We would so rather tell you all this information in person.
I’ve lost track of the exact number of readers we have; somewhere around 450,
not counting those of you who pick up this letter off of the kiosk in your
church. We would love to sit down and have coffee or lunch with you. It’s a good
thing we have plenty of time to fellowship with you in Heaven. May He come
soon!
Please pray
for Ryan and his friend, Eric, May 18-21 as they fly the Stinson Ryan
borrowed from ABWE back to Atlanta. When Ryan brought the plane here in
October you were praying and the weather turned out to be perfect just
until the plane landed in Seattle. Your prayers for safety and good
weather are extremely important and we do not take them for granted.
We’re gearing up for a major 2½ month trip across the
country. We’ve decided to go ahead and drive. At this point, we’d like to to
sell our 1999 Toyota Camry (Yes, the legendary car Leslie was born in. This is
emotional for me 
.)
and buy a minivan. Please pray we are able to get a reliable van and sell our
car quickly. Our departure date is the week of June 11th in order to
be in St. Paul, MN on June 17th. We plan to be back home shortly
after Labor Day (see schedule below). If you’re on the east coast and would like
us to visit your church or home please let us know. Our purpose is to visit
with friends (maybe for the last time before we’re shipped out), and recruit
new prayer and financial partners.
We’re thankful for several new partners who put us
officially over 51% of our monthly requirement! Our Outfit and Passage fund is
full and has a surplus. We’re ready to be shipped out. If you sense God is
calling you to give to this ministry we’d be happy to visit with you in person
(especially you east coast friends). You may also click here to begin your partnership today.
I
almost sent this email without asking you to pray for our friend, Kezia
Kispert, who is applying to join us as our nanny while we are in
language school in France. We feel a little guilty for stealing one of
our best nursery workers from the church nursery roster... but then
again... Please pray that Kezia would be accepted (no real doubts there)
and be able to raise her support in time to leave with us in December
(all this Lord willing of course). We'll get more information on how to
give to Kezia's ministry in a future letter.
Micellaneous Snippets
We enjoyed meeting with a new church plant, Faith Bible
Church, on January 29th. Pastor Tim Atkins, his wife, Brenda, and
four children were a pleasure to get to know. We trust God is going to do
wonderful things with FBC as they reach out to their community in faith to
share the story of Jesus. Thank you FBC for your ministry to us on our visit.
February 29-March 4th we participated in what is
often the highlight of our year and much anticipated Edgewood Bible Church
Missions Conference at our home church. We were encouraged by Pastor Vern
Wilkinson and Pastor Bob Emrich as they reminded us that whatever work we do is
not ours. God will build His church with or without us. We are pleased that we
get to be a part of His church building work here in the U.S. and in Togo. What
a relief that it’s His responsibility, not ours!
Our Kids
Leslie has been asking lots of questions and reciting the
story of Jesus death, burial, and resurrection lately. It’s clear that she
doesn’t quite get the whole meaning of the story, but we are pleased that she
is interested. Thank you faithful teachers in our daughter’s life.
AnnMarie will be 11 months old on the 20th. She’s
officially crawling now and has three teeth as of Monday. Her smile and
laughter make our hearts giddy.
Thank you for your continued faithful prayers for us. God is
so gracious to us all the time. We have had several opportunities to plant and
water seeds here in the Northwest. What a privilege it is to be given this
great gift to share with those around us! Please pray that we would be bold to
speak the truth when the Holy Spirit wants us to.
Schedule:
Ryan flies the Stinson back to Atlanta-May 18-21
Sahara Challenge-St. Paul, MN-June 17-23
Calvary Heights Baptist Church-West Seneca, NY-June 27
Morton’s Corner Baptist Church-Springville, NY-July 1
Calvary Heights Baptist Church Picnic-West Seneca, NY-July 4
Elton Baptist Church-Delevan, NY-July 8
Rushford Baptist Church-Rushford, NY-July 15
Elton Baptist Church VBS-Delevan, NY-July 16-20
First Bible Baptist Church-Rochester, NY-July 18
ABWE-Togo Aviation Meeting-Harrisburg, PA-July20-21
ABWE-Essential Missions Components-Harrisburg, PA-July 23-27
Grace Baptist Church-Lewisberry, PA-July 29
North Carolina and Triad Baptist Church-two weeks in August
Atlanta, GA for Ryan’s flight technical evaluation-two weeks
in August
For other little tidbits about what we’re up to join our group (not fan page) on Facebook, The
Buczak Buzz.
In Christ,
