Hoseins Hawaii Happenings

News from Child Evangelism Fellowship of Hawaii

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loha, friends and family, hope all is well with each and every one of you. 4 New Supporters On Sunday, May 20, we 32 Children Saved attended our last service at Midway Baptist Church. We were also commissioned that day as missionaries with Child Evangelism Fellowship. It was bitterI N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : sweet but it was a powerful service as we felt the Support Updates 2 presence of the Lord as our congregation covered us in Ministry Updates 2-3 prayer. Three days later, on May 23, we said our final New Beginnings 3 goodbyes and began our journey to Hawaii. We Prayers, Praises & 4 decided to take a road trip so Positives we drove out west visiting Spiritual Condition 4 friends and doing some sight seeing along the way. We of Hawaii battled 90 degree weather, severe thunder storms, dense CONTACT fog and not to forget snow, INFORMATION: snow and more snow. Child Evangelism It has been like a roller Fellowship coaster ride at times, physically, emotionally and P.O. Box 17842 spiritually, as we continue to Honolulu, HI raise support and cry out to 96817-0842 the Lord for the sale of our house, for His continued Ricardo Hosein, provision for our family and Local Coordinator a place where we can call 434-258-6354 home. It has been somewhat frustrating because we would like to see these

Letting Go & Letting God

Letting Go & Letting God

things happen soon, but as the Lord would have it, it is not His time. Thus, we continue to wait for His perfect time. As missionaries and as Christians, Kristin and I are to trust the Lord whether the funds come in or whether the funds do not, whether our house is sold or whether it is not. In other words, we are to call home. However, I am reminded that God will take care of all our needs and ALL things work for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).

... the more we see Gods hand at work in our lives and circumstances, the easier trusting Him becomes.
So, as we let go and let God, we are trusting Him to work all things out that we have no idea of how to work out on our own. And, as a result, we continue to see the Lord provide for our family.

Commissioning Service at Midway Baptist Church learning to let go and let God do what He has promised He WILL do and that is, take care of us (Matthew 6:25-34), even when it does not seem that way. The thing is, the more we see Gods hand at work in our lives and circumstances, the easier trusting Him becomes. It is a scary thought being here in Hawaii and not being fully funded, with a house still for sale and just not knowing where or when we will find an affordable place

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The Hosein Family at the CYIA Camp training

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Philippians 4:19: And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

Support Updates

our attention on the ministry e have added 4 new until we have reached 100%. supporters to our team since We need your partnership to our last newsletter. We are reach the keiki and people of thankful for these men and Hawaii who are hungry for women who have become hope, hungry for love and are part of our team in reaching in desperate need of the Lord. the children of Hawaii. We As you already know, Hawaii have 45% of our support still has a high cost of living. to raise in order to become Renting an average 2 fully supported. It is bedroom apartment can extremely important that we cost approximately raise all our support soon $1200. Utilities are also because we cannot focus all pretty high here as well.

Not to mention the average cost of gas here is around $4.21! Even registering one vehicle at the DMV cost over $400 per year, compared to the $47 in Virginia. Most people in Hawaii work two jobs to meet the needs of the family and we are attempting to do so on only half our support. Thank you again for your prayerful consideration.

Ministry Updates
lesson, a real-life missionary story and a Bible verse, as well as leading songs, games and a fun review time. After one week of training, these young people were divided into teams that were sent out to The Christian Youth in Action students during class time

n June, CEF staff and I had the opportunity to train 23 students for two weeks in effective and engaging ways to teach children about God. This training taught these young people how to present

Ricardo teaching a class

Annikah at the beach near camp

the Gospel clearly on a childs level, counsel a child for salvation and lead a dynamic club ministry for kids. Components of this club included teaching a Bible 2 students on Ricardos team teaching a song

9 clubs known as 5-Day Clubs where the Gospel was shared each day for 5 days. There were 92 children who attended these clubs, 23 who made decisions for salvation! Praise the Lord!

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PAGE 3 ALOHA A stands for AKAHAI, meaning kindness, expressed with tenderness. L is for LOKAHI, meaning unity, expressed with harmony. O is for OLU`OLU, meaning agreeable, expressed with pleasantness. H stands for HA`AHA`A, meaning humility, expressed with modesty. A stands for AHONUI, meaning patient and persevering.

Ministry Updates (Contd)

organize the summer Annikah and has been a hese young people are ministry. Brindie Howerton blessing. Brindie goes back currently doing ministry in is from Hawaii but attends to college in Nebraska at the teams around the island. This college on the mainland. She end of the summer. Please past week, we did a day attended clubs since she was continue to pray for her as camp from 8am to 2pm in the a child and now she raises she travels back to the city of Kailua, HI. There mainland at the end of this were fifteen children, who summer. Matthias Jenkins, attended 7 of who made another intern, is from decisions for salvation The Lord is doing great things and we are thankful for the children who came each day to hear Gods Word and have Brindie playing with Annikah fun. We were also given a great opportunity to work support and comes back Ricardo & Matthias with two great summer every year as an Intern. She teaching a club demonstration missionaries, who did a has been really helpful in tremendous job in helping taking care of Timothy and Georgia and has been assisting with the ministry. He has a passion for the Lord and does a great job at leading worship. He will be starting college in the fall at Columbia University. Please remember him in prayer as well as he travels back to the mainland and transitions to college. 2012 CYIA staff and students

New Beginnings

Stacey will be working part- Their daughter Casey will s I mentioned earlier, time and helping as she can be leaving in July for their our family arrived in Hawaii with the ministry. home state, North Carolina, on May 31. On that day, our where she is attending friends and fellow college. Please continue to missionaries, Matt and pray for the Waltons as Stacey Walton along with they are also raising suptheir daughter, Casey, arrived port and as Casey leaves in in Hawaii as well. Matt July. Together our families Walton is also a new Local begin a new phase of life as Timothy playing Coordinator and we will the Lord uses us to reach the with a few guys work together to develop keiki of Hawaii. from CYIA In Honolulu Airport with ministry in Hawaii. the Walton Family

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Prayers, Praises & Positives

e cannot reemphasize enough how thankful and grateful we are for your prayers, financial support and encouragement. It has been comforting for us to know that we have your support and partnership in ministry. Please Pray: That we can raise all required support soon so that we can continue our ministry in Hawaii That our house will be sold soon That God will bless us with permanent and affordable housing in Hawaii For the Walton Family For Tracey Halstead CEF Local Director in Washington State. Tracy came to Hawaii to assist us in training. Tracey with one of the CYIA girls

It was a great opportunity to work alongside him. He and CEF staff of WA start training a team of 94 students on June 22 so that they can begin summer ministry to children of Washington State. Praises: Our SUV was sold! We found temporary housing for the next five weeks! 32 kids have been saved! Positives: We are all in good health Timothy & Annikah are adjusting well

Hawaii Fun Facts

the only state in the U.S. that grows coffee the worldwide leader in harvesting macadamia nuts & orchids

Timothy & Annikah loving the beach

Spiritual Condition of Hawaii

much of the cropland in Hawaii is used for growing sugarcane and pineapples more than 1/3 of the commercial supply of pineapples comes from Hawaii

ccording to data provided by religious establishments, religion in Hawaii in 2000 was distributed as follows: Christianity: 351,000 (28.9%) Buddhism: 110,000 (9%) Judaism: 10,000 (0.8%) Other: 100,000 (10%)*

Financial Support
Please Send all Financial Gifts to: CEF HAWAII P.O. Box 17842 Honolulu, HI 96817 * Please Designate to Account # RH by placing a note on the memo line.

Contact Information
Ricardo Hosein, Local Coordinator Phone: 434-258-6354 Email: mrandmrs_hosein@hotmail.com Our Blog: http://hoseinsjourneytohawaii.blogspot.com

Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization that is dedicated to seeing every child reached with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, discipled and established in a local church. For more information on CEF visit: www.cefonline.com or scan this QR code with your Smartphone. HOSEINS HAWAII HAPPENINGS