hamilton jonathan 1988 southafrica&world

8/9/2019 Hamilton Jonathan 1988 SouthAfrica&World

1/5

Uf lC A 0^

. (Christian)

Marccline, Miissuuri

May

1988

Dear

Brothers

and Sis te rs in C hr is t;

praise

the Lord

that

another

month

has passed of serving the

Lord and

living

for Him, What a

privilege

to know and serve Jesus,

The month of May was

really

a great month in

the Lord s

work. The

first week

was busy

getting

the

Kombi

fixed

up.

to be used during the time

the interns are here. put the

engine in i t and i t seems to be running

real good so

far

We praise

the Lord for that

Roland

and

I

went to Pretoria and

checked on

the v isas for

the

s ix

people coming from

St,

Louis Bible

College,

The department

of

house

affairs

had

sent

the ok

for their visas

that

same

day which

was

a

blessing.

are

getting ready

to pick the interns

up as they arrive

th e

31st and will be here

for

two

full

months,

Please

keep them

in

your

prayers,

The 8th of

May

was Youth Sunday ,and Mother s Day so

the

youth

took

over both

services,

such as careing of the

coimnunion, collections^

singing

and

everything,

Roland Joseph preached a special sermon for the youth and

their

relationship

with

their

parents. The youth did a

great

job as all had

a part in the services, some giving testamonies. They also are being very

faithful at the youth meetings and growing spiritually for which we praise

the Lord,

I t is such

a joy

to see

them

take interest in

Church

activi t ies.

The 11th through

the

15th

we

had a preacher

training

seminar and as

i t was a holiday here in South Africa the

men

were able to attend during the

day so

we

had as

many

as 21 during the day. The men were mainly from

Kimber-

ley but

we

had a few from surrounding places not too

far

away, Pete Laughren

and Steve

Zipimerman came

up

from Cape

Town and taught the seminar. They did

a

fantastic

job and the

men

were

really

happy had services each night

also

and held

them at

the church building at

the

black township

here, I t was

good to spend the

time

with

the

brethren and we learned a lo t that week. Bob

Mills from Johannesburg also spent the weekend with us and spoke on Sunday

morning, I

also

enjoyed a

visit

with Pete and Fran, always

good

to see

some

of

the

family.

had a combined

baptism

service with

the

Church

here

and the

Black Township, they

had

15 people to be baptized

and

w

had

3,

The

building

was

really packed and

we

had a

blessed service. Please pray for

these

new

converts, the names of the

ones from Kimberley are: Mr, l-lorolong,

Pete,

and

Joseph Janvake,

I t

is

good

to

have

strong

men

in

the

Church and

these

3 love

the

Lord and

are

eager

to serve Him in

a

great

way,

Pat Allen and I have a

good

solid schedule for

the

interns while

here,

the f irst 2 weeks

will

be in Johannesburg, then in Kimberley rest of month.

Please pray

that we

may fulfill the Lord s purpose while we preach, teach and

travel. Thank

you

for your love, prayers and support and please continue to pray

also that the funds will come

in

to make

that

Youth Survey trip to Singapore,

Lord wil l ing. Love you

a l l

In

H is

Se r v ic e

J o n a t h an Hami l ton

Box 1 6 2 4

Kimberley

8301

Republic

of So, Afr ica

Mrs,0,Hami1ton,Fwd,A

RR 2 - E Hau8e r S t

Marceline,Mo,

64658


2/5

u/icA 0^

. Christian)

Marccline, iviissuuri

J u n e 1 9 8 8

D e a r F r i e n d s :

I bring you greetings

as

always from

Kimberley.

All i s doing well

with

the

Church and

the

internships*

June

has

been

a very busy month

and

X do

real ly

appreciate your

prayers

and

support*

The Lord has blessed us in so many ways I

c a n t

begin

to

number them

Professor I^rka and five students

from

St Louis Christian College arrived

i n

South Africa

the Slst

of May*

Our Van was out

of

order so we used

the

Van

at

Alethua

where

Dr

Stuart

Cook

i s

working

while

we

were

in

Johannesburg

area*

The

f i r s t

week was spent in a

bush

camp

that

Stuart Cook has

and

I t was rea l nice

to

get out away from the busy city life* Dr Cook and Pat Allen

taught

us a lo t of

Cross

Cultural

Communication and gave us a better understanding

of

how the Black

African

th ink s a s

compared to a Westerner* We a l l became close

to

each other and

l e a r n e d

much a b o u t

t h e

A f r i c a n

mind s e t

John Garber Stacy Gamer and Leanord Moore have done a super job of preachf

ing and

teaching*

The two

gir ls ,

Amanda Baker and

Janine

Whited also have done a

fantast ic

job

of

gettin g t o know

the

people and teaching

also*

In

fact , the ent i re

_

group from SLCC have been

the

best of any internship Xhave worked with

in the past*

They have had a great att i tude and zeal in preaching the Gospel of Christ*

The second week was spent

in

Jo burg visit ing a few of the local Church4s,

Kimberley Road Church of Christ and a

coloured

Church in

El

Dorado Park also with

the

folks

a t Alethia

where

Pat

Allen

has been

doing

a

great

job

with

the

youth*

We

came down to Kimberley and

had Bible

study

in

th e homes

of

the

people

twice and had

a picnic with them one

afternoon

and

other activities

• The interns have found

ou t

how to love these prople

in a short time The

VBS

was a fast and

busy

week and as

we had done a

lo t

of

planning

for i t things went

off

like clock work There were 60

or more to atten d which we thought very good

One Sunday Dr Bob Kurka had an ordination ser vi ce f or

Brother

Morolong to

be a Deacon He had been working up to this for about 8 months and he

is

a good man*

The last weekend we had a youth

retreat

in Campbell The interns were a

l i t t l e

shock

ed as the town has only 1

filling

station and 2

very small

cafes to buy candy and

a- l i t t l e food We

spent

Friday

through

Sunday a t th e

Public

school,

that night

we

had about 100 for youth meeting The 20 kids from Kimberley went door

to

door and

brou^t them in Xt was a

great

evening

for

good fun and preaching, then we had

classes

and

act ivi t ies

on

Saturday and

a wonderful youth service on Sunday

morning

which

made

i t a long weekend and i t was good to have a

bath after

3 days

of

being

d i r t y

By

the

way, X did recieve

the

1000.00 for the survey tr ip to Singapore and I

will

.be leaving about th e third week

of August,

Lord

willing.

Please

continue

to

pray that

I will preach the Gospel of Chr is t with wisdom and

boldness. May

the Lord

bless

you with

every

spiri tual

b le ss ing for

His sake. You are always

in

my

prayers.

Y o u r B r o t h e r

love you

all.

^ yy^

^.O.Bo^ l624

Kimberley

8301

REPUBLIC

o f

SOUTH-AFRICA.

Mrs. 0 . Hamil ton , Fwd.Agt .

E. Hauser

S t .

RR

2,Box

258

MarCeline, Mo. 64658


3/5

u ich 0 /

(Christian)

Marceline, Missouri

AUGUST SEPTEMBER

1988

Dea r

F r i e n d s ;

—

We pra ise the Lord fo r

the

wonderful

work

He is doing

here

in Kimberley,

also fo r the

s ix

ladies tha t

have obeyed

Him in

giving the i r

l ives to Him completelyo

They are Margaret Morolong,

Racheal

Kamies, Laveina and Maria Thompson,

Cal l i s ta

Thomp

son

and All ison.

I t

was rea l ly a joyful t ime,

Racheal

i s married with two

children

and

we

are working

on her

husband, the others

a re highschool age . I t

was

a

p lea su re to teach

them

and

to

prepare them for

the decis ion . I t was a

l i t t l e

qu ie t here during the

month

with ou t th e Interns but also good to be back on a regular schedule. We had to get

the

Conibi regis tra t ion changed over to thd

Kimberley

Christ ian

Church

and that meant we had

to go through the road

worthy t e s t put

on some new t i res and f ix some l ights but that

was

not too

bad for

the

shape it

was in .

Our Monday

and Tuesday night Bible

Studies

have

been doing

wel l

the

people a re eager and a t ten t ive

to

the Word, Wednesday prayer

meetings are well at tended and it i s

encou rgag ing t o

see

the i r

des i re to pray more and

communicate with the

Lord.

The Ladies meetings on Thursdays are

doing

well and the men

a re rea l ly making some

good

house ca l l s . We have been

s t r es s ing

soul winning as some

f ee l they can be Chris t ians without doing tha t

but they

are

begining to

understand

tha t

is

imparative. Our youth

meetings are going

stro ng but we have been unable

to

meet Frida

nights in the school classrooms anymore

so

we are meeting in the home

of

one

of

the elde

So I t is a small place ,but wil l

do

as it i s get t ing warm now

and

we can

meet

in the

open

during

good

weather .

• Please pray for

the

new ones

in

Chris t I have ment ioned tha t they

will be ith ul unti l d e a t h .

I l e f t

on

September the

3rd

fo r

Singapore

and it was a long and a l i t t l e t i r e

some

t r ip but

very refreshing

in

a

lo t

of

ways. I really thank

the Lord

for the

Oppor

tuni ty

to

have

the

chance

to*work work

with

the

youth

and

v i s i t

my

fo lks .

They

are

get t in

se t t led

in

Singapore

and

my Dad is v ery b usy . As

Overseas Directors

of Outreach In terna

ional we

were able

to make some plans and

d ec is io ns f or

the fu ture work in Afr ica , China

Singapore

and

other

places .

I t has been great to be

able to

ta lk over

these

things abou

the work of the Lord

for

the

future. One o f

the

congregations we

have worked

V7ith

here i

Singapore have many college age youth and young couples . We have been able

to

spenA tim

wi t h them

and t lk

a b o u t mi s s i o n s . The r e

a r c some

o f them

i n te re s te d in

th e work

i n

Ch in

and

Pakis tan fo r the

fu tu re .

One

young man is ser iously thinking of

coming to

South Afr

as intern

with

me next sunmier.

We

pra ise

the Lord

fo r t he i r in te res t in miss ions . e had

the

opportunity

to share

with the

church here as well as be involved in doing and learnin

from

the

young people. One thing we were

involved

with was vis i t ing the home

for

the

handicapped. We worked with a l l these people who had various degrees of retardat ion.

In

they

were fun to work

with

as we helped them to feed themselves on the i r own, learn humb

cra f ts e tc .

We

had

recreat ion

with

them

and

taught

them

how

to

ro l l and

do

a l l

sorts

o

ac t iv i t i e s th at are

sim ple to us to do. They, c ou ld und er sta nd simpl e bas ic Bible Stor ies

and

i t was a joy to see

the

simplic i ty of the Gospel of

Chris t that

even these peopl e co

understand

i t . We

got

very close

to these people in so

short

a time.

Praise

the

Lord.

Dad

has

a very busy schedule

un t i l

January when Rich

Sheeleys

re turn . I t has been good t

have been here and mix with the

youth of

other lands and know tha t they are

interes ted

i

the Lord s work, Sonja

and

Karen wil l

be

returning to

China

next

month,

Lord Xi/illing.

a re e xc ite d

about

tlie \7ork

and poss ib i l i t ies

for

the

future

in the work

for

the Lord,

Thank you so much for your prayers and support and being

so

fa i thful

In

both. May

a l l th

Glory go to Jesus as we str ive to Fear

od

and keep His Commandments . Ecc.l2:13.

Your

S e r v a n t an d

Br o t h e r I n t h e

Lo r d .

Joha

t h an

Hara i1 ton


4/5

Jonathan Hamilton

Box 1 6 2 4

Kimber ley South Afr i c a

And:

Suppor t i ng Churches

f r i e nd s ;

MISSIONARY

M OTIV ATIO N M INISTRY

24 Sep t . 1988

G race and peace be unto you in th e knowledge o f our Lord ,

Jesus hrist

As

t h e Lord

l e a d s ,

and

a s we in

th e

m is s ion o f Outr each

I n t e r n a t i o n a l ,

make

p lans

fo r new f i e ld work we

want to

make

o f f i c i a l

as

th e D ir ec to rs ,

t h a t

your

mini s t ry

i s

one

o f

impor tan t y e t perhaps unusua l des ign .

Since your t r a i n ing has been

on

th e miss ion

f i e ld

and your

work

with

y ou th e va ng elis m

p ro j ec t s

has been blessed by th e

Lord and been found in f avo r ;

bea r i ng

f r u i t to God s g lo ry ,

we

p re se nt th e f o l l owing .

For

th e informing of

suppor t ing

churches

and ind iv idua l s ,

it i s ou r in te nt io n to confr im th e f a c t t h a t you wi l l be

ca l led upon

yearly o r

a t

o ther

in te rv a ls , to a s s i s t t h i s

miss ion in

new

f i e l d

su rvey , r ec ru i tmen t

o f

young

workers

and o t h e r r e la te d d u tie s .

This

s imp ly means

t h a t

a s pa r t

of our

team

of

i nt er n sh ip le a de rs ,

and

t ra ined

workers

in

seve ra l cu l t u re s ,

y ou r c hu rc hes

need

to

know

t h a t

you may

be cal led upon to

v i s i t

various mission f ie lds . These t imes

of special assignment are

f or the purpose of helping se t t l e

new r e c r u i t s in a f i e l d where

we

do

no t have

a long

t erm

minis t ry es t ab l i shed a t presen t ,

o r

a t

places

where our

d i r ec t o r fo r

i n t e r n a t i o n a l

minis t ry itjay

need

th e

he lp

o f

you and

others

who are youthful

in

appearance and able

to

be

accep ted

as s t uden t

s t a tu s

o r fo r o the r reasons

suited for s u c h tasks

Our

board o f d i r ec t o r s

i s aware o f

t h i s

type o f need in

expanding

the

work

of

Outreach

In ternat ional

and

in

reaching

out to

other unreached

people groups in the world

I t

i s

wi th

t h e i r

consen t

a nd r ec om m e nd at io n a s w e l l a s my ow n

t ha t we

ask

your

churches to be aware o f t h i s as you are

asked to he lp in o the r p ro jec ts

than th e one you

work

on

present ly .

wi l l be happy to provide other de ta i l for

t ho se who

may

need

it

as each p r o j e c t a r i s e s .

Thank

yqu

fo i your

cooperation and

service ,

A1

Ham i l t o n

I n t e r n a t i o n a l Di r e c t o r , O . I .


5/5

©u t e aS i -

Dnterinaoonii

Jonathan L .

H am i l t o n

1 6 2 4 P .O . B o x

K im berle y, S ou th Af r i c a

Dea r

J o n a t h a n ,

MISSIONARY

MOTIVATION MINISTRY

30 S ep t . 1988

b4

St Francis K d.

Rep. S ingapo r e .

It

i s

with

deep

g r a t i t u d e

and

app r e c i a t i on

t h a t

ou r

church

he re in S ingapo r e ,

and

Out reach I n t e r n a t i o n a l Miss i on ,

acknowledges your very va luab l e c on tr ib ut io n to ou r work

here t h i s l a s t month.

Since your a r r i v a l ,

Sep t .*4 , we

have

kep t you

busy

wi th

appo in tments

ar ranged fo r ou r c hu rch y outh

to meet and

t a l k

wi th

you

a bo ut m iss io n work .

Long

befo r e your a r r i v a l he r e ,

ou r

church

wi th an avg. age o f

25)

was

an t i c i p a t i ng you r coming her e

from

South Af r i c a . We

had oppor tuni ty upon

our

a r r i v a l

here

in

Singapore ,

to aqua in t

these

young Chris t ians with your minis t ry to youth in

South Africa

Therefo re

they were

anx ious

to d i scuss i n t e rn sh i p s and o the r

t ype s o f

miss ion

work t h a t they could , co ns id er fo r themse lves .

s fa r as I

can

now tell your t a lk a t church here

in

Singapore

and th e o the r meet ings

wi th

th e youth h av e e nc ou ra ge d

severa l

o f our

youth to

begin g iv ing

se r ious

t hough t

to

miss ions .

J u s t

today I spoke with one who wi l l

be

gradua t ing

from High

School

and

wi l l

now se r i ou s ly cons ide r miss ions .

There

a re o the r s ,

and we want to

thank

you fo r spend ing

t ime

and money, and to

t hank your suppo r t i ng

chu rche s and f r i e nd s

fo r

send ing

you he re

to Singapore .

coun t it

of grea t s p i r i t u a l benef i t .

Being

in

the

age bracke t o f our

group

h ere , w hic h th e

miss ionary

we

a re re pla in g fo r months . Rich Shee ly , had t augh t we l l t h e se

last two y e ar s , yo u r i nf lu e n ce has been t r emendous .

We

pray t ha t you wi l l be

b le ssed

upon r e tu rn to South Afr i ca

and t h a t

you wi l l

in form your

churches t h a t th e

t ime

here

in

the work in S in ga po re wa s a s

Acts

18:23) a s t rengthening

of

a l l

th e

d i s c i p l e s he r e . You wi l l

be

hea r i ng from s eve r a l

o f

th e

members

and youth here I am su r e . Thanks

again

fo r

making

th e

t r i p , when

we

know

th e

money

could

have

been

used fo r o ther

work

in your

coun t ry .

Pra i se th e

Lord

fo r

us ing you here

in t h i s

new work.

/ ?

F o r Christian Ca n a a n C h u r c h

84 St

Francis

R d .

S ingapo re .

hamilton jonathan 1988 southafrica&world

Documents