Buczak Buzz~June 2010

"Oh Magnify the LORD with me; and let us exalt his name together." Psalm 34:3

Praises:

Ryan got a job with a wonderful company working once again in aircraft maintenance. This has turned out to be a blessing. Ryan works for a Christian boss and enjoys working in his field of expertise. He has had opportunity to work on a larger variety of aircraft. He plans to fly often this summer, and Lord willing, acquire his seaplane rating.

We’ve moved to Edgewood which is closer to our sending church. We have been able to participate more with our church and grow in fellowship with the believers there. Ryan is participating in a men’s Bible study before work on Friday mornings. Stephanie has been a part of the women’s Bible study on Thursday mornings. We were also both privileged to participate in a parenting course with William Farley called Gospel Powered Parenting. This course blessed us with more than just parenting tips. It has been helping us to refocus on the gospel (that Jesus died on the cross to pay the pentalty for our sins and rose again on the third day so that we might be declared righteous!) and its very deep impact on every area of our lives, including missions.

We have visited Grace Baptist Church of Bellingham and Hobart Community Church. Grace Baptist is a “Togo minded” church. They will be sending a group to the northern hospital project in Mango, Togo this August. It was a pleasure to fellowship with them and we look forward to hearing about their trip when they return. Hobart was a church where Stephanie went for youth group as a teenager. It was fun to reconnect with old friends. May our Lord bless the believers in these churches as they seek to invite others to join our Father in glorifying our Lord for what He has done for us.

Prayer Requests:

Please pray that Ryan would be bold to share the importance of the cross of Jesus with those who are not saved in his new workplace.

Please pray that we would grow closer to the Lord and to each other as a family as we learn how to be “gospel powered” in our parenting, marriage, mission, etc.

Stephanie makes calls to churches every Tuesday and Thursday requesting the privilege of sharing our ministry to Togo in churches. This makes her very nervous. Please pray for calmness of nerves, that Leslie would take long naps on these days, and that we would be able to completely fill our fall calendar with speaking engagements.

We have some tentative dates set up for late summer and early fall. We look forward to traveling to Harrisburg, PA July 18-25 for Missionary Enrichment Conference and a Togo Aviation meeting. We also plan to travel to North Carolina in October to visit the church we attended while we lived there. Final dates for that trip have not been established.

Thank you for those of you who pray for us on a regular basis. Our Lord hears and answers your prayers.

Many Blessings!

Ryan, Stephanie, and Leslie Buczak

Special Thanks

We’d like to extend a special thanks to the Sunday School classes of Edgewood Bible Church and to those who have given specifically to the cost of Ryan’s flight time. To date, over $2400 has been raised!

With an agreement between Ryan and some aircraft owners this has the potential of covering over 40 of the 100 hours of needed flight!

Thanks so much!!!!