Aloha from Hilo, Hawaii!
We are very thankful for your continued support and prayers. God is Good!
After four years away, we are very glad to be home in Hawaii for a couple months. It is a joy to reunite with family, friends, and churches here. Not to mention all the good food and the amazing beauty of this place. We are thankful for good health and ability to take advantage of hiking in the Volcanoes National Park and swimming in the clear blue sea. If it sounds like we have missed this place…you’re right! (Our Mobile 541 - 743 – 6837 until January)
Life has not been all play here in Paradise. We are privileged to be sharing in our supporting churches on Sundays and meet with friends interested in our mission work during the week. We have been invited to share in classes and chapels in some of the Christian schools in the area. Also, Mark is teaching a ten week Bible study on the Book of Revelation on Wednesday nights.
And now we have a blog! Thanks to a new friend in Southern California. http://blairstan.blogspot.com/
News from Kazakhstan is good. Tien Shan School is off to a good beginning of their academic year. Praise the Lord for providing all their staff. Please keep the building project they have recently undertaken in your prayers. A great friend is serving as Interim Pastor of the International Christian Fellowship in Almaty. Please keep him and his wife in your prayers as they lead that ministry in our absence. When we left in June four other elders also left as their terms of service in Almaty ended. But we hear good reports of how the Lord has been raising up others to serve and lead. We miss our church family there and look forward to being with them again in January. (Health tests are good!)
All three of our sons are in Eugene, Oregon. Josiah has joined Aaron at Lane Community College in order to work toward his degree. Masha and Maylee are back in Almaty. Nathan and Heather are both working and planning their wedding. They’re also both quite involved in ministry through their church there. Please open the attachment on this letter regarding Nathan’s ministry project for Mongolia.
September 23 - Puna Congregational Christian Church, Keaau, HISeptember 30 - Kalahikiola Congregational Church, Kohala, Hawaii
October 7 – Trinity Community Assembly of God, Hilo, Hawaii
October 14 - Central Kona Union Church, Kealakekua, Hawaii
October 21 - Mokuaikaua Congregational Church, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
October 28 - Hawaii Kai UCC, Hawaii Kai, Oahu
November 4 – Living Waters Assembly of God, Hilo
November 11 - Waipuna Chapel, Kula, Maui
November 18 - Wailuku Union Church, Wailuku, Maui
November 25 - North Shore Christian Church, Kauai
December 2 - Fly Honolulu to Portland, ORDecember 8 - Nathan Blair weds Heather Madison in Eugene, ORJanuary 10, 2008 - Fly from Portland, OR to Beijing - en route to Kazakhstan
Yours in Him who Reigns,Mark and Dayna BlairOur Mobile541 - 743 - 6837Our MissionPioneers - 10123 William Carey Drive - Orlando, FL 32832 - USAhttp://www.pioneers.org/Our MinistriesInternational Christian Fellowship http://www.icf.nursat.kz/Tien Shan School tienshan@pactec.kzOur Mailing AddressBlair - 190 Ululani Street - Hilo, Hawaii 96720
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