Thank you!
We have been amazed by the generosity of several churches and individuals over the past few months. This help and encouragement has brought us very close to completing our financial needs, so we can depart for France enroute to Togo. In fact, we are only 340 dollars per month away from reaching the monthly minimum for financial clearance. To break this down, we need 7 more financial partners of 50$ per month. Thanks to several very generous one time gifts and the current giving of our monthly supporters, our one time account is rising quickly. At the current rate of giving, we should reach the number needed to complete this requirement sometime in September! This is even sooner than we expected.
Paul wrote a fitting thanksgiving to the church in Philippians 1:3-5. "I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now" (NIV)
This past week we completed our final training provided by ABWE. We learned a lot of important information to include cross cultural training, conflict resolution, and the requirements for us to receive the 7 clearances needed before we get to depart for France.
When we returned from Togo on October 1, 2014 the list of tasks that we needed to complete before we returned to Togo seemed huge and insurmountable. The list included: Natasha finding a job and completing the hours, and recertifying as a nurse practitioner (check), reach 85 % of our monthly costs, complete required reading, and attend field preparation seminar in May (check), complete monthly and one-time fund raising (getting closer), complete another required educational training (scheduled for the beginning of June), Natasha complete 4 bible classes (1 done, another scheduled in June, 2 remaining to complete online), pack a container and move out of our house (to be completed by August 31).
Many of you have asked for our timeline for departing to France and Togo. Well it was contingent on all of these things above. Stay posted, because we hope to report in the next few months that fund raising is complete. Then we can schedule our language classes and our departure!
Prayer requests
Our Family and Ministry - Our trainings recently and the next several months involve a lot of traveling for Natasha and I without our kids. The kids are staying with their grandparents more than their parents during this time. They are having lots of fun!
Please pray for us, our kids, and their grandparents during this time of instability for all of us. Additionally, the task of buying a container to ship over seas, packing what is needed for Africa, packing things for France separately, and storing or getting rid of everything else seems like a huge task. We now have a deadline to move out of our house by August 31. Please pray for our sanity and endurance as we continue to labor diligently at these tasks towards our goal of returning to serve the people of Togo.
Our Team - We continue to hear many exciting stories about the work that is going on in Mango. Our friends the Huber's returned this past week, and they have shared how God is at work in Mango, Togo! One of our colleagues there, recently shared that 75-100 patients have to be turned away every day because there are not enough providers to see them. Additionally, the work there is rewarding but also taxing. Please pray for nurses, doctors and other medical providers to join our team. Also pray for our team to recharge from the unlimited source of power found in Jesus Christ.
Upcoming events:
Crescent project: May 30 - June 6
Roots of Faith - New Testament: June 22 - 26
Pack container and move out of house: by August 31
We still have openings in our schedule. If you would like to hear more about the work in Togo please contact us.
When we returned from Togo on October 1, 2014 the list of tasks that we needed to complete before we returned to Togo seemed huge and insurmountable. The list included: Natasha finding a job and completing the hours, and recertifying as a nurse practitioner (check), reach 85 % of our monthly costs, complete required reading, and attend field preparation seminar in May (check), complete monthly and one-time fund raising (getting closer), complete another required educational training (scheduled for the beginning of June), Natasha complete 4 bible classes (1 done, another scheduled in June, 2 remaining to complete online), pack a container and move out of our house (to be completed by August 31).
Many of you have asked for our timeline for departing to France and Togo. Well it was contingent on all of these things above. Stay posted, because we hope to report in the next few months that fund raising is complete. Then we can schedule our language classes and our departure!
Prayer requests
Our Family and Ministry - Our trainings recently and the next several months involve a lot of traveling for Natasha and I without our kids. The kids are staying with their grandparents more than their parents during this time. They are having lots of fun!
Please pray for us, our kids, and their grandparents during this time of instability for all of us. Additionally, the task of buying a container to ship over seas, packing what is needed for Africa, packing things for France separately, and storing or getting rid of everything else seems like a huge task. We now have a deadline to move out of our house by August 31. Please pray for our sanity and endurance as we continue to labor diligently at these tasks towards our goal of returning to serve the people of Togo.
Our Team - We continue to hear many exciting stories about the work that is going on in Mango. Our friends the Huber's returned this past week, and they have shared how God is at work in Mango, Togo! One of our colleagues there, recently shared that 75-100 patients have to be turned away every day because there are not enough providers to see them. Additionally, the work there is rewarding but also taxing. Please pray for nurses, doctors and other medical providers to join our team. Also pray for our team to recharge from the unlimited source of power found in Jesus Christ.
Upcoming events:
Crescent project: May 30 - June 6
Roots of Faith - New Testament: June 22 - 26
Pack container and move out of house: by August 31
We still have openings in our schedule. If you would like to hear more about the work in Togo please contact us.
