Merry Christmas From the Hamptons 2010!

Its been a busy 

year for the Hamptons 

and God continues to show his faithfulness to our family! We began the new year by exlploring the Red Sea at the now reknown Sharm el-Sheik. Sam is a certified diver and has about 20 dives in his log, including Thistlegorm, a suken WWII vessel! 

In Februrary, we welcomed our third granddaughter,  Whitney Jill,  into our hearts and the arms of Jesus. During her short life inutero she touched many people through the faith of her parents. 

In March,  Sam took a fishing trip to Lake Nasser and caught a 65 # Nile Perch! I had an entire weekend of quilting at our flat. This past year I have completed 4 quilts from my UFO pile and made 2 for the granddaughters!

We took a local leave to Amsterdam and Bruges toward the end of April-Kuykenhoff Gardens were in full bloom! We enjoyed the chocolate and beers in Belgium, as well as the countryside!

 Sheyenne and Sean were able to come visit us in May.  We made our way down the Nile to Luxor and Valley of the Kings! The ancients captured our imagination and we became thoroughly pharonicated!

We also hosted the Landers from Joplin, Mo on their way to and from Africa in June. That was a pleasure as would be a visit from you!!!!

The Desert Ball is a FUNction put on by the local Rugby association. Sam and I had the pleasure of attending the dinner/dance held in front of the  pyramids at Giza. What a memorable night!

As you might imagine, the weather in Cairo gets plenty hot during the summer months! It parallels the weather in Phoenix so when we took our home leave the end of the summer, we were going from here to the same kind of weather! We had a great home leave; I criss-crossed the US to see kids in three places and when Sam joined me, we did it again! 

 God has been faithful! Megan and Eric minister in a church where he had been the sole minister for over a year. Carrying those responsiblities as well as his own youth ministry was a lot of long hours! God gave him the energy and the organization to keep a lot of balls in the air at once! Now they have an interim pastor and hopefully he can be at home more! Emmalia (3) is in pre-school and Kaira is a busy toddler of 1.

God also allowed David’s hearts desire to change schools from DePaul University to The University of Chicago where he is studying Economics. He is incredibly happy in this academic environment! He is a part of Crew and enjoys early morning workouts on Lake Michigan!

 Sheyenne and Sean are blessed to be expecting a baby May 5th or so! God has seen them through a tough year and they give him the Glory! We are excited to welcome this precious gift into the family! At the moment Sean is pursuing work in ministry, being laid off due to the staus of the CA economy. Hopefully we can be sharing His Faithfulness in this area as well, and soon! 

This October,  Kim met folks from Highland Park CC in Israel for 10 days. It was an amazing trip through the Holy Lands!  While I was there, Sam was starting a new job in the other joint venture- Qarun! He is now the Drilling Manager there. He  is enjoying the challenge and new work-nearer to home!

Sam and I just returned from a trip to London, took in some plays and museums and captured the Christmas spirit as we watched it snow the first day there!

We attend Maadi Community Church where Sam serves on the Board and Kim works in the Women’s Ministry in the area of NewComers Hospitality. 

We attend a Life Group where we study and come to know the Lord and each other better.  Right now we are searching for a way to serve Egypt as a group. 

Kim works in the Baby Wash ministry near Giza and enjoys her Quilters in DeNile quilting group! On weekends, we may take a trip, go for a walk in the Wadi, or just stay home and read. We are enjoying our life in Egypt, but we miss you all as well! We wish you all  

                  A  Merry Christmas!

  We’d love to hear from you!  

Sam and Kim Hampton  PO BOX 27582,    Houston,    TX      77227

Kim’s Blog: samandkimintulsa.blogspot.com