Sunday Update: Legacy Seafood was able to donate $350 to the Hasselbrings thanks to the generosity of the community. The Hasselbrings left on a flight for Africa this morning. We pray for their safe travels. DONATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED AT LEGACY SEAFOOD! THIS IS AN ONGOING FUNDRAISER.
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BY AMANDA PEVEY
ELMORE/AUTAUGA NEWS
Top Photo: From left are Tammy and Charles Hasselbring and Legacy Seafood Owner Jeff Campbell
PHOTOS BY AMANDA PEVEY AND CONTRIBUTED BY HASSELBRING FAMILY
MILLBROOK – Charles and Tammy Hasselbring are a local family here in Millbrook, Alabama who are missionaries to South Africa to build tabernacles. Legacy Seafood of Millbrook is hosting a fundraiser to help them in their quest.
Jeff Campbell, owner of Legacy Seafood Market in Millbrook, Alabama, will be helping the Hasselbrings with a donation jar at his business and all donations will be given to help the mission in South Africa.
“My goal for 2022 is to help others. It could be a meal, an opportunity, a testimony, an experience, pay for a kid to go to camp, art lessons – just help leave a Legacy that others can learn from and hopefully pay forward as well,” said Campbell.
Campbell attends Safe Harbor Church in Prattville. This past Sunday, he listened to Pastor Greg Melvin’s sermon. Melvin then called upon Charles and Tammy Hasselbring to come up and speak about their mission to South Africa. Campbell said after the Hasselbrings spoke about their mission, it touched his heart and he wanted to help them in any way he could. Those interested in donating can visit Legacy Seafood Market to make a donation for this family and try some delicious seafood while you are there. A check will be presented to the Hasselbrings before they leave out on Sunday to South Africa. Legacy Seafood Market is located at 179 Ashton Plaza Street in Millbrook, Alabama.
More About the Hasselbrings’ Mission
A missionary is a person who is sent out on a religious mission, to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
The couple has been doing mission work in Africa for 22 years. In just three years, they have built 79 tabernacles for worship services. These particular tabernacles in Africa are built with steel frames and the roof is made out of steel. The Hasselbrings have been in Millbrook, Alabama for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and have been raising funds to go back go to South Africa. They will be leaving on Sunday, January 9th to live in South Africa for the next four years.
Charles Hasselbring was just 7-years-old years when he said God called upon him to go to Africa. He knew that one day his mission was to help the people in Africa. Charles received a degree in Construction Technology in College. He has been an ordained minister for 8 years. The Hasselbrings met each other in 1990 and then married a year later in 1991. They have been married for 30 years. They have one son, DJ, whose full name is Dankieso John Hasselbring. The Hasselbrings adopted DJ when he was only three years old in Africa.
When DJ was three, his legs were crooked from malnutrition and he received surgery to correct them. Since the surgery, he has had no more issues and today is 22- years -old, living in Millbrook. He works as an apprentice lineman for Petty Line Construction in Clanton, Alabama.
The Hasselbrings traveled to Africa 22 years ago to help the people in Africa. There was a need for more churches, because many people that lived there only worshipped in small shacks which were made out of wood. The shacks were falling apart.
The Hasselbrings’ motto is #SHACKS MUST FALL. A tabernacle is built in about six hours and the size is a 40×50 building frame. Charles Hasselbring manufactures steel in his own shop in Africa. He along with the members of a church he is working with will help build their building during those six hours. A concrete pad is built for the bottom, then the frame and roof that are made of steel. The members that go to the church will finish the sides of the building.
South Africa is divided into nine provinces, so the Hasselbrings travel all over South Africa to build the tabernacles.
Many area Assembly of God churches in Alabama have given the Hasselbrings monetary support to help with the building of the tabernacles. Each tabernacle costs about $8,500. Temple Assembly of God in Clanton, Alabama has provided monetary donation for two tabernacles, Wetumpka New Home Assembly of God in Wetumpka, Alabama has provided seven tabernacles in the last 10 years, Clanton First Assembly of God in Clanton, Alabama has donated one tabernacle, Thompson Chapel Assembly of God in Jemison, Alabama provided one tabernacle, and Montgomery First Assembly of God has provided three tabernacles in the past year.
Safe Harbor in Prattville, Alabama has supported their ministry for many years enabling the Hasselbrings to build tabernacles and minister to the people of South Africa. Charles Hasselbring travels all of the U.S. to Assembly of God churches telling them his mission and what God has done in Africa. The Hasselbrings’ goal in South Africa is to build 100 tabernacles in the next four years.
“I would like to thank the churches, the many individuals, as well as the support in the last 22 years. With their support they have helped provide a place of worship in Africa. I Would also like to thank Legacy Seafood Market in Millbrook, Alabama. This is the first business that has committed to help support this mission of ours by setting up their place of business for donations,” said Charles Hasselbring.
For anyone who is not able to come by Legacy Seafood Market to make a donation, you can go online and make a monetary donation for this mission family. The website is: www. https://giving.ag.org/donate/61683716-2808-4a3a-beba-36941985a6b7.
