Ten new individual partners and one new church have put us above 45% of our committed monthly support! A special thanks to Triad Baptist Church of Kernersville, NC for voting us in this spring. You’ve given us another good reason to get back down to the south for southern style sweet tea, among other things of course ;-). We love you and miss you. Please say “hello” to our teens in the youth group for us. May our God continue to grow you in the knowledge of his gospel through our Lord Jesus.
Our eventful summer started off with the birth of our second daughter, AnnMarie Grace, June 20th. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 and 3/8 inches long. At two months she’s already about 12.5 pounds. Her beautiful dimples melt Daddy and Mommy’s hearts. Big sister Leslie is also enjoying her baby. She is learning to be helpful by taking AnnMarie’s diapers to the garbage for mommy. Her most helpful accomplishment has been potty training. She is now officially potty trained and even dry at night!
In May Ryan cut back his work with Ace Aviation to four days a week and is able to focus his Fridays on ministry calling and visitation. He occasionally gets to fly as well. At the moment, he needs 82 more hours of flight time to meet ABWE Air requirements.
Last week we met with our Missionary Care Team for the very first time. This team is made up of individuals from Edgewood Bible Church and serve as our representative team here in the states. We look forward to growing with these individuals who share our desire to share Jesus with those who have never heard of him. If you’re from EBC, it’s not too late to join. Shoot us an email and we’ll be sure to invite you to the next meeting.
Goals for the coming months:
1. Raise our support level to 50% by the end of August.
2. Attend an Islamic evangelism course next summer.
3. Attend Essential Missions Components (EMC)* next July (50% requirement to attend).
4. Take a Missions Theology course after EMC.
5. Attend Field Prep Seminar (FPS)* next November (85% requirement to attend).
6. Be fully supported by the beginning of December next year.
7. Leave for French language school in Albertville, France at the beginning of January 2013.
*EMC and FPS are mission courses held at ABWE headquarters in Harrisburg, PA.
Our primary goal of course is that God is honored through us here, in France, and in Togo as we share and teach about Him. Please join us in praying over these goals. We love to talk about Togo, so let us know if you’d like us to share our story with you face to face or by Skype if you are far away.
Your Servants to Togo,
Ryan, Stephanie, and Leslie, and AnnMarie Buczak
