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The Hagerman FamilyCarapegu, Paraguay

September, 2010

Well, the time has come. Weve almost got all our ducks in a row, and in a few short days, well be boarding a plane for our firsthome visit. Its been almost two years here without a trip to the U.S., so were READY! To say that we are excited would be anunderstatement. So your next newsletter will arrive from NORTH America, as we spend the next two months traveling around SouthCarolina to speak about the work taking place in Paraguay. Check the calendar below to see when well be near you, and swing on by.Not all is written in stone, but this is a general idea of churches well visit, and where well sleep in between. (Upstate means well bewith Kens family near Greenville, lowstate is Christies family near Moncks Corner.) Wed sure love to see you!!

October - November 2010Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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17AM-College Pk

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tap (tah PAY), n. a way or path(Guarani)

Many peoples will come and say,"Come, let us go up to themountain of the LORD... He willteach us his ways, so that we maywalk in his paths." Isaiah 2:3

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Its hard to put into words what a dream-come-true it

is to be involved in world missions, but we are still

pinching ourselves to be sure were awake. Thank you

so much for investing in our lives and the Kingdom

work in Paraguay with your prayers, your finances,

and your encouragement. You are a part of everything

we do here!

One of our favorite parts of mission work is being the middle man, so to speak. We love itwhen a need of someone here is met by someone (usually far away), and we get to have apart in that. Most recently, this took place with a local pastor named Remigio.

Pastor Remigio is in his early 40's and lives a few towns away. He always seems to be atwhatever Christian function we're attending. We've passed him walking or riding his bicyclemore times than I can count, either attending pastoral meetings or church services, or outvisiting his people. We see him walking the bicycle sometimes because it's too wet or muddyto ride it, or because he has other people with him and they don't fit. How many times did wesay we wished we could buy the guy a motorcycle?

Recently, we found out about a program the Christian Motorcyclists Association has inoperation. They raise funds to provide needy Christian workers in various countries withmotorcycles. Is that a great idea, or WHAT? I picture them having rallies and such, with folksparticipating that will never meet Pastor Remigio or the people blessed by his ministry. So wefilled out an application for this pastor, held our breath, and HE WAS SELECTED!

The past couple of weeks, Ken and Sal havebeen running around with Pastor Remigio buyingthis motorcycle, getting all the needed paperwork,and helping him get his very first DRIVERSLICENSE! Next week, Sal is planning to teachhim to drive. We're very excited about thedifference the motorcycle will make in the life of

this dedicated man of God. Thank you, CMA, forgetting this pastor off that bicycle and onsomething with a little more get-up-and-go, andfor letting us be a part of it!

If you look really closely at the picture on the left, youll

notice a small white goalpost. Ken made two of these from PVC pipes,

for the students of Loma Clavel. We had taken them a ball, but they

were cramming sticks in the dirt for goalposts. We had some pipe lying

around the house that did the trick. Now when their recess time has

ended, they can easily pick up the goals and take them in the classroom,

so that they dont disappear overnight. We also did a school picture

project with them this month, taking a close-up shot of each childjustlike the ones you got in elementary school, but with the name of their

little school and the year at the bottom. School years here run February

to December, so it felt a little weird to write Year 2010 instead of Year 2010-11. We are printing a copy to give to each

family as a reminder of their childs school year, an accomplishment to be celebrated in a community where most have never

attended school. We also showed a short Christian cartoon, which had them glued to their chairs. The profesora told us that

most of them had not seen a tv, so projecting a show on the wall was quite exciting for them.

God bless you!

Dios le bendiga! (Spanish)andejra tanderovasa! (Guarani)

--Ken, Christie, Camille, and Caroline

EMAIL:www.hagerman100@yahoo.com

BLOG:www.hagermans.blogspot.com

**(If you are receiving this through the US Mail and have an email address, please send it to us so we can get our newsletter to you in that way. It is much quicker and more efficient. If you

dont have an email address, or if you just prefer the regular mail, dont worry. Well keep sending it to you that way.)

---Ken, Chris

Prayer Focus--Kens heart: His most recentappointments show that withoutthe Lords intervention, surgery willbe necessary soon. The doctors haveset the date for December, but wereseeking God for a miracle beforethen.

--Physical strength and adaptabilityduring our furlough trip, to thechanges in climate, food, culture,and general environment.

--Godsprovidencein the time wellspend sharing about the missionwork, as well as provision for theexpenses to maintain the work inParaguay and traveling in theStates. Godsprotection over ourhome, and over the ministries thatwill continue to operate in ourabsence.

--Renters for our home in SouthCarolina.

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