Anne acting silly on a Smart Car in Frankfurt, Germany.
I, Anne, have returned from my latest trip to Germany. I had the opportunity to work in the office, planning some meetings for the Fall, as well as participate in our twice yearly staff meetings. Like me, half of our staff work remotely from our office which is in Germany. A few staff came as far as South Africa! So it is always nice to connect with our group, pray for each other and make sure our strategies are aligned as we served our partners in Europe.
Tomorrow, we take off for New York! We’re both excited to get back to Long Island where I grew up. I have such good memories of my childhood. I had a great family, good neighbors and my family and I attended a wonderful church called Central Presbyterian Church. As the saying goes, “If the doors were open, we were there.” We had lots of opportunities to serve at Central and most of the time it was in the music ministry with my dad greatly involved in missions. Two of my loves!
So this Sunday, July 17th, we’ll be speaking at Central in the morning. Friday, July 22nd, we will be visiting the First Baptist Church of Brewster, a fantastic church we attended for five years. The next Sunday, July 24th, we’ll be speaking at another wonderful church, Dix Hills Evangelical Free Church. This is the church where my grandparents, Norman and Martha Clayton, worshiped when in New York. They, too, have stood by us for many years as we’ve served either with Children’s Bible Fellowship or Wycliffe Bible Translators. We’ll be doing a presentation we’ve entitled, “Looking Back, Charging Forward” to highlight our last 20 years with Wycliffe and the people who have made it possible.
Hope we can see some of you there! Please pray for us that our message will go forth in a clear way. Our job is not done!
The Haugh Herald 
Ken & Anne
July 19, 2011 at 7:48 AM
Sorry it’s taken so long to reply, Ron. We’ve been on the road and now in a location where we didn’t have access to our own computers.
We do thank you for keeping up with us. We mention our time in Germany with many fond memories. You and your family of course, was one of the things that made it that way. I hope I can get back there with Anne to see you guys again. Until then, know that we love and miss you. Please give my love to Iris and the kids. I can’t help but thinking that they are getting big, yes?
Sharon (lyman) Hastings
July 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Hi Ken and Anne…Sharon Lyman Hastings here! I was thinking of you today…not sure why…googled you and up came your name and a link to this site. You are in the US? I would love to see you both. I wonder if that would even be possible, for you that is, what do you think? ~Still Loving Jesus, Sharon
Ken & Anne
July 19, 2011 at 7:50 AM
What a wonderful gift! Yes, it would be lovely to see you too, Sharon. I will send you an email off line and we’ll go from there. This is fantastic.
Ron
July 15, 2011 at 4:13 AM
Sorry to have missed you! Followed your progress in Nigeria eagerly. Have a great NY trip, I’m sure your message will be clear. Love you guys.