8/8/2019 Hagerman Dec 10 Newsletter from Paraguay

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8/8/2019 Hagerman Dec 10 Newsletter from Paraguay

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Thank you again for your part in our ministry in this

beautiful country, which is only possible through yourprayers, support, and giving. May God richly bless you for

being our partners in the growth of His Kingdom in Paraguay!

Have a Merry Christmas!

CONTACT INFORMATION

Telephone in Paraguay:

595-985-782-928Skype number: 864-343-1731

Donations are received through our local church

Carolina Heights CoGoP

2900 Anderson Road

Greenville, SC 29611

(Please write Hagerman Missions on check

memo. All donations are tax deductible.)

Mailing address:

Ken and Christie Hagerman

Casilla de Correo 13134

Shopping del Sol

Asuncion, Paraguay, South America

Email: hagerman100@yahoo.com

Webpages: www.hagermans.blogspot.com

www.tapemissions.com

While we were gone, Sal was inspired to begin a project where kidsand youth here in town donate their used shoes to help those who cantafford to have their own. Sal puts the word out, collects the shoes, andthen takes them to a local cobbler no, not the apple kind, but the guywho makes or repairs shoes. The cobbler takes what is usable from theold shoes, spruces them up, and then Sal delivers them to children invery poor neighborhoods. He is also working on finishing his high schooeducation by taking night classes, and this is final exam week. The girlshave enjoyed torturing him while hes trying to study, but he takes it instride! He continues deejaying the popular Saturday evening Christianradio program. He says now that were back, he has a new appreciationfor the chores we gals do around the house.

This upcoming week, Ken is scheduled to enter the hospital here inParaguay for his open-heart surgery. He is set to have a hearcatheterization on December 13, and then the replacement of a valve andpossibly his aorta on Tuesday, the 14th. The surgery will require acouple of days in intensive care and then a week in a normal room, soIm preparing to be hanging out at the hospital in the capital, AsuncionWe are thankful to have trustworthy friends who offered to keep thegirls during this week, and that he should be home for Christmas.Afterthe hospital, the recovery will be a few months of rest at home.

During the less critical weeks of this time, I hope to take intensiveGuarani language classes from a missionary who lives a few townsaway. He has designed the course specifically for English-speakingmissionaries. Many people in Paraguay understand both Spanish andGuarani, but the farther from town we venture, the more we encounterthose who cannot speak Spanish and only converse in Guarani. Thisfurther language learning would be a great benefit to our ministry.

God bless you!Dios le bendiga! (Spanish)

andejra tanderovasa!(Guarani)

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Prayer Focus

--Kens heart: That God wouldperform a total healing and theplanned open-heart surgerycould be canceled because the

Great Physician has alreadyoperated.

--Easy adjustment back into theheat, culture, food, and waterof Paraguay.

--Ministry guidance: We striveto be sensitive and relevant tothe needs of those we ministerto, so help us pray that ourvision and Gods vision are

one and the same, and that we

will recognize and walkthrough the doors He opensfor us.

--Gods continued provisionand protection for us--

h sicall , s rituall ,

--Ken, Christie, Camille, and Caroline

Carapegu, Paraguay

1 Thessalonians 2:8

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