Michael and BethAnn Hunter are dear longtime friends who have been working together as FT staff with YoungLife for years. They’ve been serving (& raising their family) internationally in the UK for about 20 years now. I meet them before that when they were serving in the Dallas, TX area (a couple of the many awesome people I met during my few years in the “Big D”...like my amazing hubby🥰 and so many others that are still dear friends to this day!!). I was on their team ministering to the kids at Coppell HS. Such great years with such great memories sharing the love, grace & truth of Christ with these teens as I worked as a substitute teacher at the high school(benefit of a 3 12* days/week nurse schedule!),enjoyed the famed fall “Friday Night Lights”, had a ball at the renown YL camps, etc. BA & Michael are such gifted team (in so many ways) serving Christ and sharing the gospel in fun & exciting ways! I’m so thankful to have been able to support and stay connected with them over all these years!!
 |  |  | | South East England | Michael & Beth Ann Hunter | | Dear Hunter Supporters, near and far...Greetings to each of you and your households! We hope you are surviving and finding hope in this very challenging time. We thought it was worth sharing this video with you.... as our own daughters are featured in it sharing how much Young Life Hertford has meant to them during the pandemic. Though neither Michael nor I serve on the YL Hertford team in our staff roles, we are SO GRATEFUL that YL HERTFORD has continued to reach out and encourage our girls, as they do to so many other kids. Take a few minutes to be encouraged by this video from the kids in our town.
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On a recent Zoom where we did an YL England report in "Some Good News - John Kransinski style" where we also shared a few ministry bloopers that happened this year. |
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The back story to the blooper: Our team spent hours making the Valentine's salt dough heart ornaments for our financial supporters-- letting them dry for over two weeks, ordering and reordering magnets (as the originals were wrong), spray painting the ornaments as the bare salt dough turned out too light, printing cards and hand writing personal thank you notes on them to each donor. After these many hours of packaging, writing, and addressing all the envelopes-- we realised that the magnets were all probably going to break in the mail. So if you received a broken valentine's magnet, we are sorry.
We appreciate you on our team and know that God's love for kids is the only thing that will help heal their broken hearts eternally. During the past few months, ministry has gone deeper with kids than than ever before. Thru intentionally calling, texting and visiting them when allowed, we've heard the stories of broken hearts and the hope we've been able to offer them is genuine and healing. Thank you for supporting us so that we can continue to give kids hope thru Christ.
Please join us in praying for kids who are struggling: for M, C, A, C, L, & V who we've had heart to heart conversations with recently that they would find their hope in Christ. |
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We have had so many zooms during the last few months that we are excited to move into the next stage of ministry-- where we can see young people face to face. We've had a few weeks of Doorstep Challenges, dropping off care packages, and have begun walks with young people and small football sessions. Its been amazing to see them in person! Sadly all our summer residentials at the beautiful Cairn Brae and Whitemore Lakes were canceled as you can understand. But we are excited to announce a couple of Camping Experiences coming up this summer. Michael is organizing a Discipleship Camp that is going to be accessed (virtually) by YL and Church groups all across the UK. Young people will be able to meet in person in small groups for discussions/ teaching/ fun and also get out into the community to serve and grow in their faith. |
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A family affair... Secondly, we are going to host a day camp called BASH Break Out after last year's BASH success. Though BASH Break Out will be a more chilled out approach to BASH (with young people doing activities on a rotation in bubbles) we know that young people will still get to experience deeper relationships, fun, and process Jesus' great love for them. May life change happen at Break's Manor this summer!
PRAY specifically for J who McKenna is hoping will come along-- she's coming to our house tomorrow so we will share with her about this opportunity. Its MB's first time as a camper and J & N are already coming with him. Pray for A, S & D that they might attend as well! Our eldest Maddie will be serving on the WORK CREW and has her first Zoom work crew training tomorrow night! Beth Ann will be a leader-- pray that K, V, R, J & J, B, T & S will all sign up! Michael will serve as camp director!
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PRAY FOR WISDOM: We would really covet your prayers for both these day camping experiences and all the risk assessments involved. PRAY FOR REST: Pray for a chance to rejuvenate after an intense term of homeschooling (ending in one week) and ministry during COVID. PRAY FOR HOPE: God is still working and faithful. We need wisdom with fundraising during a season of hardship for many. We need new team members during a season of people having to stay isolated. May God give us His vision for the next steps.
We appreciate you! Michael & Beth Ann, Maddie, McKenna and MB Hunter
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