Wishing you a blessed Christimas!

Dear Supporters & Friends,

Christmas blessings from our family to you and yours this season!

We want to start out by thanking you for your faithful support in finances and prayer. The Lord continues to bless our ministry with Micronesian islanders. We have more people attending our studies than ever, in fact many times we don’t have room in our 15-passenger and 8-passenger vans to pick up the ones who are unable to drive themselves. The number of island pastors who have been attending our studies has increased lately and we know they are using our materials. In our last study one of the families who come to our studies brought enough food to feed all of us … Queen Seagull of the Ebeye islands with her husband Morrison are here on island for medical reasons for an extended period. We also have an increase in the number of Marshallese in our studies. Many of them are Bethania alumni.

In personal news: Rose continues to be a blessing to her Kindergarten class at Pearl Harbor Christian Academy. Carissa is still working for the Bank of Hawaii, currently as their business teller. Her husband Fudge works teaching at a charter school in Waianae that has a large population of Hawaiians. Cassie is in California working and still planning to continue her college education. Josiah is in 10th grade home school and works part-time four days a week at the school where Rose teaches. I have been working on video projects lately, keeping up with my web sites, preparing Bible studies and writing messages I will be sharing in a couple of local churches.

We covet your prayers at this time. Juanita and I both lost a significant portion of our retirement funds in the recent stock market “crash”, as many others have. This is much more difficult for mom since it is her main source of income. We are praying that the Lord will provide for our needs as we face an uncertain future, as He always has. The Lord led us here and we have seen many people become believers and/or grow to Christian maturity as a result. We hope to continue to do this ministry as the Lord allows. We also realize that many people have been supporting us above and beyond the call of duty. We are thankful everyday for that. Be in prayer for many Christian ministries during this time, as finances have or will become an issue.

I want to leave you with a Christmas prayer I ran across that expresses my thoughts of thankfulness:

Father God, When your precious Son became a tiny baby in a stable in Bethlehem in poverty and simplicity, you changed our world. As we imagine those surroundings, we join with the shepherds and the wise men in wonder and praise. We thank you for our material lives, praise you for our spiritual lives, and trust in you for our eternal life. Amen.

With love,
Sandy Simpson and family
P.O. Box 1759
Pearl City, HI 96782