August 2009 Update from Kim & Dusty Hill

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May 2009 Letter from Rev. Paul Jeffrey

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May 2009 Letter from Kim & Dusty Hill

Click here to read the May 2009 letter from Wycliffe Bible Translators Kim & Dusty Hill.

February 2009 Letter from Rev. Paul Jeffrey

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March 2009 Update from Kim & Dusty Hill

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February 09 Update from Kim & Dusty Hill

From: Kim Hill [mailto:kimannhill@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:39 PM
To: kim_hill@sil.org
Subject: Hill's February Prayer Update Email

 

Dear Praying Friends, 

We're writing you from Denver, having a great time back in the Rockies, but sorry that our time here has gone so quickly.  We arrived in Denver after Christmas and moved into a small condominium.  Our schedule has been so busy with speaking engagements, meeting with friends, and taking care of the to-do list that it's been nice to unwind in a place of our own.

We've definitely had some highlights in Colorado.  We've been able to spend lots of time with our family here, including our new niece Bella.  Jack has had fun playing in the snow and learning how to sled and make snow angels, although getting into all the warm gear isn't always so pleasant.  Tessa's had fun in a local preschool two mornings a week which we hope will help prepare all of us for our journey into home schooling back in Tanzania.  We had a mini-vacation to Breckenridge, and neither of us fell while skiing for the first time in 4 years!  Mostly, we're thankful for all the encouragement we have received from everyone here who has been so supportive of and interested in our lives and ministry in Tanzania.

Kidisms:

Tessa, while trying to eat crumbly pancakes: "These pancakes are not working for me.  I'll drink the syrup."

Jack, during a church presentation while Dusty was talking into the microphone about how we train nationals: "Train!! Choo choo choo!"

 

Schedule for February:

February 13: leave Denver

February 15-23: Dallas for missions conference

February 23 – March 7: Travel to OK, MO, WI, MN, SD, WY, and back to CO to visit supporters and friends

Prayer Requests:

1. Travel.  Please pray for safety on the roads and sanity while we're in the car and in transition from Feb 13 - early March.
2. Home schooling curriculum.  Pray that we can make a good choice for educating our kids back in Tanzania
3. Translation work in Musoma: Pray for an important discourse workshop currently underway in which the national translators and missionaries are continuing to work on the Luke 1 and 2 translations in 8 languages.

Praises:

1. One new missionary joining us to work with the project in literacy and another to help us educate the missionary kids in Musoma, including Jack and Tessa!
2. Enjoyable time in Denver reconnecting with our family, friends, and supporting churches

Once again, we thank you for praying for us and for the work that is ongoing within the languages of the Mara region of Tanzania.

Pine Ridge Mission Team 2008 7/6/08

Hello from Pine Ridge!

The adult mission team left Parker Saturday morning with Pastor Terri blessing the team and praying for safe passage. We had a great trip up and pulled into Pine Ridge at 3:30 after braving 104 degree heat across most of Nebraska.

It is good to return. Pulling into Pine Ridge I was struck by how little has changed on first appearances from my first trip here six years ago. Big Bat's, the Retreat Center, the churchs and Sioux Nation, our local grocery and hardware store, seemed just as they had in 2002. But nothing remains the same and as we pulled into the Retreat Center itself I noticed a brand new sign outside the center -- a sign our team had been planning on fixing for years. While another team did the work, PUMC's adult mission team helped provide some of the funding. But the biggest change for us this year is the absence of Larry Peterson -- that wonderful servant of God who recently retired. The welcome we received, however, from our new hosts - Karen and Paul - was just as warm as any we received while Larry was here.

After settling in and greeting some old friends we left to attend the July 4th pow-wow at Batesland. While the grand entry, dancing, and drumming groups were wonderful it is the honoring ceremonies that for me are the most unforgettable. Families honor their children, military members and other family members in ways that touch the heart. The most memorable was the ceremony in which young men and women receive their first eagle feather and Lakota name -- a coming of age celebration.

After watching the dancing we moved to a large tepee where Kelly Looking Horse shared some Lakota history and helped us make dream catchers while the sounds of the drums and singers played in the background. All in all, a wonderful way to end our first day on the rez.

God's blessing on all of our church family in Parker.

Grace and peace,

Ken Smith for the Team

OperationDVD

The Douglas County Young Marines are teaming up with OperationDVD to collect new and used DVDs to distribute to our local troops being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. The DVDs distributed to the troops may be the only safe form of entertainment they enjoy during their deployment.

To date, the unit has collected and shipped 2,300+ DVDs to OperationDVD's distribution center, but now the effort is coming home, locally, to Denver! New and used DVDs are needed for our troops right here in Colorado!

We have units deploying soon from Buckley Air Force Base and Ft. Carson. Please show your support of the brave men and women of our armed forces by donating!

"Children Titles" donated will be distributed to the Servicemen's families through the Family Readiness Group.

Please donate your DVDs in the specially marked OperationDVD box located in the Narthex.

"Our Colorado troops and their families thank you."

For information on DVD pickup, please contact Allison Cox, 303-840-4536. For more information on OperationDVD, please visit their web site at www.operationdvd.net For more information on the Douglas County Young Marines, please visit their web site at www.DCYoungMarines.com

How to Give to Ministries Around the World

"Choose Your Mission"!

Did you know that you can give to various Ministries and Missions around the world via UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) on line through the United Methodist Global Board of Ministries?

Simply follow these instructions and you can give "on-line" by Ministry (Ie Agriculture, Children, etc) or by Agency (Ie Board-wide Program, Community, etc) or by Country (Angola, Congo) or by Area (Ie Africa, Asia, etc).

1. Click here to get started or go to http://new.gbgm-umc.org/give/

2. Click "Donate Online"

3. Find the Project or Country or Area or Agency you wish to give to. You can also go to the UMCOR Home page at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/ to see what th current need areas are.

4.When you are ready to check out, please indicate that you would like Parker UMC to be credited with this gift. We are in the ROCKY MOUNTAIN MILE HIGH PIKES PEAK Conference & District. Then select Parker UMC.

Grace & peace from your Parker UMC Missions Team

 

Coffee- Support our Mission Effort in South America

WHAT IS EQUAL EXCHANGE?
Equal Exchange was founded in 1986 to create a new approach to trade, one that includes informed consumers, honest and fair trade relationships and cooperative principles. As a worker-owned co-op, we have accomplished this by offering consumers fairly traded gourmet coffee direct from small-scale farmer co-ops in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
You can purchase Equal Exchange coffee at Parker UMC on Sundays and through out the week that supports our mission efforts throughout South America.

Check out their website at www.equalexchange.com

Habitat for Humanity- Alumimum Can Collection

We continually collect aluminum cans at Parker UMC and donate the money to Habitat for Humanity.  You can drop off your soda cans in the bin outside of the kitchen. 

Aluminum Cans that you bring to the church support our efforts with Habitat for Humanity. We've realized about $50.00 per month which has been used for supplies when members of PUMC have participated in Habitat in other communities. Your donations will be helpful

To find out more about local Habitat for Humanity information look at this web site: http://www.habitatmetrodenver.org/