Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Dear Friends and Family,
Greetings from New Hampshire! We trust and pray that you are all well and that you are looking forward to this Christmas Season. This year the Hastings family is thankful to be together in New England during our furlough after serving 5 years on the field with AMG International, Guatemala. As we look back over these 5 years it is hard to believe how blessed we have been to have shared in seeing how God is working through the ministries of AMG in Guatemala. Watching Him work through programs such as Child Sponsorship, Medical Care, Bible Training and so many more areas, we realize just how amazing our God is and how much He has given us in His Son Jesus. It has indeed been a privilege to serve Him as a family in Guatemala.
We arrived back in the states in August and our plan is to be here through June of 2010. This fall we have enjoyed spending time with family and friends, visiting supporters and we have all have seemed to keep busy in new areas. Please visit our entry about our furlough by clicking on the "our furlough" tab at the top of our blog. to read more about what we are doing.
Our most recent news is that Melody has been accepted to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago to study in their music and missions programs. We will be taking her there the first week of January. She is excited about starting this new chapter in her life and would certainly appreciate your prayers during this time of transition.
Our son, Adam, has recently started a new job working at Sears. Bob spent 19 years working there as well so he and Adam are having fun sharing about all the similarities and differences that exist after so many years. Believe it or not there are still a handful of people that work there from when Bob did!
We are enjoying being back at our home church, Fellowship Bible Church of Chester, NH. There are opportunities to minister and to be able to get to know new people.
We also want to share with you that on October 10th Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, who served as President of AMG International for many years, went home to be with his Lord. It was through the dedication of his life to God’s service that AMG International grew to be what it is today. You can read more about his life on AMG’s website at: http://www.amginternational.org/
So many of you have supported our family these past 5 years and we want to take a moment to say “thank you” for your thoughts, prayers and financial donations.
May God richly bless you for giving.
We hope you have a blessed Christmas. We “count it all joy” to be able to serve our Lord together with you all. May the truth of God’s love bless you and keep you as you celebrate the birth of our Savior this Christmas season.
Much love from all the Hastings family!
