Hello Everyone, There is so much I could say and such a testimony we have just getting here but I have to keep this letter short to fit this webpage. So I will do the best I can to condense this into a few paragraphs.
My name is Jason Hoyle and I have been involved in children's ministry for most of my life. Growing up my dad was a children's pastor and my mother manufactured puppets & costumes. We taught and ministered across the country. My first trip to Hawaii was in 1985 where my family held a kids crusade on Oahu. The impact was so big in my life, I often told my wife someday I would take her to Hawaii for a vacation. I often thought back of the ministry in Hawaii and it was a quiet desire of my heart to go back someday with my own family. Knowing the trip would cost a lot I would tell my wife "Someday, I will take you on a vacation to Hawaii". We had a very modest income my wife would smile at me and say "yes someday honey you will". Little did I ever know the Lord not only was going to answer my prayer to take us where we could be used the most but he would also grant me the desires of my heart. Oh the Lord is so good!
Before all this me and Linda and our three children have been working in children's ministry in Rockford, Illinois for the past 9 years and have had the privilege to work with many churches on the mainland with their children’s ministry. At First Assembly of God I was the Children’s Manager and intern Children's Pastor, holding services for 1st -6th grade, along with many other tasks, trainings and outreaches, while Linda was the preschool director and coordinator for many volunteers and parents & kids. The Lord also allowed us to run our own puppet manufacturing company called B.I.G. Puppets (believe in God). We use the puppet company as a tool for ministry to reach the unsaved. We had amazing times and seen amazing things .As time went by we felt the call of the Lord on our lives to get ready to relocate. At 1st we did not know where God would send us or what he was up to. We just simply had the desire to serve the Lord with the talents he gave us and be faithful to do anything he wanted us to do. For the past 3 years the prayer for our family has been for the Lord to take us where we can be used the most. We didn't care if that was Texas, Africa or the Arctic. "Praying it wasn’t the Arctic". The Lord answered that prayer with divine intervention and sent us here to Kauai.
Through multiple miracles and many divine meetings, the Lord has continued to provide and guide every step of the way for us. The Lord left no stone unturned when he master minded this move. He even kept the little things in mind like letting our new landlord be concerned if we had a can opener and even giving us a landlord through a divine set up with the office manager Clyde. We are now living in a house that was in the past a house of prayer. The peace in this house is so great as we can feel the Lords presence is here.
We looked forward to the future and the many things that the Lord will accomplish on this island. We give all the glory to Christ for his love, mercy and intervention in our lives. It’s a true blessing for us to be here at Aloha Church. The Lord not only answered our prayers but gave us the desires of our hearts. The Lord REALLY is so good. Everyday since we have been here we all wake up with such a peaceful and grateful heart. When we think about how the Lord loves the people in Kauai and how he loved us so much to care for us each step of this new journey. It’s incredible what he will do through his people to reach the unsaved. It’s exciting! Now is the time we believe, we pray and stand firm in faith that revival is on its way.
The Lord will have his way on this island as he continues to gather and use the body of Christ for his visions and puts us all to work reaching out to the unsaved. We are so thankful for all the Love and support the Aloha church and Pastor Vill & Grace and its members have given us. The friendships, Mama D's meals and the prayers! The Lord has used his people to come along side us to meet all these needs. It’s so humbling to see his goodness. May God Bless His church on Kauai, His Island and His people! It’s going to be an awesome adventure and we are glad we get to share in Christ's ministry with all of you. "Special thanks to Lighten for teaching me how to eat fish eye balls," the look on my wife’s face when I popped a barracuda eye ball in my mouth was priceless!"
-Jason, Linda, Brooke, Drake, and Bella Hoyle