Saturday, October 1, 2016

October 2016

Birth Announcement: Our little BOY, Christian Tate Buczak, was born September 7th. He weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. It has been three weeks since his birth and he has already reached 8 pounds 11 ounces. Talk about growing fast! This week we submitted his first passport application as we look to moving back to Togo in the near future. Thank you for your prayers for a safe delivery.

Thank you for praying for nice weather and safe flights throughout the summer as Ryan has been furthering his training to become a Certified Flight Instructor. He has just a few flights left and a check ride (practical examination) before he receives his license. We'd appreciate your continued prayers for blue skies and safety as he finishes this training.

Loved by his sisters.
Next week Ryan will be taking a quick trip down to North Carolina to see the progress on the airplane and to meet with the West Africa aviation team about policies and procedures. Please pray for safety and for open, God-honoring communication among the team members.

As we look to heading back to Togo, our goal is to return in November. We are still under supported and ask that you pray with us every day through the month of October that God would bring along the right people to back the ministry both with prayer and with financial support. We are short by $525 per month.

Other miscellaneous needs:
For travel - Visas, airline tickets, a few heavy duty black with yellow lid storage containers (preferred for lightweight luggage), window and porch screening to keep mosquitoes out of our house, malaria medications.
Upon arrival - Water pressure tank for our water system.
In the near future - A large (500 gallon) poly tank for our water system.
Low-wing Piper Arrow

We look forward to getting back to "our family" in Togo. We hear that the ministry begun with the Gnamssas is going well, but we are dying to see for ourselves. Please pray that we and those working with the family will have vision and direction for the future. May God's name be glorified in the Agamé region!

We met with a few good prayer warriors last week. You folks keep us going and we are ever thankful for you. One highly respected friend humbly asked us to pray that God would keep him from presumptuous sin. What a great way to ask for prayer! We, too, ask that you would pray that God would keep all of our family members from presumptuous sin, and that God would ultimately be glorified as He shapes us to be more like His Son.

"Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:13-14 ESV

May our God bless you all as you honor Him in the "little" things.

In Christ,
Ryan, Stephanie, Leslie, AnnMarie, and Christian