The Hastings Family

Dear Friends,

It has been nearly a month since we posted. Our summer has consisted of some time apart and travel to the US. Robin and the girls travelled to the US on June 27th and we were apart for one month. We were reunited a little over a week ago and are now enjoying time together visiting with family, friends and supporting churches. It's always encouraging for us to have so many people tell us that they pray for us on a regular basis. This past Sunday morning we were at our home church, Fellowship Bible Church, and a man came up to me and said "I have a question for you. How is your staffing situation in Guatemala?". When I asked him about the particular question he responded by saying "Well, the Lord has burdened my heart with praying for your staffing needs in Guatemala so I pray about that all the time". Little did this man know that we have had several staffing challenges and needs over the past year. What a blessing it is to know that the Lord burdens the hearts of His saints with the needs of others. The body of Christ is amazingly connected by the good hand of our Lord, isn't it?
(...and thanks, Colin, for your prayers and for sharing with me last Sunday).

Sunday evening took us to Epsom Bible Church, another supporting church, and we enjoyed our time with the believer's there. This church has a strong missions emphasis and our connnection with them goes back many years. We'd like to thank them for their hospitality and for their continued support.

We are looking forward to this coming weekend as we will be spending time in northern New Hampshire visiting with Bob's brother and sister and their families as well as Bob's step-mom and some close friends.

We will head back to Guatemala on Sunday August 19th as Melody and Bethany start school on the 20th.

We hope you are all enjoying your summer.

In the love of Christ,

The Hastings Family