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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=120 BGCOLOR="#FFCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0443f781egdyul.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Proclaim His Praise in the Islands - the Hallowells</B></FONT> <B> </B><B>|    </B><B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Proclaim His Praise in the Islands the "><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> 1001PL</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="747" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 292 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3c4561e0.jpg" border=0 width="342" height="286" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="292" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3c5701b0.jpg" border=0 width="368" height="283" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 63 ><NOBR><div> November, 1989.  </div> <div> Six weeks before joining OMF.</div> <div> (Jay's father, Mr. Keith T. Hallowell, took this photo.  Thank you, Dad!)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="63" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> January, 2010.  </div> <div> After 20 years with OMF.</div> <div> (This photo we took, using a tripod and the timer on the camera.)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Comments on this letter:</div> <bR> <div> "Thanks for the letter.  Congratulations on the 20 years.  I love the pictures.  Praise the Lord for all the students that have been impacted by your lives and ministry.  May God continue to give you fruitful ministry as you continue to walk with him.  I pray for the Lord's provision."  R.S., Canadian</div> <bR> <div> "I am always amazed at how well you write your prayer letter. Like you I want to stand in amazement of Him who has provided you with all the spiritual strength and materials needs to serve Him in the Philippines for the last 20 years.  You are both doing a wonderful work and my prayers go with you."  I.K., Singaporean</div> <bR> <div> Congratulations on 20 years of service with OMF! !!!!!  It was great to see your "then and now" photos, and be reminded of your many years in the Philippines! ...  Thanking Him so much for you!   L.L., American</div> <bR> <div> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> January 20, 2010</div> <bR> <div> Dear Prayer Partner, </div> <bR> <div> On January 5, 2010, we quietly passed a milestone in our ministries.  We completed 20 years as members of OMF-International serving here in the Philippines. </div> <bR> <div> In 20 years...</div> <bR> <div> Fruitfully, God has led us to focus on students in the Philippines.  </div> <bR> <div>    First, college and university <B>students</B> through Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF).  </div> <bR> <div>    Then, new missionaries <B>studying </B>Filipino languages and cultures.  </div> <bR> <div>    Now, seminary <B>students </B>both from the Philippines and mainland Asia. </div> <bR> <div> We rejoice with the many <B>students </B>who have taken what they received from us and are now ministering as laypeople, church members, pastors and missionaries.  God is using them to reach the Philippines and beyond.  </div> <bR> <div> Our biggest disappointments are those <B>students </B>who have lost the faith, no longer serving their creator and redeemer.  These are relatively few.  Their loss, though, is deeply felt.</div> <bR> <div> We are overwhelmed by our Lord’s faithful provision.  For 20 years we have not directly asked any human being to support us.  God the Father has provided enough through our prayers and the prayers of partners like you.  <I>Thank you, Lord.</I></div> <bR> <div> Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.  God is using you!  Thank you.</div> <bR> <div> We believe that God has continued to call us to serve with OMF, here in the Philippines.  More can be done to reach Asia’s unreached by working together than by working separately.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Please ask our Lord to provide for our increased support needs in 2010.</I>  (<A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Costs"><U>Click here for more details.</U></A>). </div> <bR> <div> <I>Please continue to pray for OMF and us in this task of reaching the unreached.</I></div> <bR> <div> Happy Chinese New Year (Feb. 14, 2010),</div> <div> Jay and Amor</div> <bR> <bR> <div> by Jay and Amor Hallowell</div> <div> Last update: Photos and letter: January 20, 2010;  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Comments - January 26, 2010</FONT></div> <div> --------------------------------- end of Hallowell content ----------------------------------------------</div> </td> </tr></table></body>