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MISSIONARY

MOTIVATION

MINISTRY

September

7

1981

Dear

b r o t h e r s i n C h ri s t

t has

been

my d e s ire to be a

miss iona ry

o ve rs ea s e ve r s i nc e

I

c an

r emembe r . I

have

a s ked

God f o r

th e bu r d en

o f lost p eop l e

and I

hope God

has been g r a c i ou s enough to let me t a ke th e

l ove

o f Je sus to t hose who

have

neve r hea rd good

Lord wi l l i ng

I l i v e

 to do that . My goal and aim

is

to reach the

los t

who have never V

had

the

chance

to

hear

about

the love of Jesus.

God

might

want

\

me to

work

full

time on

the missionfield or maybe recruiting or

j

maybe a

l i t t l e

of both.

I

know

the

commandment

that

God

gave

/

•all of

us which is to reach the unreached

not

reach

th e re ached./

Here a r e a

few 6 f

my

p a s t

expe r i ance s which have

he lped

me g e t

prepa red

and r eady fo r th e job

t h a t

God has fo r me t o reach

t h a t

go a l .

I

se rved

and was a

pa r t o f

a s t uden t i n t e rn sh i p fo r

miss ions

during

the

summer o f 1979

and 1980.

We

l e a rned

how to

wi t t ne s s

to th e Hi ro

Ch ris hn a p eo ple i n

th e

a i r p o r t s

and tell

them

t h a t

Jesu s d ied fo r your s i n s and no t Chr i shna . We a l so

had

a b ig

b ro the r

desc ip l e sh ip

p ro gram whe re each one

o f th e Twenty in

t e rn s

desc ip led

a younger

b ro t he r

o r s i s t e r o f the sponsor ing

church. We would

spend

t ime with them and ge t them i n t e r e s t ed

in

Gods

wo r d

and

mi s s i o n s

and show

t h em how to wittness to thier

f r i ends .

We a l so would go to th e

l o c a l hangout fo r

th e

highschool

kids and wi t tnes s

to

them

on

the weekends.   t was really® great

expe r i ance

sh are in g J es us

on

th e

s t r e e t s . We

l e a r n ed

how to do

by doing and no t by hea r i ng on ly . One o f th e

b igge s t

t h ings t h a t

r e a l l y

had

a s t rong

impress ion

on me was when my fami ly

s pon r ed

. s i x t e en re fugees from f ou r pa r t s

o f

th e

wor ld

and

brough t

them

i n t o

ou r

home

and

found them

j obs

and

a

p lace

to l i v e and

g e t

t h em setteled in

the

Un i t e d States

We

had

fo ur re fu gee s from th e

coun t ry

o f Romania. A ll o f th e se

re fugees were

s i n g l e

men. A coup le

o f

t h e se men clammed to be

communist.

I waserit

supr ised

when it was

a l l

over

because of

some o f

th e

t h i ngs

we had

to

go t h rough .

We

had

t h r e e men come

i n

from

th e

communis t

coun t r y

E th i op i a . They

escaped

th e

coun t r y

by

c ro s s ing a

bo rd e r

to a

noncommunis t count ry and

going to

an

Amer ic an emba ssy.

They asked

fo r an asi lem to come to

America.

They cou ld

no t come u n t i l

someone

s a i d t h a t

t hey

would sponse r

them and ge t them s e t t e l ed in th e U.S. The re fugee

cen t e r

in

Washington

D C ^

and in Dal las sa id t h a t they cou ld no t f in d a

church to

sponce r

t h e se men. We

felt t h a t

God was b r ing ing

th e

mis s i on f i e l d t o

us so we obayed

Gods

command and sponce red t h e se

s i x t e en men. Wile we were tak in g c are

o f

t h e se men

from Romania

and E th i op i a s ix o r seven more men

came

i n f rom Laos . None

o f

A. W.

Hamilton Director

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Phone:  812

477-8899

P.O. Box 3422

Evansville

IN 47708

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MO T I V A T I O N

MI N I S T R Y

t h e s e me n s p o k e a b i t o f E n g li s h . We r e a l l y h ad a t i m e b u t

w i t h

t h e Lords h e l p we

found

a p la c e to

s t a y and

g o t them s e t

t l e d

i n .

Some

o f

them

s ta ye d w ith

t h e r e

r e l a t i v e s

i n o t h e r p a r t s

o f t h e c o u n t r y . We

f o u n d t hem j o b s t o u g h t t hem ho w t o d ri v e

t o u g h t t hem E n g l i s h

f e d t h e m

c l o t h e d t h e m

f o u n d

th em h om es

a n d g o t them s e t t e l e d i n

t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d t o u g h t them

t o

l o v e J e s u s . Ov e r

h a l f

o f t h e S i x t e e n r e f u g e e s

a r e

now C h r i s t a i n s

a n d

h a v e c o n v e r t e d

t h e i r f r i e n d s a nd

r e l a t i v e s .

Working

w i t h

^those people o f

another c u l t e r

and country

have

helped   know

what it i s l i k e on th e m i s s i o n f i e l d . I

f e e l

t h a t

I

have

gone t hr ough

19 y e a r s o f B ib le C o l l e ge . Go d w as my t e a c h e r a n d h e u s e d

men

l i k e

my

dad

and

e t h e r

pe opl e

l i k e

him.

L a s t y e a r I w e n t t o

F r e m o n t

C a l i f o r n i a a n d w e n t t o

s t u d y

how

. t o memorize h a l f

o f t h e

New T es ta me nt u nd er

J e r r y Lucas

Memory

M i n i s t r i e s . J e r r y

t a u g h t

us

t o memorize rooms

and

t h e

f u r n i t u r e

i n

th o se

rooms and

a s s o c i a t e

them wi t h

s c r i t p u r e

o f

th e New T e s t

a m e n t .

I r e a l l y l e a r n e d a l o t

j u s t b e i n g a w a y

f r om h o m e .   t

w a s

hard

w o r k but

i t w a s w o r t h i t

A f t e r I g o t b a c k f r om C a l i f o r n i a I w e n t w i t h my b r o t h e r i n l a w

P e t e r Laughren t o

t h e

F i j i I s l a n d s .

We

s p e n t

ajnozith t h e r e d o i n g

s om e e v a n g e l i s t i c w o r k w i t h

t h e

C h r i s ta in s t h e r e

o n t h e

i s l a n d .

We

t a u g h t

i n

B i b l e

s t u d i e s

a n d g o t

t o s p e a k a t a

s m a l l

B i b l e

C o l l e g e . A

man

named S a m i i s

no w

a t t e n d i n g

s c h o o l

a t

S t

L o u i s

B i b l e

C oll e g e w it h

h is

f a m i l y .

Sami

p l a n s

to

go

back

to

th e

F i j i I s l a n d s

and

t e a c h

and p r e a c h a f t e r h e i s f i n i s h e d w i t h h i s

s c h o o l i n g . 60 o f t h e

F i j i p op ul a ti o n a r e I n d ia n . T h e r e f o r e

t h e r e a r e a l o t

o f

M u s le m s a n d H i n d u s w i t h t h e r e

m u s le m

r e l i g i o n s .

P e t e r a n d I g o t a l o t o f e x p e r i a n c e w o r k i n g w i t h t h e I n d i a n s a n d

t e l l i n g th e m

a b o u t t h e

L o r d

J e s u s C h r i s t .

I

a l s o

w e n t t o

t h e

S o c i a t y

I s l a n d s

w i t h

my d a d t h e summer o f

1980 a f t e r th e

I n t e r n s h i p

t h i n g .

I f e e l t h a t

a l l t h e s e

e x p e r i a n c e s

have

h e l p e d

me grow

a n d w o r k f o r t h e

g o a l

o f

r e a c h i n g

t h e l o s t .

R i g h t

no w I am

w o r k i n g

on t h e p o s s a b i l i t y o f

w o r k i n g

a s a n

i n t e r n w i t h

a n o t h e r

m i s s i o n a r y

o v e r s e a s .

C Y Kim i s a m i s s i o n a r y

t o K o r e a a n d h e h a s a s k e d f o r s o m e

h e l p

a n t h e r e

is

a p o s s a b i l i t y

t h a t I

m i g h t

b e a b l e

t o work

w i t h

him f o r

a

y e a r o r

s o . I am

l o o k i n g

r i g h t

now

f o r

a

few

c h u r c h e s

t o

s u p p o r t

me

if

t h e

LOrd

w i l l s f o r

me

t o g o . Da d w i l l be g o i n g

o v e r

t o Korea

n e x t

month

an d h e w i l l f i n d o u t if it w i l l b e p o s s i b l e . I w o u l d

l i k e

t o g e t

a

y e a r

o r s o o f

o n t h e

f i e l d

e x p e r i a n c e

a n d

if n o t s t a y o n t h e

f i e l d p e r m a n e n t l y

come b a c k

an d do some r e c r u i t i n g f o r t h a t f i e ld

o r t h e

m i s s i o n f i e l d

i n g e n e r a l . I w a n t

t o

d o

w h a t

e v e r is n e s s a s a r y

t o g e t . t he j o b d o n e . We c a n t j u s t

sit

h e r e a n d e x p e c t s o m e o n e

e l s

t o

do

t h e jo b f o r u s . We a r e g o i n g

t o

h a v e t o a n s w e r

t o

Go d

f o r w h a t

we

d i d

o r

d i d n t do

t o g e t

t h e g o s p e l

o u t t o

e v e r y t o u n g e

a n d e v e r y

tribe

A. W. Hamilton Director

Phone:

(812) 477-8899

P.O.

Bo x

3422

• Evansvllle IN

47708

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MISSIONARY

M OTIV ATIO N M INISTRY

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m a o o i n i

  Tiiank

you for your prayers and concern^ for the great commision

and f o r

me.

I

w i l l

keep you

i n

my

p r a y e r s

and I am s u r e t h a t

God

w i l l

b l e s s

you and your

work

B i l l . It

i s

good t o know

t h a t

t h e i r

a r e

so

many p e o p l e

working

f o r t h e

same purpose

t o

p l e a s e

God and t o g e t t h e

Love o f J e s u s

s p r e a d t o

t h e e n t i r e

w o r l d . I f you have

any q u e s t i o n s a b o u t

a n y t h i n g

d o n t h e s a t a t e

t o

call I am n o t s u r e

if

y o u

h a v e

all

o f t h e

i n f o r m a t i o n

t h a t

you

need

so keep

i n touch if t h e i r

i s a n y t h i n g

I can

do

t o

h e l p

i n any way. May God B l e s s

you

and keep you.

Y o u r F r i e n d i n J e s u s

- i J o n a t h a n

H a m i l t o n

a . c ^ ru

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A. W.

Hamilton Director

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