{"id":224,"date":"2011-09-02T16:08:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T16:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fotastic.ankitruia.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:31:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:31:17","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/?page_id=224","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"one-fourth\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"image align-center\"><span class=\"attachment-img preload\"><img class=\"border\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MG_0961-sm-crop.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Beth Hafer<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"three-fourth last\"><h2>About Me<\/h2>\n<p>I am privileged to live in \u00c9rd, Hungary (just outside Budapest) and serve in the ABWE Eastern Europe\/Central Asia Region (EE\/CA Region).<\/p>\n<p>My primary roles include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Administrative Assistant<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 working with the Regional Administrator, coordinating communications to the team, assisting with meetings and conferences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Graphic Design<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 assisting teammates and local church with graphics, prayer cards, and materials needed for ministries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teaching English<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 teaching conversational English to Hungarians through the community outreach of \u00c9rd Baptist Church<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ladies Ministries<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 leading Bible studies and helping facilitate ladies outreach ministries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I enjoy living and serving in Hungary and the many wonderful relationships I have been blessed with there. If you would like to receive letters and updates, please send your address to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ehafer@abwe.cc\">ehafer@abwe.cc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact me\u2026.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to meet personally to hear how you can partner with me in ministry<\/li>\n<li>to sign up to receive updates (email updates sent every 1-2 months)<\/li>\n<li>to request access to my private Facebook group<\/li>\n<li>to talk about opportunities to serve overseas\n<\/ul>\n<p>To partner with me financially, please use the Intent to Support form below.<\/p>\n<h4>Prayer Card<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pc-hafer-front-final-web.jpg\">Prayer Card Front<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pc-hafer-back-final-web.jpg\">Prayer Card Back<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Information Card<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/panelcard-hafer-2013-web.pdf\">PDF Card<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Intent to Support<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Intention-to-Support.pdf\">Intent to Support Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Designate form to: Elisabeth Hafer, Account 013189<br \/>\nReturn to ABWE &#8211; Donor Services, PO Box 8585, Harrisburg PA 17105-8585<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>My Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I received Jesus as my Savior at a young age, was raised in a Christian home, and attended Perry Baptist Church and School in Perry, MI. As a teen, I committed to prepare myself to serve the Lord and often felt drawn to missions, but didn\u2019t sense that God was calling me to go.<\/p>\n<p>After I graduated from college, my former youth pastor\u2014who had by then become a missionary\u2014asked, \u201cwhen are you coming to Hungary?\u201d In 1999, I had the opportunity to visit in Hungary, and began to seriously ask God for direction. I was excited, but unsure whether God was calling me to be a missionary. But the words \u201cJust GO!\u201d echoed in my mind. In March 2001, one of ABWE&#8217;s former presidents, preached at our church\u2019s missions conference. His first sermon emphasized that one word\u2014GO. At the Holy Spirit\u2019s leading I surrendered my life to missions.<\/p>\n<p>I can see how God has prepared me over the years for ministry in Central &amp; Eastern Europe. I began working with projects soon after my appointment in 2001, and I have been actively carrying out my role since 2005, beginning with an initial short-term (2005-2007) while I completed prefield ministry. I began full-time career service in Fall 2010. What a joy and privilege it is to follow this path God has laid out for me.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for allowing me to share this ministry with you. I would\u00a0greatly appreciate your prayers as I continue to follow God\u2019s leading.\u00a0I would love to share with you how you can partner with me in ministry or talk to you about opportunities where you might be able to serve.\u00a0Contact <a href=\"mailto:ehafer@abwe.cc\">me<\/a>, my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perrybaptist.com\/\">home church<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abwe.org\/\">ABWE<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h4>Favorite Verse<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Philippians 1:6<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Experience<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Church planting assistant with the ABWE Eastern Europe\/Central Asia (EE\/CA) Region team in Budapest, Hungary, since 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Church planting assistant with the ABWE Central &amp; Eastern Europe and Mediterranean (CEEMed) Region team in Budapest, Hungary (2005-2021).<\/li>\n<li>Youth leader (10 years) and other ministries at Perry Baptist Church.<\/li>\n<li>Administrative assistant and graphic designer at Michigan Family Forum, a Christian-based public policy and research nonprofit (1994-2005).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Education<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>B.A. Publishing \/ English Minor, 1994\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Birthday<\/h4>\n<li>November 24\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reachingaregion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}