August 29, 2006 Notes from the Hardistys

Greetings to all,

Just a short update on our travels. We are still at CMML in NJ and very much enjoying the time here. We have had several Sunday and midweek meetings which keeps us busy. Several of the meetings are a good hour and a half drive each way which makes it interesting at night. This Sunday we return to Silverton in South Jersey for their morning and evening services. We are covering Melchizedec the type and antitype, as well as the four warnings in the book of Hebrews. The ministry thus far has been well received. Thank you for praying.

We shared the other night out of the book of Song of Solomon concentrating on our intimacy with our beloved. I had an elderly saint come up to me after the meeting to say: "I am ashamed to say, that for 20 years I have thought I was living alone...but I have never been alone...He has been with me, thank you for reminding me" It is seeing the Lord working in hearts like that that make it all worth while.

We were able to take a couple of days and visit Connecticut last week. We mainly came up to see my sister Laurie who is quite sick. Please keep her in your prayers. It also gave us an opportunity to visit with our Rachel. It was nice to see a couple others from the assembly at Branford as well.

Thank you all for your prayers for us. Please continue to pray!!! We plan, in the will of the Lord, to make another trip up to Connecticut the Tuesday after labor day, for a couple of nights. Pray for traveling mercies from our blessed Lord as we travel on these busy roads.

I had the opportunity to help Phil and Mary Parsons move into the house at CMML this past weekend. It was good to have time to talk to Phil about the "goings on" in the Philippines. I am much encouraged and confident that the Lord is opening the way for us. It was good to talk to someone who has just come home and get the up to date info on housing, cars etc....

Lord bless you all for His pleasure,

Ken

Aug 14, 2006 Notes from the Hardistys

Greetings to all. We had a wonderful time of fellowship and ministry in Chambersburg PA. The Lord had opened up an opportunity for us to spend time with Jim and Jean LaValley who were missionaries in the Philippines from the late 60 until the mid 80s. It was good to visit with them and we were much encouraged. We were privileged to speak at the assembly they attend in Harrisburg PA at their Wednesday night prayer meeting. Then we spent the weekend in Chambersburg with Dr. and Mrs. Underwood, transplants from Birmingham Alabama, so we very much enjoyed a weekend of fine southern hospitality. On the Lord's day we had the opportunity to speak at the assembly in Chambersburg on the subject of Ruth, then in the evening we spoke at the assembly at Greenwood Hills Conference Center.

The following day we travelled over to NJ and are currently staying at CMML and speaking to the various assemblies in NJ and NY. We had a delightful conference in White Plains one friday evening, it was hard to be so close to home and not be able to drive the extra hour to New Haven. We have had a busy schedule these last weeks since arriving at CMML, and are so thankful to the Lord for the many doors of opportunity He has opened to us to share from the word, and of our burden for the work in the Philippines.

Thank you all for your prayers. We will try to keep you updated a bit better in the days to come. Access to a computer link up have not always been available, so we have fallen a bit behind on our updates. We continue to see the Lord's hand at work, and are more confident than ever, that we are following His direction for this stage of our lives. Keep praying as we have a long way yet to go....

July 15, 2006 Notes From the Hardistys

Greeting to all from Chicago. We arrived in Chicago in early July and
have been staying at the missionary guest homes in Glen Ellyn. It has
been such a blessing to have a place to hang our hats while in this
area. We spoke last Sunday at Palos Hills Christian Assembly both
morning and evening. It was so good to see the saints there once
again. Joyce and I were both in fellowship at Palos for several years
when we lived in Oak Park back in the early 70s.

This Lord's day and next we will be speaking four times at Warrenville
Bible Chapel where our daughter Kim and Larry are in fellowship. It is
such a warm assembly and very much like Branford Bible Chapel in
Connecticut that we are always made to feel right at home.

On the 26th of this month we will be heading out for Harrisburg PA for
a mid week meeting there, then staying on until the Lord's Day when I
have been given the opportunity by the Lord to speak in Chambersburg in the morning and at Greenwood Hills assembly in the evening. The following Monday we will be heading off for an extended stay at CMML in New Jersey.

Thank you for all your prayers. It was so refreshing to be able to attend a reunion of Faith Academy last Saturday. Then to be able to spend time with Dave and Shelly Johnson from the Philippines on that same weekend. The Lord used both those times to confirm to our hearts His calling to return to that land.

June 5, 2006 Notes from the Hardistys

Hardisty Update:

Greetings, Things are moving along according to schedule. Our daughter Abby will be married this coming Friday, June 9th to Daniel Fleming. His parents are Jim and Sharon Fleming who are missionaries in Colombia. They will be living in Iowa while they both finish school.

We are busy packing up the house and plan to leave Connecticut on the 26th of June, to begin the journey that will eventually bring us back to the Philippines.

Once in the Philippines our plans, Lord willing, are to carry on a teaching ministry among the assemblies in the Manila area, and in Rizal Province, as the Lord directs. Initially, I would also like to help out with Bible School of the Air, a ministry which Joyce’s aunt, Rose Brooks, has been involved in for many years, by helping answer English questions which come in from their Emmaus Bible School Correspondence courses. We would also like to be involved once again in building small homes for the poor. We did this in a limited manner last time, and would like to try and minister to some in this way again. Joyce will once again become involved at Faith Academy as the Lord directs. But once on the field again, we will be able to see more clearly the specific areas in which the Lord would have us serve. Please continue to pray with us.

Ken and Joyce 2006

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