a last
ing and positive impression on the foreign University president and others, that we
have now been asked to send teachers of English -(and students would be welcome
as well) to teach American English in the University. We see this as an open door
that we have been presented and must be pursued. If you or someone you know is
interested in spending a year or more overseas - and you would like the details of
this invitation, and the country, please contact me - Al Hamilton, at
E-mail:

mumzaiambosana@vahoo.com, phone: 817-657-5493.

We are excited to see this opportunity being sent in our direction, and we can
not take time on this brief news-writing to explain it all, but you can be assured,
you will not be disappointed to discover the details and how it can affect your life
and service.

Your servant,
Al Hamilton

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MflLTON.

Jmie 2007
JONATHAN'S HEALTH UPDATE

'The harvest is

plentiful butthe
woh-kers 3*"e few.
Ask the Lorct of
the harvest,
tberefohe, to
sen4 out wofkei5

into his hgivest

field/

We praiseGodfor all the answered prayers as we have asked. God has seen fit to keep me

here on earth. For how long? God is the one that knows that. As the apostle Paul saii "to
live is Christ and to die is gain."

We win either way. We are thankful that I am still

around despite what the doctors ail thought. As some of you know already, my iliostomy
reversal surgeiy did not go as smoothly as planned. After surgery on March 13th, my in
testines developed a blockage. Not sure how or why, but they started to swell up. TTiere
was quite a bit of internal bleeding as well. During the second surgery, I started bleeding
and went through 10 units of blood. They worked for several hours to untangle my intes
tines and because of all the complications, they could not closeme back up. Theyendedup
having to sedate me for 5 days to allow my body to rest and heal. They did try to go back
and close me back up after I stabilized, but were unable to do so. Right now I have a hole
in my stomach 6" wide and 8" long. The swelling has gone down and it is healing up.
Tliey had to give me a skin graft three weeks ago and it is taking well. I am on the mend.
In a year, they plan to do a hernia surgery and pull that together where there is no muscle.

Well, the doctors did not think I would pull tluough this one, but I am doing well, even
though I still cannot lift more than 5 lbs at a time.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR

PRAYERS during my month in the hospital and now while I am going through all the re
cuperating. It has been exciting to see God's hand of healing on my life and His hand on
Ten as my caregiver and helpmate etc. She has been so strong through all of this.
DAD'S TRIP TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
f^i

JonaiHati S. S&u

A1 went to Southeast Asia to meet with family and friends. The work our team is doing is
going well. Dad was able to do a lot of encouraging, motivating, advising, and helping in
various ways as the need and ability arose. The month that he spent over there was very
profitable. There have been some possible developments that we are looking into. We are
coming into a busy time and it looks like there may be some new projects on the horizon.
If you would like more information about this, please contact us.

Outreach International

Jonathan Hamilton

NEW RECRUITS

President
PO Box 9S2

We had a young man, Travis Curtis, leave last week for Gulu Uganda to join our team
there. Travis will be working with Mary Frank and Nonna Caddell. Travis will be help
817-355-9598; ing them in their work among the displacement camps in that area of northern Uganda.
ionham@flash.neJ Travis has spent some time overseas short term. Africa will be new to him, so pray for him
and the work that he will be helping in. Keep praying for Mary and Norma as they use
their nursing .skills to help the people there and especially as they minister to the people and
share the Gospel of Clirist with them. Travis will be spending about three months with
them helping in all aspects of the work as the need and opportunity arises.

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Paul Jordan will be going to Asia to study language and teach English. He has been there before but will be going over un

der our sister organization. He will be going back to the same university he was attending last year. Please keep him in your
prayers. The opportunities given to him will be great as he lives among the students and shares with them as much as possi
ble. Campus ministry has been such a great vehicle for reaching people with the Gospel in virtually any country in the
world.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA, AFRICA

Our recruit for Equatorial Guinea, Patnck Mahoney, is still in the process ofraising support. He is need ofyour prayers as
he is making pl^s to leave in a few months to go and work with our team there and eventually start Bible translation ofthe
Old Testament in the Fang language. Since I have been out ofthe hospital around mid April, we have met with Allen and
Betty Pierce a couple oftimes. They have been here in the States, back from Equatorial Guinea for a few months and are

making some plans for the future work there. They continue in translation work of the New Testament in the Fang lan

guage. Allen and Betty are heading back to Africa May 30''*. Our other family there in Equatorial Guinea, the Ulibarries, are
doing well. They have been living in the villages and are now looking for aplace to live in town. They need prayers as they
seek a place that will be most effective for their work.

O.L 30 ANIVERSARY

Outreach Intemational was featured in the May issue ofthe mission magazine. Horizons, published by Mission Services. A1
Hamdton wrote an article about how a mission can expand without getting big. My sister, Sonja Hawkins, also wrote an ar

ticle mthat issue about awoman's role in missions as awife, mother, and helpmate, using my mom, Annette, as an example.

These articles may be ofinterest to you. "In November 2007, at the National Missionary Convention, Outreach Intemational
invites churches, workers and all interested persons, to attend a30"* anniversary - praise time and "thank you Jesus time" for many years ofservice to churches and missionary workers and recruits." This is aquote from dad's article. We would
like for you to stop by and see us ifyou are there at the convention. Please continue to pray for O.I. and all the teams in the

various countries around the world. Pray for the ministry of evangelism, which includes Bible translation, education, and
medical efforts as tools for soul winning and starting churches in Sudan, Uganda, P^ua New Guinea, Equatorial Guinea,
Thailand, France, etc.

We love you and thank Ae Lord for your part in the ministry that God has enabled us to be apart of. Teri continues to seek
a teaching job while getting her certification in the state ofTexas in the public school system here in the DFW area. I con

tinue to heal and to be bu^ in the ofBce and meet with missionaries and recraits as the need arises. We also thank God for
sparing Sonja Hawkins' life, as she had avery serious car accident last week. Sonja walked away without injury. We also

thank Pete, Fran, and Denzil Laughren for spending the month ofMay with us here at Mom's while Dad was overseas. They

were great company for Momand we enjoyed the timewiththem too.

Jonathan and Teri

current fields of service

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Volume 1, Issue 4
Fall 2007

Praising and Thanking QodforSO years ofService!!

(PO(Bojc952

Join US on Friday, November 16th at 8:50 pm at the National ANssionary

(Bedford^ HX 76095

Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio in room 252 to givepraise and thanksgiving to

the Lord for 50 years of service through Outreach International! you are
also invited to share in our annual hoard meeting on Saturday. November

JifandJbmette Jfamib^on
817-657-5493

mumz^am6osana@yahoo,com

17th at 10:00 am (Millennium Hotel - Cabana Room &)!

We will look

forward to sharing some newand exciting opportunities for service!

From Jonathan and Teri,,,,

Jonathan andTeriJfami&on
817-355-9598

jonatfian_fiamifton@msn,com
jonSiam@flasfi,net
Missouri Office
Sonja dC <Dale 5fawfins
<PO<Sojc272

ShelByviOie, MO 63469
660-284-6528

daslifiome@marffwain. net

Behold, now is

It is enc ouraging to hear of all the great things that God is doing through His
servants overseas. So much goes on, even just with Outreach International mis
sionaries in so many places around the world. Since the summer has ended, we
have reports of the internship that Stacy (jarner took to South Afric a. We also
have reports of others that have gone overseas to spend the summer or several
weeks ^Hth missionaries. Some were singles that spent time with the missionar
ies (i.e. Travis Curtic e who went to Uganda), others were teams that went over
to help and some were familv members (i.e. Dad visited Southeast .\sia). We

are seeing new recruits and are involved in new projects that we hope to be able
to tell you more about at a later time.
We are also receiving some ol the yearly reports from our missionaries that

we are getting ready to put together to give to our board at our annual board
meeting that is scheduled to be held on Saturday, November 17th at the missionarv convention next month in Cincinnati. God is working in the lives of

people who are hearing for the first time, the good news of Jesus Christ. Tliere

the acceptable is also such a great need for more workers in each place where we have people

time,"
behold/ now is the

day of

salvation.
tCorinthln6:!

working already. We want you to come by and see us if you are there at the
convention and Celebrate with us by thanking the Lord for 50 years oi service.
(3utreach International has had a lot of people involved in many ways and we
want to thank the Lord for each person who God has used to keep G.l. going
for the sake of spreading the Gospel.
Teri and I are doing great here in Bedlord. Teri is enjoying her new job
teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) at Sam Houston High School. I am
enjoying good health these days and keeping busy here at the ofiice. We have
done some traveling to Indiana and (.)k!ahoma speaking in the past couple of
mouths and have enjoyed getting back into the ^^ork again. We thank you for
all your prayers and support for us personally and the missionaries that we seire
overseas.

Your Servants in Christ, JantUAofic Sr

(President, O.I.)

If you are .sending a donation to more than one of Outreach Internationars missionaries and/or projects, please be
sure and send senarate checks for each nroicct/missionan". We were advised that this is a better system in keeping
the books up to date and accurate. Thank you for sharing in this ministry!

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New opportunities j^News ofVdlue ... Poifits ofInterest

mission

ministry

in\j

"hard to reach" areas ofl

the world

. r-r-

^ recent weeks...to our house and office has come request for pra>ers
Thailand (near Burma) and the land they call M> anmar or what ever, which we know^

Burma, and since \\q in Outreach Intl. have a team member there in the Changmai area of

donated bv Betheh northern Thailand- Jared Hla. I ha\e done some reading from news reports about the
Christian Church for^ situation. What could have been slightly closed as adoor of service, is probably completely
use in our recruitin 1
'ff t- W

' tl

according to Jared. Sonja will probabK mention this as well. But we ha\e also

kfil^ requests for pra>er from Sudan, and nn good. >oung friend Moses Oken>". whom I worked

for their en^erositv'

' ' 1I congress
\vhilehasIbeen
was ofthereno inhelp2002.
You ma\- be a\\are of the fact that the United States
' '
in the Darfur disaster. I heard b>' radio from a Congressman
NEEDS & CONCERNS: i fu-gt hand that tliis is true. So much for political help on Spiritual dilemmas,

Christian brothers &|

sisters

in

We ha^ e a new project coming up soon which details will have to come to >ou later as it

Burma \ works out. but from where we are. it looks like the Lord Jesus is sending our'little mission'

(Myanmar) and Sudan - | some \ cr\- big tasks, so we encourage you to keep up the great work ofprayer for Outreach.
where there is much \ and the gi\ ing \ ou do as co-workers in this har\est. You probabK kno\\ that we can expect

political unrest.

j to gi^ e \ou more information in person about areas of the world \\c ha^ e workers in. and

Allen & Betty Pierce ^ plans for even more, at the convention in Cincinnati Ohio on Nov. 15. Lord willing-(James
who are back in the\ 4;15).
USA working on the,
Please plan to meet us there at our annual business meeting and at the booth. There is
FANG Bible translation, i much to share, but this bit of news letter cannot contain the whole sloiy...

Christian

I will not

recruits [ therefore tiy to elaborate on details which would take up a lot ofyour reading time, but we

willing to teach English i ^yant you- our fellow laborers to be in the 'loop' of information, so contact us if >ou cannot

overseas for one year ~ j make the convention. Our e-addresses are as follows: Jonathan is ionhamY/ flash.net Sonja is
call Al at (817)657-5493 \ dashhomeY/ marktwain.net and m\ e-mail is mumzaiambosanaY/A ahoo.com (Jonathan calls

formore information.

j it m\ mumbo-jumbo address).

Funds for travel and i

other missionary recruit- j

ing e.xpenses.

Keep pra\ing and giving., the most is yet to come...

(Intl. Directors). Outreach Intl

From the Betheh Missouri Office...

In August we were able to share in an area Northeast Missouri Family fellowship meeting where we got to share the
"Global Village This is an assimilation that helps us understand the needfor missionaries overseas. In September Sonja
had the privilege of sharing in a Ladies' Retreat not too far from where we live. The missions theme provided a great
opportunity to share on the needs around the worldas well as thepersecutedchurch. Sonja came cnvay greatly encouraged
by the women's heartjbr the unreachedand hurtingpeople ofthe world. We are so thankfulJ'or this opportunity.
4t-is-Natioiml Missionary Convention lime and u'c are in the midst of compiling annual reportsfrom Outreach Interna
tional Missionaries topresent at our annual hoard meetingon November 17th. It's a busytime for us, but exciting as well.
We are lookingJomard to havingA! rf- Annette in Bethel, MO for BethelChristian Church's Fall Rex'ival, November 4th 7th. Ifyou are in the area please drop in and see us. It has been some time since Annette wasphysically able to trax'el
much, so this will be a special blessinghavingthem both here together. On Sundaymorning, November 4th, the church has
requested an Outreach International presentation during their regular SundaySchool hour, so uc are looking forward to
that opportunity to share with our local church the ministiy of O.I. We are blessed to be a part of a congregation who
have a heart for missions and we appreciate the opportunity to share with them. As you know, the ministry ofO.I. is notJust
one person or family, but it is a partnership with you (our supporters), the missionarie.s, the churches, Bible Colleges and
campus ministries, all working together to reach the unreached with the Good News ofJesus. Each "link in the chain " is
vital and important. We are blessed to be able to work on your behalf in the recruiting and sending the missionaries. We
thank youfor your heart for lost people and pray that we will have more opportunities to ser\>e the Lord by serving you in
this uw'.

Please remember O.I. Missionary Jared Hla in Thailand. Jared is Burmese and as you may know. Burma's political
situation at this time is in crisis. Pray for Jared and his family in Thailand. Pray for our brothers and sisters in Burma
during this very unstable time. Pray toofor the Lord to use this terrible .situation to bring people to Him!

We hope to see someofyou at the National Missionary Convention November I5thI8th E.xhihit booth ^665/667/
764/766!

May God continue to bles.s, keep and use you to His glory!

9^/oaei SrmfO'

(USA Director &O.I. Ad\ isor)

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December 2007

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WOW, 2007! who woul4 b^ve thought thgtwe woul4 h^ve [ive4 this long or thatthej
wouldn't have returne4 yets* I remember thinking in high school back in the late 70'$ how ft)r awl
}e year 2000 seeme4 to be. We [ust praise the Lor4 for every 4ay of life 3n4 the health that.
/es us to live each 4ay for Him. an4 another Christmas to celebrate the birth of our Lor4 h

4st. An4 so much to celebrate, the HOPE that He brings, the LOVE that He is, the SALVATJ
He ma4e, the PEACE that He shares, an4 the LIFE that He gave. May you an4 your family^
35e4 abun4antly more than you coul4 ever ima9ine this Christmas, with each of these gifts fro^
Go4 given through His Son jesus.
1think most of you know how our year has gone this 2007. We have been so bles5e4 an4
grateful for so many things, My surgery an4 complications thereof back in April have been over for
awhile nowan4 1am all heale4 upan4 back into the swing ofthings again. Well, other than not be
ing able to lift a lot 4ue to my pop-out-stomach-hernia-type thing, i feel goo4 an4 3m able to
havel etc. Teri an4 I have ha4 the opportunity to 4o some traveling these past few months to ln4i)na, Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri an4 aroun4 Texas some. It's always goo4 to getout an4 speak ah(
share with people.
Teri has ha4 a [ob change from teaching English in a college part-time to full time teaching
iglish in a high school. It has been a big change an4 is taking awhile to a4iust to everything,^
rn^iy the kl4s an4 the lack of motivation to learn or behave, in some respecb. She en4e4 ui
me ofthe roughest schools in the area, but we know Go4 is using her in many ways an4 we than1
7e Lor4 for theopportunities she has. May the Lor4 continue to shine bright in her life in this
lie school system.
We continue to work here in the Texas office of Outreach International meeting with rc
.auib going overseas, some for the first time an4 others going back after furlough. We are bus^
lot of the logistics of sen4ing an4 keeping our missionaries on the fiel4- Mary Frank an4
73 Ca44ell just spent one year in Gulu, l/gan4a. Da4 an4 1met with these two Ia4ie5 yester4ay.'
jat ministry is being 4one there in the resettlement camps. Mary will stay here to go into writ-

full time 3n4 Norma will be returning to l/gan4a in February, Lor4 willing. Between our new
recruib an4 ol4er missionaries, 4a4 an4 I keep busy enough to stay out of trouble. Ha

We 4o

^ave a couple of new projecb in the making an4 we sure woul4 appreciate your prayers on these. As
you pray, 4on't forget that all our missionaries have nee4s ofsome sorts. An4 please pray for us, the
here in the States, as we serve the O.l. missionaries an4 the churches here. Our prayer is that
many will hee4 the call ofGo4 on their lives an4 GO to these unreache4 people groups to take them
^he Gospel of jesus Christ.
Thank you for all your prayers on behalf of Teri an4 me this past year. Thank you to thos
who have helpe4 financially. Thank you for your prayers an4 support of the missionaries servinl
overseas. Your part in this task is essential Thank you for helping make it possible for us to 4o oul
part. May the Lor4 Bless you this
We Love You, Yoiit.er^^nbr

Jonathan ai34--TeH 0

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