May-June '26: Faith, Fellowship, and Fruit.
07/08/26
Again, please accept my apologies. Now that this letter has been sent, you no longer have access to the PDF from March-April or the photo album. Please email me if you need a copy. Thank you for your patience, sorry for the inconvenience, and may the Lord bless your ministry for Him. -Bro. Keith
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Written: July 2026
Covering: May–June 2026
Thank you for taking the time to read about what is happening in the area of Ireland where the Lord placed my family and me to serve Him and to spread the glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I continue to pray, as we work in this field, that the Lord will continue to produce fruit and rewards to your account for your consistent prayers and financial support. “For we are labourers together with God . . . .” (I Corinthians 3:9) I pray that this letter will be a blessing to all who read it.
May – This summer has been absolutely full of activities and the one that our teens have been working for—the “First Fruits Convention” in Drogheda. This town is three hours away. Three families drove the distance from our church, including the new Filipino family who had just begun attending our services. They were encouraged to meet other like-minded independent Baptists and have discovered the deep liberalism in the other churches in the Limerick City area. It was a great day and an encouragement to our people. The next week, on May 10, was our Anniversary Barbecue, where we celebrated 11 years of the church. I made a slide show, and we had a returning visitor come and celebrate with us. The next day, we travelled to Dublin to renew Keenan and Kendrick’s passports; we made it a family activity and visited the Irish Military Museum while we were there. Then two weeks later, we had a baptism. It was a Brazilian lad who grew up in independent Baptist churches. He had recently trusted the Lord as his Saviour and asked if I would baptise him. After analysing the situation, I determined he had received the Lord and agreed to baptise him. I purchased a hot tub, and we were able to baptise after the service on May 24. Kelly took the teen soul-winning group to a sister church, Redemption Baptist Church, in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, where they helped with street preaching and outreach. I also continued to attend services in Galway every other week, and filling in for the Day family (missionaries in Ennis, Ireland) in their weekly Thursday night Bible study while they were in the U.S.
June – The Day family returned from the U.S. on the first Wednesday of June, ending my need to fill in for them. Kelly’s birthday was on the 5th of June, but we didn’t get a chance to celebrate until Sunday afternoon, when I took her to a lovely restaurant in the city. I recorded a Father’s Day Barbecue Facebook advertisement and ran it for a week. I had several responses, but unfortunately, we didn’t have any visitors. All of our church people were there, though, and brought loads of food. The Day family live 15 minutes away from us, and they arrived later in the afternoon as well, when their services were finished.
The next day, Youth Camp started, and all of our teens went, including a mom, and one of the girls brought her friend. The theme was the Holy Spirit, and the visiting girl got saved during the week, among many others. All the messages were great, and I got to preach as well on quenching and grieving the Holy Spirit in your life. There was a great spirit among the teens, and God blessed the week. During the week of camp, several other things happened as well. Pastor Day’s mom took a bad turn in her health, and he needed to return to the U.S. to care for her in her final days. As I am writing this letter, she has already passed, and they have her funeral planned. Please pray for them and that they can return to Ireland in a timely manner. In the meantime, I offered to cover his Sunday and Thursday services if he would be willing to change the Sunday service time to 6:30 p.m. He agreed, so I will be filling in for his services until they return to Ireland. Kelly and I also began doing Biblical counselling with a lady in another part of Ireland. I was encouraged that when she began using the King James Bible, she found that it is more readable and understandable than her other Bible. Kelly also took the teen soul-winning group to a sister church, Lighthouse Baptist Church, in Swords, Co. Galway, where they helped with door-to-door soul winning. Our Sunday Bible class grew to the point where we needed to move it from the back room of the church to the main church area—a wonderful problem to have.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the Gospel out each Saturday. I was encouraged when a young adult, who has been attending occasionally for a few years now, texted me saying he had repented, trusted Christ, and wanted me to baptise him. He is from Brazil and began attending with his dad when they came to learn English years ago. At the same time he contacted me, his dad also contacted me from Brazil and wanted me to meet with him because he was talking about strange things. It seems he had been watching videos online about the government’s surveillance abilities and how microchips could be the mark of the beast. He realised the reality of the Tribulation and his need to be saved. Knowing how to be saved from his years in church, he realised his sinful condition and the urgency to be saved, so he asked the Lord to forgive his sins and to save his soul. After meeting with him for two weeks and having deep conversations and answering his questions, I agreed to baptise him, and he brought his girlfriend with him as well. Please pray for her salvation.
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I want to thank everyone who has kindly sent us encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and offerings and also for your faithful prayers and support.
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Written: July 2026
Covering: May–June 2026
Thank you for taking the time to read about what is happening in the area of Ireland where the Lord placed my family and me to serve Him and to spread the glorious Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I continue to pray, as we work in this field, that the Lord will continue to produce fruit and rewards to your account for your consistent prayers and financial support. “For we are labourers together with God . . . .” (I Corinthians 3:9) I pray that this letter will be a blessing to all who read it.
May – This summer has been absolutely full of activities and the one that our teens have been working for—the “First Fruits Convention” in Drogheda. This town is three hours away. Three families drove the distance from our church, including the new Filipino family who had just begun attending our services. They were encouraged to meet other like-minded independent Baptists and have discovered the deep liberalism in the other churches in the Limerick City area. It was a great day and an encouragement to our people. The next week, on May 10, was our Anniversary Barbecue, where we celebrated 11 years of the church. I made a slide show, and we had a returning visitor come and celebrate with us. The next day, we travelled to Dublin to renew Keenan and Kendrick’s passports; we made it a family activity and visited the Irish Military Museum while we were there. Then two weeks later, we had a baptism. It was a Brazilian lad who grew up in independent Baptist churches. He had recently trusted the Lord as his Saviour and asked if I would baptise him. After analysing the situation, I determined he had received the Lord and agreed to baptise him. I purchased a hot tub, and we were able to baptise after the service on May 24. Kelly took the teen soul-winning group to a sister church, Redemption Baptist Church, in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, where they helped with street preaching and outreach. I also continued to attend services in Galway every other week, and filling in for the Day family (missionaries in Ennis, Ireland) in their weekly Thursday night Bible study while they were in the U.S.
June – The Day family returned from the U.S. on the first Wednesday of June, ending my need to fill in for them. Kelly’s birthday was on the 5th of June, but we didn’t get a chance to celebrate until Sunday afternoon, when I took her to a lovely restaurant in the city. I recorded a Father’s Day Barbecue Facebook advertisement and ran it for a week. I had several responses, but unfortunately, we didn’t have any visitors. All of our church people were there, though, and brought loads of food. The Day family live 15 minutes away from us, and they arrived later in the afternoon as well, when their services were finished.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the Gospel out each Saturday. I was encouraged when a young adult, who has been attending occasionally for a few years now, texted me saying he had repented, trusted Christ, and wanted me to baptise him. He is from Brazil and began attending with his dad when they came to learn English years ago. At the same time he contacted me, his dad also contacted me from Brazil and wanted me to meet with him because he was talking about strange things. It seems he had been watching videos online about the government’s surveillance abilities and how microchips could be the mark of the beast. He realised the reality of the Tribulation and his need to be saved. Knowing how to be saved from his years in church, he realised his sinful condition and the urgency to be saved, so he asked the Lord to forgive his sins and to save his soul. After meeting with him for two weeks and having deep conversations and answering his questions, I agreed to baptise him, and he brought his girlfriend with him as well. Please pray for her salvation.
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I want to thank everyone who has kindly sent us encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and offerings and also for your faithful prayers and support.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
March-April '26: Planting, Watering, Laboring.
17/07/26
Please accept my apologies. Things got busy and I realised that I had never emailed my previous letter from March-April 2026. So as not to confuse prayer letters, I will be sending my more recent one (May-June) in the next couple weeks. Once the next letter is sent, this PDF will no longer be available for download, and the photo album will no longer be available for viewing. Thank you for your patience, sorry for the inconvenience, and may the Lord bless your ministry for Him. -Bro. Keith
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Written: May 2026
Covering: March-April 2026
I am grateful for the time you are taking to read our recent prayer letter, ands I pray it will bee a blessing and encouragement knowing how the Lord is working on the Emerald Isle. We have has some amazing things happen this May, but since this one is covering what the Lord did in March and April you will have to wait for the next letter.
March – This is always an eventful month in Ireland with Mother’s Day and Saint Patricks Day. This year for Mother’s Day we used the Facebook advertising system that we used at Christmas, and this time I only advertised a week in advance. The result was that we ended up with seven visitors coming for the event, as well as seven new WhatsApp contacts. Even though I advertised for a luncheon afterward, they all ended up having to leave, but we were able to honour them with a small gift as well as visitor packets. One of the ladies came back the next Sunday, and we ended up having a church group of 16 people from Georgia, who were passing through and came to our services in the morning. It was a great blessing and filled the room with singing and praise.
On the Tuesday after mothers day, we also went into the Limerick City centre to give out Saint Patrick gospel tracts and Bibles at the parade. It is usually just our family, but this year we also had a teenage girl enthusiastically come out with us. We ended up giving away 21 Bibles that day, and hundreds of Saint Patrick gospel tracts. Afterward, we went to a Thai restaurant and then stopped at McDonalds for shamrock shakes. The whole month the kids were also practicing different things they were planning to do for the First Fruits convention that a sister church holds in May, in a town north of Dublin called Drogheda (Draw-ha-dah). The First Fruits convention was an idea to give the youth across Ireland an opportunity to use their talents and abilities for the Lord. It is not a competition, but they do get assessed by adults who encourage them and give ways that they can improve. It is the 3rd or 4th year and it has been a real encouragement to the youth and families. At the end of the month, the teen started practicing 2x a week to prepare. Kelly also brought the ladies to a ladies meeting and had a delightful time at a sister church in Lucan, Co. Dublin, near the end of the month.
April – This month began with our resurrection Sunday event which we advertised for on Facebook, but this time we didn’t have as many people come, but we did have one local Irish man who visited, and discovered afterward that he has been a Mormon for 40 years. He was not looking to change but he got a clear presentation gospel, and we sent him away with our visitor packet as well. The next day we left for a trip to Romania for a Youth Conference at The Baptist College International. I was trying to encourage our Romanian members to go as well, but they were not able to afford it.
I was really not able either, because the tickets were expensive, but I had already bought them before I found out, and thankfully the Lord need up providing the difference as well. Some of the reasons I was also going was to see the college, for the boys to see the college, for them to experience another culture from Ireland, and to see what it is like not knowing the language. It was a great conference and there were English, Romanian, Greek, Russian and Ukrainian speaking people there. We sang in different languages and there we’re translators as well for the messages, The kids had a great time playing with the others, even though they couldn’t understand each other. Kelly and I also got to teach the kids during different sessions. We have one teenage girl in the church who goes to a public school, and Kelly has had a burden for her to get to fellowship with other young ladies. We talked and prayed about it and she started taking our small group of teens out on Saturday to help a different church in Ireland once a month with their evangelistic outreaches, for fellowship and outreach. 
The first church they went to was three hours away in Drogheda (Draw-ha-dah). On Friday the 24th, Pastor Canavan brought a visiting church group down from Galway to Limerick for three hours of evangelism in the mid day, giving out Bibles, tracts, and talking to people about the gospel. We ended up giving away 17 Bibles in addition to hundreds of gospel tracts. Also during this month we had a new family start coming regularly who moved to Ireland from Singapore, but they are originally from the Philippines. They have gone to Independent Baptist Churches and hold to sound doctrine, so it is wonderful to have them in the services. We also started a 10:30 discipleship class and it has been growing over the weeks.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the gospel out each Saturday, but going out on the street for the Saint Patricks Day parade, and when the church group came down, presented many new opportunities with interested people approaching myself and the others with regard to the Bible. People were delighted and curious as to why we would be just giving away the Bible. One lady said that she had recently gone to buy one at the Catholic Church but it cost €70 that she didn’t have. She got the Bible and the gospel before she left. I also made contact with some people I had not seen in a while as well. It was a great opportunity to chat with many people about their souls and to tell them about Gods free gift of salvation. Please pray for fruit. There is another Baptist church in the area that uses the NIV and one of the members has been opposed to giving that Bible to people, telling us that people can’t understand it. Our new family said they are giving away NIVs on the weekends.
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I want to thank those who graciously sent encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and offerings and for your faithful prayers and support.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
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Written: May 2026
Covering: March-April 2026
I am grateful for the time you are taking to read our recent prayer letter, ands I pray it will bee a blessing and encouragement knowing how the Lord is working on the Emerald Isle. We have has some amazing things happen this May, but since this one is covering what the Lord did in March and April you will have to wait for the next letter.
March – This is always an eventful month in Ireland with Mother’s Day and Saint Patricks Day. This year for Mother’s Day we used the Facebook advertising system that we used at Christmas, and this time I only advertised a week in advance. The result was that we ended up with seven visitors coming for the event, as well as seven new WhatsApp contacts. Even though I advertised for a luncheon afterward, they all ended up having to leave, but we were able to honour them with a small gift as well as visitor packets. One of the ladies came back the next Sunday, and we ended up having a church group of 16 people from Georgia, who were passing through and came to our services in the morning. It was a great blessing and filled the room with singing and praise.
April – This month began with our resurrection Sunday event which we advertised for on Facebook, but this time we didn’t have as many people come, but we did have one local Irish man who visited, and discovered afterward that he has been a Mormon for 40 years. He was not looking to change but he got a clear presentation gospel, and we sent him away with our visitor packet as well. The next day we left for a trip to Romania for a Youth Conference at The Baptist College International. I was trying to encourage our Romanian members to go as well, but they were not able to afford it.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the gospel out each Saturday, but going out on the street for the Saint Patricks Day parade, and when the church group came down, presented many new opportunities with interested people approaching myself and the others with regard to the Bible. People were delighted and curious as to why we would be just giving away the Bible. One lady said that she had recently gone to buy one at the Catholic Church but it cost €70 that she didn’t have. She got the Bible and the gospel before she left. I also made contact with some people I had not seen in a while as well. It was a great opportunity to chat with many people about their souls and to tell them about Gods free gift of salvation. Please pray for fruit. There is another Baptist church in the area that uses the NIV and one of the members has been opposed to giving that Bible to people, telling us that people can’t understand it. Our new family said they are giving away NIVs on the weekends.
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I want to thank those who graciously sent encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and offerings and for your faithful prayers and support.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
January-February '26: New Themes, Visitors, and Studies
04/04/26
Written: March 2026
Covering: January-February 2026
May this letter be a blessing to those who take the time to read it. We are thankful for all the churches and individuals who have faithfully supported our Gospel- preaching ministry in the Limerick area. We pray for much fruit in 2026 as we continue our endeavours. This year, we are pushing forward in doing online advertising, especially because of our lack of visibility at our remote location. I am now trying to use that fact as an advantage, by framing our church as a countryside retreat away from the busy city, in our advertisements. This also lets people who take the bus know that we are not in the city. I have two people who are excited to help me make the videos, so please pray that the Lord continues to draw people in through these advertisements. (Names are changed in our letters for privacy reasons.)
January – As the year began, we began a new theme for 2026, which I titled “Faith and Hope: A Journey Through the Gospels,” based on I Peter 1:21. I will be preaching through the events of Jesus’ life this year. I was also planning to begin a new verse-by-verse Bible study in the book of Proverbs, and I used the opportunity to advertise to the community on Facebook and let people know. It ran for 18 days, had 681 clicks, 14 new contacts, and 1 visitor, a Polish lady named Danielle. I thought she was pretty brave to come to the study, considering the fact that she came alone on a dark Wednesday evening and drove on the narrow, single-lane road up to our church building/house in the woods. She has been fairly faithful in her attendance. Due to the dark evenings, combined with our location, I questioned if we would have any visitors from the advertisement at all, but the Lord brought someone in. Keith II was with us on that Wednesday, and Kelly was sick for the first part of January. Keith II flew back to Crown College on Saturday, the 10th. On the 19th, we received a text that there was a large Northern Lights display in the sky, and we stepped out of our house to witness a brilliant colour display and got some brilliant pictures.
We discovered that Danielle’s birthday was the week of the 28th, so our lovely church lady Lynn took it upon herself to prepare a special birthday cheesecake for her. Danielle was so surprised and delighted. We continue to attend the services in Ennis and Galway every other week.
February – February came with 4 visitors. The first was a couple from western Oregon, an assistant pastor and his wife on vacation. They had received our address from a friend and were wandering our property. I was cleaning our outside bathroom when I suddenly saw them wandering around in our back barn area. They were there for our 10:30 Sunday Bible Class and stayed until 3:00 after our afternoon Bible Hour. The other 2 visitors were an Irish lady and man named Timothy and Sally. They showed up on a Wednesday, and we found out that I had met Sally before and she had just purchased a house on the other side of our hill. On February 11, Danielle brought loads of large Polish donuts for everyone in the Wednesday night Bible study. On February 21, another church in Swords, Co. Dublin, had a Teen Rally, where teens from across the country participated in games, followed by preaching and pizza afterward.
We also finally finished our Sunday Bible class lessons on the Old Testament after 4 years and began doing a discipleship course during that same hour. Before, it ended up being just my family for the last year and a half, but we now have 4 more people attending. On the last weekend of the month, Kelly held a jewellery-making party as a birthday gift to Lynn. Seven ladies ended up coming, and they had a lovely time together. Mrs. Day brought 2 ladies from their Bible study in Ennis, and even Sally came (the lady who recently moved into our area). They all enjoyed the gathering and are hoping to do it again.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the Gospel out on Saturdays, talking to people as we have the opportunity, and letting people in the community know we are in the area and inviting them to join us. Before Danielle came, she told me she was Catholic and wasn't looking to change churches and asked if it was okay if she still came. I told her the studies were open to anyone who wanted to learn the Bible. On the first Wednesday night Danielle came to our Bible study, we had a zealous young man who comes to our Bible studies on occasion. During the study, he was using every opportunity he could to make statements and ask questions concerning the Gospel, and during the service, we played off each other getting the Gospel out over and over throughout the night. Over the weeks, she has heard the Gospel many times, but she is still not open. Please pray that the Lord uses the Word of God to open her heart. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17)
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I want to thank those who graciously sent encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and offerings and for your faithful prayers and support.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
Covering: January-February 2026
May this letter be a blessing to those who take the time to read it. We are thankful for all the churches and individuals who have faithfully supported our Gospel- preaching ministry in the Limerick area. We pray for much fruit in 2026 as we continue our endeavours. This year, we are pushing forward in doing online advertising, especially because of our lack of visibility at our remote location. I am now trying to use that fact as an advantage, by framing our church as a countryside retreat away from the busy city, in our advertisements. This also lets people who take the bus know that we are not in the city. I have two people who are excited to help me make the videos, so please pray that the Lord continues to draw people in through these advertisements. (Names are changed in our letters for privacy reasons.)
January – As the year began, we began a new theme for 2026, which I titled “Faith and Hope: A Journey Through the Gospels,” based on I Peter 1:21. I will be preaching through the events of Jesus’ life this year. I was also planning to begin a new verse-by-verse Bible study in the book of Proverbs, and I used the opportunity to advertise to the community on Facebook and let people know. It ran for 18 days, had 681 clicks, 14 new contacts, and 1 visitor, a Polish lady named Danielle. I thought she was pretty brave to come to the study, considering the fact that she came alone on a dark Wednesday evening and drove on the narrow, single-lane road up to our church building/house in the woods. She has been fairly faithful in her attendance. Due to the dark evenings, combined with our location, I questioned if we would have any visitors from the advertisement at all, but the Lord brought someone in. Keith II was with us on that Wednesday, and Kelly was sick for the first part of January. Keith II flew back to Crown College on Saturday, the 10th. On the 19th, we received a text that there was a large Northern Lights display in the sky, and we stepped out of our house to witness a brilliant colour display and got some brilliant pictures.
February – February came with 4 visitors. The first was a couple from western Oregon, an assistant pastor and his wife on vacation. They had received our address from a friend and were wandering our property. I was cleaning our outside bathroom when I suddenly saw them wandering around in our back barn area. They were there for our 10:30 Sunday Bible Class and stayed until 3:00 after our afternoon Bible Hour. The other 2 visitors were an Irish lady and man named Timothy and Sally. They showed up on a Wednesday, and we found out that I had met Sally before and she had just purchased a house on the other side of our hill. On February 11, Danielle brought loads of large Polish donuts for everyone in the Wednesday night Bible study. On February 21, another church in Swords, Co. Dublin, had a Teen Rally, where teens from across the country participated in games, followed by preaching and pizza afterward.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the Gospel out on Saturdays, talking to people as we have the opportunity, and letting people in the community know we are in the area and inviting them to join us. Before Danielle came, she told me she was Catholic and wasn't looking to change churches and asked if it was okay if she still came. I told her the studies were open to anyone who wanted to learn the Bible. On the first Wednesday night Danielle came to our Bible study, we had a zealous young man who comes to our Bible studies on occasion. During the study, he was using every opportunity he could to make statements and ask questions concerning the Gospel, and during the service, we played off each other getting the Gospel out over and over throughout the night. Over the weeks, she has heard the Gospel many times, but she is still not open. Please pray that the Lord uses the Word of God to open her heart. “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17)
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I want to thank those who graciously sent encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and offerings and for your faithful prayers and support.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
November – December '25: Battles, Breakthroughs, and Blessings
30/01/26
I hope you are all having a great 2026 and that you will be encouraged by what the Lord has been doing in our neck of the woods (literally). Below is a record of what happened at the end of 2025 in the Limerick City area.
November – November began with the conclusion of the Ladies’ Fall Getaway, and all of the ladies returned encouraged and excited for next year. On Saturday, November 6, Gospel Baptist Church in Lucan, Co. Dublin, hosted a Teen Rally, and it seemed there were about 40 teens who came out for it. We got to bring 3 with us, travelling 2½ hours to get there, but the preaching and activities were an encouragement to everyone.
During this month, I focused on getting the online advertising platform (Digital Tract Ministry) sorted because the Devil was fighting, and we kept running into problems. It seemed like a good solution to our location being out on the countryside, so I kept trying to make it work, but the Devil has fought it all the way. The first battle was getting things set up correctly. I can’t get into all the details, but the biggest issue for Ireland was that the platform uses internet phone numbers through Twilio, and Twilio is not available in Ireland. Since WhatsApp is available, we would be advertising through Facebook (who owns WhatsApp), and many people in Ireland use WhatsApp; we chose that route and tried to get everything set up. I was planning to have a Christmas Eve Carol Service and to read a salvation Christmas Story called “Nothing to Give for Christmas.” The story takes place in the Alps at Christmastime and was read yearly at the Roloff-type boarding school that my wife attended as a teenager. I was really wanting to have a big push, and with our lack of manpower, I was hopeful that this online platform would be a great help in getting people out to the service. At the end of the month, many of the missionaries gathered together for a Thanksgiving dinner in Athlone at Redemption Baptist Church. We also had a tree surgeon cutting 16 very large trees on our property because of the big winter wind storms last year, and they were all next to buildings. This was a financially astronomical, but needed, endeavour.
December – I tried to get everything sorted for the advertising, and I texted one of our ladies to see if she would be willing to create an advertisement for the Christmas Eve Service, which she agreed to do. The Devil intervened again when the lady thought I wanted her to make her own video, but I was planning to record it that next Sunday and just wanted to see if she would be willing. She almost didn’t come to church that next Sunday because she thought she had let me down and couldn’t face me. Thankfully, she didn’t follow her emotions. When she discovered that I had it all ready to record on Sunday, she was delighted, and her daughter made a video as well. I edited them and got the videos uploaded and the Facebook ad set up and ready to go. Soon after on Saturday, the 13th, Keith II returned home from Bible college. Then on Sunday afternoon, we went to Grace Baptist Church’s evening service in Galway, and they also treated everyone to pizza to celebrate Keith’s return. We stayed overnight to use a free hotel night to stay over and to go to the Christmas Market.
On the next day, Monday, the advert was supposed to start running, and by 11:00 a.m., we already had 10 people signed up to come to the Christmas Eve Service. We had a lovely time in Galway and returned home with only a week to get everything on our property ready for the Christmas Eve Service. The other problem was that the tree surgeons had left a large mess in addition to its being mud season, so we had an incredible number of preparations to do to make things welcoming for our visitors. By the Sunday before Christmas Eve, we had 35 people signed up, only 15 parking spaces, and no road parking. There was no guarantee these people would come, but if all of them came as single people, we could not fit them all. The church people worked together to prepare 35 visitor packets. A new road sign and banner sign for the doorway arrived just in time, so that was a relief. Because I was concerned about the number of people who had signed up to attend, I called a hotel, but they closed on Christmas Eve at 6:00 p.m. I also contacted a local meeting hall and never received a reply, so we had no other options but the building on our property. When Christmas Eve arrived, we had 42 people signed up, so I had the church people park as far back on the property as they could. Suddenly, I was getting texts that people were in the hospital. One lady broke her ribs and couldn’t come. Some didn’t have transportation, and others just never responded to follow-up texts after they signed up. We were supposed to start at 6:00 p.m., but we waited outside until 6:20 to greet visitors, but none came. As soon as we went inside, I got a phone call from people asking if we were having the service. They told me they had driven up to the property and then driven to the back, but because there were no cars, they left. They asked if the service had already started. I told them that we were just about to start and they were welcome, but they said they decided to just head home and then hung up. I then asked Kelly to wait outside, because I needed to get started, and thankfully, I did because 10 minutes later, another car pulled up with 4 visitors, and she was able to guide them to parking. We were told that because of the winter darkness on our road, people found it very difficult to find, even with GPS. 
Despite all the spiritual opposition, it was a great night. I was concerned about boredom during the story, but as I sat in a living room chair and read with a crackling fire on the TV screen, everyone listened intently. We ended up having 5 first-time visitors that night and 40 total whom we made direct contact with online. The Day family and one of their church people helped as well in a tremendous way. On New Year’s Eve, we had our regular Bible study and then a Watch Night Service with games, prizes, praise times, hymns, and Creation videos; and then we prayed in the New Year together.
Soul Winning – In addition to getting the Gospel out on Saturdays and handing out a couple hundred of our new Christmas tracts, which Bro. Andrew Canavan graciously customised for us. Next year, I want to create Christmas packets to hand out to businesses and checkout workers. Our Christmas Eve visitors got to hear the Gospel clearly in the story, and we also had opportunities to speak with them directly and found that they were saved and occasionally attend the Baptist Union church nearby.
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I thank everyone who took the time to send encouraging emails, letters, Christmas gifts, and for your faithful prayers and support.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
November – November began with the conclusion of the Ladies’ Fall Getaway, and all of the ladies returned encouraged and excited for next year. On Saturday, November 6, Gospel Baptist Church in Lucan, Co. Dublin, hosted a Teen Rally, and it seemed there were about 40 teens who came out for it. We got to bring 3 with us, travelling 2½ hours to get there, but the preaching and activities were an encouragement to everyone.
December – I tried to get everything sorted for the advertising, and I texted one of our ladies to see if she would be willing to create an advertisement for the Christmas Eve Service, which she agreed to do. The Devil intervened again when the lady thought I wanted her to make her own video, but I was planning to record it that next Sunday and just wanted to see if she would be willing. She almost didn’t come to church that next Sunday because she thought she had let me down and couldn’t face me. Thankfully, she didn’t follow her emotions. When she discovered that I had it all ready to record on Sunday, she was delighted, and her daughter made a video as well. I edited them and got the videos uploaded and the Facebook ad set up and ready to go. Soon after on Saturday, the 13th, Keith II returned home from Bible college. Then on Sunday afternoon, we went to Grace Baptist Church’s evening service in Galway, and they also treated everyone to pizza to celebrate Keith’s return. We stayed overnight to use a free hotel night to stay over and to go to the Christmas Market.
Soul Winning – In addition to getting the Gospel out on Saturdays and handing out a couple hundred of our new Christmas tracts, which Bro. Andrew Canavan graciously customised for us. Next year, I want to create Christmas packets to hand out to businesses and checkout workers. Our Christmas Eve visitors got to hear the Gospel clearly in the story, and we also had opportunities to speak with them directly and found that they were saved and occasionally attend the Baptist Union church nearby.
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I thank everyone who took the time to send encouraging emails, letters, Christmas gifts, and for your faithful prayers and support.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
September – October '25: Teaching, Travel, and T-Shirts
01/11/25
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’m writing this letter just before Thanksgiving, so you should be getting it before Christmas. The Lord has really blessed our family in many different ways, and we are so thankful that He clothed Himself in human flesh so He could humanly fulfill the law and be the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Then He offers us salvation for free. What an amazing, “unspeakable gift” (II Corinthians 9:15). May we all be diligent this December, and in the coming year, to let others know that this gift of salvation is available to them as well.
September – We have had several new people inquire about and begin Biblical counselling with us. Often, we take our life and families for granted, but when I hear the stories and see the lives of people who have broken heath, broken families, broken marriages, or children who are not living for the Lord, it is evident that, were it not for the grace of God, I could be in the same position. When people are not walking with the Lord and trying to live the Christian life in the flesh, it has devastating consequences in the long run. I am thankful for my salvation, the Lord’s calling to serve Him in Ireland, my faithful wife, my family, my kids in their Bibles every morning, my wife’s hard work homeschooling through some health issues (but nothing serious), our church having a free building to meet in, faithful people attending, and for chickens, sheep, and cats to kill the country rodents. Over the years, the Lord has provided for us in the difficult times and in the less difficult. We also have an abundance of supporting churches and individuals who pray for us and help us financially.
In church, we have been going through the Old Testament for our Sunday Bible Class, and several months ago, I started an afternoon service I call “The Picture Bible.” It covers events from the beginning of the Bible to the end, with pictures, maps, and archeological evidences. It is a family learning time, and everyone seems to be enjoying it. On Wednesdays, we finished the book of Revelation, and I began going through the Psalms. We also stopped our weekly attendance to the churches in Ennis and Galway and are now going biweekly. Eventually, we will lower this to monthly. We had four first-time visitors attend the services in September. Also this month, our family jumped back into school full force. I also dragged my feet for many months, but I finally completed Keenan’s Irish citizenship application. My mom had a major surgery in September, cleaning out her clogged arteries. She needs open-heart surgery, but the doctors don’t believe it would be wise for her in her 70s and with several health conditions. When one of the boys showed interest in visiting the college Keith II is attending, I thought to put it off for another year, but with our oldest boy still at home being 17, my mom’s bad health, and an opportunity to visit Keith II, I prayerfully decided to make the trip for three weeks at the end of September. The Lord provided the finances, some accommodations, and help with our services in the church, so it seemed to be the Lord’s will. We flew over on the 29th of September. After many years, my mother-in-law was finally able to fly out to Ireland for a couple of weeks. She arrived just before Kendrick’s birthday on the 27th and stayed for another week after the boys and I flew to the U.S.
October – We visited Keith II and the college Open House during the first week of October. After, we drove to Fort Myers, Florida, to see my parents and sister; then we got a cheap flight directly to Maine. In Maine, I have a cousin, Jason, whom I grew up with. He was recently diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, along with other rare and lethal complications, so I took the time to go see him. He had made a profession of faith when he was a teenager.
While there, I showed the boys several places from my childhood, we visited my grandparents’ gravesite, and I got to visit with my Aunt Sheila, her son, Jason, and his partner. I also met with our home-church pastor in Manchester, New Hampshire, Pastor David Carlson. I was thankful for being able to break away. It is a difficult thing in Ireland, finding someone to fill in for you who understands the mindset of the people here, especially to fill in for an extended time. This always makes me wonder why many people will only support church-planting “Pauls” but often will not support a “Silas.” Unfortunately, my wife cannot fulfill the position of a “Silas,” nor do I want her to. I am thankful for the few men, from different churches in the country, who have filled in for us over the years while we were in the USA. The problem is that they have to leave their weekly duties at their own churches. Returning to the USA for extended periods is very difficult, especially when these few men are in demand for others who have to return for family emergencies. Closing the church doors for three to six months would be an unthinkable and devastating option. One missionary had to do Zoom services from the USA, and I wondered if his people would still be there when he returned. Thankfully, they were, but they struggled. This time, Pastor Andrew Canavan from Galway and Pastor Andrew Day from Ennis were able to help with our services. Before I left, I challenged our church people to read a chapter of the book of Proverbs each day of October. I offered a special gift (a Bible T-shirt) for those who completed it, and we had seven people who were able to. At the end of the month, there was an annual Ladies’ Meeting here in Ireland. This year’s theme was “Back to Basics,” and Kelly got to take part in the services and help them prepare decorations. We were able to get a lady from our church to attend, and she also brought a friend. Kelly also brought another pastor’s wife, who came for the first time. All of the ladies came back refreshed and excited for the next one in 2026.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the Gospel out on Saturdays and encouraging our people to join us, looking for opportunities to give the Gospel, as well as handing out tracts during the week. John, one of our regular attenders who often brings visitors, brought a Catholic Polish lady one Sunday. At the end of the service, we were able to explain salvation to her several times. She had never heard it before and said she needed time to think about it. I find this to be the case all too often. Please pray that these seeds that were sown will lead her to salvation.
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I thank everyone who took the time to send encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and for your faithful prayers and support. I also want to thank Pastor Carlson, Marge Smith, the Jackson family, Gospel Baptist Church for their love, support and prayers over the years, and Winkler Road Baptist Church for allowing us to stay in their lovely prophet’s chamber.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
September – We have had several new people inquire about and begin Biblical counselling with us. Often, we take our life and families for granted, but when I hear the stories and see the lives of people who have broken heath, broken families, broken marriages, or children who are not living for the Lord, it is evident that, were it not for the grace of God, I could be in the same position. When people are not walking with the Lord and trying to live the Christian life in the flesh, it has devastating consequences in the long run. I am thankful for my salvation, the Lord’s calling to serve Him in Ireland, my faithful wife, my family, my kids in their Bibles every morning, my wife’s hard work homeschooling through some health issues (but nothing serious), our church having a free building to meet in, faithful people attending, and for chickens, sheep, and cats to kill the country rodents. Over the years, the Lord has provided for us in the difficult times and in the less difficult. We also have an abundance of supporting churches and individuals who pray for us and help us financially.
October – We visited Keith II and the college Open House during the first week of October. After, we drove to Fort Myers, Florida, to see my parents and sister; then we got a cheap flight directly to Maine. In Maine, I have a cousin, Jason, whom I grew up with. He was recently diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, along with other rare and lethal complications, so I took the time to go see him. He had made a profession of faith when he was a teenager.
Soul Winning – We continue getting the Gospel out on Saturdays and encouraging our people to join us, looking for opportunities to give the Gospel, as well as handing out tracts during the week. John, one of our regular attenders who often brings visitors, brought a Catholic Polish lady one Sunday. At the end of the service, we were able to explain salvation to her several times. She had never heard it before and said she needed time to think about it. I find this to be the case all too often. Please pray that these seeds that were sown will lead her to salvation.
Please pray for these needs:
1. Co-laborers in Limerick
2. Protection over the ministry
3. A new building in the city
4. Guidance and wisdom moving forward
Last, I thank everyone who took the time to send encouraging emails, letters, birthday gifts, and for your faithful prayers and support. I also want to thank Pastor Carlson, Marge Smith, the Jackson family, Gospel Baptist Church for their love, support and prayers over the years, and Winkler Road Baptist Church for allowing us to stay in their lovely prophet’s chamber.
For the souls in Ireland,
Keith Hamilton
