January 2017

We’re getting back into the swing of things with our life here in Togo. Thank you for praying for our hot water situation. We were pleased to have had our first warm showers on Christmas Day!!! Our water flow is good now and soon we will be installing a good water filtration system for the entire house.

We have been praying about what ministry paths we should follow for this term. The Lord has been pressing on our heart for some time to begin learning the Kabiyé language. We have found a curriculum created and used by the Peace Corps, and we have started using it with some of our Kabiyé friends here. We have also requested a teacher who could come to our house once a week to tutor us. Please pray that the Lord would bring the right person along to help us.

There is a small village not far from us who has asked us to come and teach the Story of Hope. Ryan will begin visiting this village in the next week or so to survey this possibility. Please pray that the Lord would open those paths if He would like us to pursue this ministry.

We continue our work with the Gnamssa family. We met last night with the pastor and pastor-in-training we have been working with about working further back in the Agamé region where the family lives. Please pray as certain obstacles have presented themselves. Please pray for wisdom on the patience for all those involved. We believe that the people in this region are open to learning the gospel and that God has a plan that involves using us and these two pastors there. We also intend to use this as a discipleship tool with the family to train them in evangelism.

We had the privilege of visiting Ghana earlier this month to lay down the rough draft for the West African Aviation Policy Manual. Those meetings went very well. We are pleased with what was accomplished and thankful for an encouraging time with our teammates. On another aviation note, our airplane is scheduled to be shipped out to us by the end of this month. Please pray for its safe passage. Please also pray that when it arrives in the port here, that the container will not be tampered with and that the taxes to get it released from port will be straight and reasonable.

The girls are doing well. Leslie is about to finish 2^nd grade and AnnMarie is plugging along at learning to read. They enjoy playing together and visiting and playing with other missionary kids their age. Christian eats well, sleeps well, grows well, and smiles well. He’s a joy to have around. Please always pray for us as parents that we would have what it takes to disciple our Children’s hearts to love and follow after Jesus. Just because we fall under the title of missionaries does not mean that these things come easy for us.

There are other ministries that present themselves to us frequently. Please pray that we would balance our time wisely and always seek to honor the Lord first in our lives. We chose the word “serve” as our family’s theme for the year, 2017. Please pray that we would have servant hearts like Jesus and do all of these things for His glory alone.

We love you. Thank you for sending and keeping us here. We love our job!

In Christ,

The Buczaks

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