It’s been a while since we updated you, our partners, in ministry on what’s going on here in Oahu. We promise you…we’ve not been taking a siesta on the beach lazing the days away! Covid restrictions are gone for good (we pray) as of March 25, 2022! That means no limitations on size of groups, masks, or travel! Praise the Lord! Our numbers are starting to pick back up at Home Port and we still have two other homes that are open alongside us in different places on the Island. Todd continues to teach via zoom from Home Port to the other houses and we all serve the same food. Ministry has been plentiful and our personal lives have been quite busy!

We so appreciate each of you that pray for the ministry here and/or support it financially. We feel it and appreciate your faithfulness to uplift us and our service members to the Lord! They have had difficult times, sometimes dealing with toxic leadership, covid restrictions, and most of the Pearl Harbor Joint Base Housing suffered a jet fuel leak into their water system. This has caused most of them to evacuate base in search for alternate housing where it is already in such short supply and very expensive. Well over 60K people are affected. Please keep them in your prayers. Also, as tensions rise in the world between Ukraine and Russia many feel the weight of this. Join us in keeping our warriors in prayer.

There are a lot of photos below, but I wanted to bring you up to speed, so enjoy seeing our military Ohana and us do life together as we share the gospel and teach them to do the same!

Thanks for taking the time to catch up on all that is happened in the last several months! We love you all and anticipate the day we get to see you in the future, either here or there or in the air! May God get all the praise for what He is doing in our lives and the lives of our service members!

Blessings from the Beaudin’s!

Taking Advantage of COVID!

Hello our faithful supporters and those of you who faithfully pray for us and the ministry to the Military on Oahu! Our friend Derek Black came down from Alaska to film and give you a glimpse of ministry as of recent. We’ve been busy busy busy with our service members as we’ve learned to adapt and take advantage of Covid. Please pray we open up completely here in Hawaii. We are still limited to 10 people indoors here in Hawaii but as you will see in the video below we’ve adapted and it’s been very fruitful! Enjoy!

Much has changed in our world in 6 months and it has certainly changed the ministry of Home Port! Hawaii has become a very difficult place to live and work because of the excessive measures of quarantine and lockdown. We were slowly opening up in June but by August we were back to where much of America was in March and April. From March through May we could only do Zoom as any visitors or gathering were forbidden. In June and July we could meet in groups of 10 but no larger. Now we are back to where we were from March to April with a lot of hope that things will eventually change. Pray for us! We desperately want to meet face to face again and we continually look for any work around! Before Covid we would average between 20 to 50 service members on a Friday night for a home cooked meal and Bible Study. From March through May we changed and met via Zoom. When Hawaii opened to only 10 people we changed again and met as a group of 10 at Home Port and also a group of 10 at another Military family’s house as a Home Port extension with more homes coming on board so that we could all fellowship in person. We ate the same food and did the same Bible study via Zoom, Todd teaching from the Home Port living room. It was great! Then the State decided 10 people was too much and we went to 5 people. So we quickly changed once again and asked multiple family’s to open their homes on Friday night to serve the same food and same Bible study via Zoom as Todd would teach from Home Port. But that never happened as the state changed the ordinance back to no visitors and no groups. So we are back to just Zoom as of the writing of this Blog post.

No matter, life goes on and we continue to be present in peoples lives via phone, text, zoom and in emergencies we connect to help someone. We’ve monopolized on an empty house to update and paint! We are still working with our Chaplains to figure out how to serve them in this difficult time the best we can. Yet, the chapel we attended and served alongside the chaplains down on Pearl Harbor has remained shut since March. We know it’s not only us that Covid has affected but we still covet your prayers. On a positive note, God has kept us all healthy!

Well, as usual, I’ll let the pictures tell the story. Enjoy!

We wish you all the best and miss you! Hang in there and keep smiling with us! God is Sovereign and in control of this crazy world! We really appreciate the time you take to catch up with us and what God continues to do with our Military. Thank you so much for your support and prayers!

With Love,

-The Beaudin’s

Have you ever wondered what goes through a dog’s mind?  I have.  Nori doesn’t seem too phased or concerned by this pandemic that has caused major unrest around the world.  She bides her time daily laying in the sun… it’s a dog’s life!  She knows she will be fed and loved and she doesn’t worry about her day.  She lives it one moment at at time.  Oh! To live a dog’s life!  And yet, I’ve been reminded of some great truths watching her.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  – Matthew 6: 25-34

We know life has been complex for many of you and some have lost loved ones, we are deeply sorry and in prayer with and for you.  As I found myself worrying about what might become of our future and ministry here back in March, God reminded me it’s not for me to worry about.  Much like Nori, my obedience is to trust Him more than I trust myself.  Easier said than done some days but I am resolved to live my days the way my pooch does.  Trusting my master that He will take care of the heavy lifting in life.

We have been on lock down since mid-March and only time will tell how we open back up.  As for now, we are not able to have service members over for a home cooked meal and Bible study yet, but we are praying this changes soon!  Will you pray with us!

Pictures always tell better stories than words so here is our contribution for this blog post.

Thank you for taking the time to catch up with us as we continue to serve the military the best we can.  We so appreciate your partnership in financial support and prayer.  It’s awesome knowing we have all of you behind us supporting and encouraging us to reach our military with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!  Continue to pray for our brave warriors as they serve us in these difficult times!

Remember!  Live life like Nori and trust your Master!

The sunsets on the Islands are beautiful!  God’s creation is very evident, but even though we live in a very beautiful place, sin is ugly here.  Our mission is to be light to a dark and hopless world in the military.  We find it such a priveledge to stand alongside our Chaplains and help them.  Pray for our military!  Pray for what seems to be a decreasing chaplain core.  Pray for the families here that have loved ones deployed.  Pray that our family will continue to be a blessing to our heroes who protect our freedoms!

I (Todd) am sorry its been a little too long between blog posts.  Its been productivly busy doing ministry for the Lord here.  Penny continues to grow in her areas of influence, helping lead a womans bible study down on Pearl Harbor, working with ladies doing sewing, watching children so moms can get a break.  The military community goes it alone oftentimes without the support of family or good friends who are back home.  As an article recently said, one third of all military families have no one to ask for help.

Friday nights continue to be the night we love on service members and encourage service members to invest in those who are lost and need the gospel.  A house and a home cooked meal is much less threatening than a trip to a church building.  Our hope is for the Home Port House to continue to be a tool to reach the lost.  Please pray that our service members have courage and priority to invest in others and build solid relationships.

Well, as always, here are a bunch of pictures that tell a better story of what we’ve been up to.  If you are planning to visit the islands for vacation or work, please drop in and see us!  We love company!

This last picture is an art piece Penny and I finished recently and resides in our living room.  It’s a reminder to us, our service members, and to you that if we REALLY care about lost people we must build a significant relationship with them in order to have the right to share the Gospel.  This is Biblical.  Join us as we love well and lead the lost to a saving relationship with Jesus Christ!

Thanks as always for your interest in what we do and for those of you who partnership and/or pray diligently with us every month with your financial gifts…. thank you.  Without you none of these pictures above would have happened.  You are so important to ministry happening here!

“How happy is anyone who has put his trust in the Lord!”  Psalm 40:4

We hope this finds you well in our Lord Jesus Christ!  It’s been a while since we last updated you to what’s happening on the mission field!  So lets get to it!

Penny and I stay busy continuing our “Home away from Home” experience every Friday night for service members where we eat and then study God’s Word.  Its a pleasure to see great interaction during bible study and fellowship way into the night with some not leaving the House until 11pm!  Right now we are going through the book of John verse by verse.  The rest of our week look pastoral as we spend time helping service members and their families.  It’s a joy to spend time with them and to disciple those who desire to be discipled.   We are always saying goodbye and hello continually.  Imagine everyone in your church, even all your pastors moving on every 3 years, and what ministry would look like at your church.  This PCS season we had 2 families and one single move on.  We rejoice because we know that God can and will do great things through them wherever they are planted next!

Much has happened since our last blog post so let me tell you our story through pictures.  Here we go!

 

The Marine Band having fun at the Ala Moana Mall!

This is a video of what a Friday Night at Home Port looks like

Thanks as always for taking time to see what we are doing.  Dont stop praying.  There is so much more I’d love to share with you all, but confidentiality prevents me from doing so.  What you see is only the tip of the iceberg of ministry to the Military.  Blessings to each of you who support us, without you this blog wouldn’t exist.

With Love, 

– The Beaudin’s

 “Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.”          Psalm 36:5

The Beaudin’s are finally unpacked!  Not bad for our first 6 months on the field here in Oahu!  At Ft. Drum it took us 2.5 years to get settled in and we still had boxes to unpack!  Ministry at Home Port is speeding along and we are seeing growth as our service members invite people to the House!  The other night we had 40 for dinner and Bible Study!  Todd is finishing the Book of James on Friday nights and has been leading a study of Nehemiah on Monday Nights for the men.  Penny has been busy with a womens Bible Study on Base and spending time with spouses loving on the ladies God has put in her life!  She continues to cook fabulous meals every Friday night.  Home Port is also now serving a homeless kitchen once a month in Honolulu and we also take the House for a hike on this beautiful island monthly.

Our girls are doing well!  Kelsey is finishing up 10th grade and is excited for summer vacation.  We had Emily home for Christmas which was wonderful!  Emily has done well at college but has had some health issues which has made attending classes and working difficult.  She’s doing her best but a bit stressed out as the school is “pay as you go.”  I know we would all appreciate your prayers for her and for us all!

We were honored that our friend Derek Black came and made a video of our ministry!  You will find a link to it at the bottom of this blog post!  As always, pictures tell a better story than me rambling on. Enjoy!

 

We just had a video made of our ministry here at Oahu!  Click on the link below to see it! It’s best in full screen!

HOME PORT VIDEO! 

 

Thanks for catching up with us!  We appreciate each of you who take the time to pray for us and who financially support what God is doing here.  Without you none of what is happening here would be happening!  It’s such an honor to partner with you in ministry, we don’t take you for granted.

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.”  Philippians 4:4

It’s been a crazy three months on the mission field at Pearl Harbor!  We want to thank you for your continued prayers and support and give you an update on ministry with our service members!

Our household goods and truck arrived in September and since then we’ve been unpacking and getting the Home Port Hospitality House situated for our needs and for ministry!  At Fort Drum we only worked with the Army, but here we have had all branches of the Military represented except for the Coast Guard!  Our time has been spent getting acquainted to our new ministry environment, obtaining passes to Pearl Harbor/Hickam and working to secure Schofield Barracks passes.  We’ve been graciously accepted and put to work by Navy chaplains at Pearl Harbor which we are so thankful.  It is our joy to provide a “home away from home” environment to those who sacrifice so much for our safety and freedom!  A home cooked meal made with Penny’s love, a place to decompress and be loved on, and a place to grow in expository teaching from the Word of God –  being encouraged to reach out to other service members evangelistically!

Please pray for us as the ministry at this Cadence Hospitality House has been in transition for two years, meaning there have been temporary directors keeping the doors open to ministry until Cadence selected us as their long term replacement directors for Home Port.  At Fort Drum we were renovating a Hospitality House, and now we find ourselves renovating a ministry.  Please pray that our service members attending the House would not be timid, but courageous in their faith and bold to ask other military personnel they work with to come to Home Port!  This is our primary way to grow, evangelize, and disciple.  As most know, it is extremely expensive to live and do ministry here, so we covet your prayers in this time of rebuilding!  If you would like to keep a very vital ministry thriving and are prayerfully considering an end of the year gift you can do so by clicking this link Here!

As always, pictures tell more of a story than words… so enjoy!

 

 

It was very evident we were not in the midsts of civilians.  Such respect!

 

Thank you again for believing in us, your prayers, your support, and partnership in this ministry!  Please don’t stop.  Even though it may seem like a dream to do ministry in Hawaii, there are equal hardships.  We thank God daily for his placement here and are leaning heavily into Him for continued support of us doing His work.  We see the need here as much as we did at Fort Drum!  Thank you for taking the time to catch up with the Beaudin’s, we love each of you!

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.  – Jeremiah 29: 11-13

Check out our Home Port ministry website!