Nattier News February/March 2014

The past 4 weeks have been very productive in our preparations for Togo.  We were blessed with the opportunity to present at two churches.  Our sending church, University Baptist Church, was extremely supportive.  Some of you may not know this, but I (Bryce) am very fearful of public speaking.  We were able to do a question and answer format which was not nearly as stressful.  Among other things our pastoral staff also helped us get prayer cards designed.  You can see the front below. 

This past weekend we visited Woodland Baptist Church.  It had been almost 8 years since we had seen many of this amazing church family.  What a warm welcome, and outpouring of love we experienced.  It was so wonderful to catch up with many dear friends.

We have been amazed at the six new financial partners in just the past two weeks.  You can see from our thermometer, our monthly support is definitely growing.  Just as a reminder, our goal is to reach 50% before July, so we can attend the next required training.  The number we need to reach is 3750 committed per month.  This is well within reach.  At the time of writing this, we are almost to 20%.   We want to say thank you to each of you who have partnered with us thus far.

After this training in July, we are excited to visit Togo for 2 months.  During our trip, we have several things on the itinerary.  We will be visiting Mango, our future home.  On our first trip we were unable to make the 7 hour trip to the north.  This time we will be spending about a week there.  We will meet some of our future teammates.  We will also hope to gain a better understanding of the housing situation and things we should plan to bring with us when we return.  We are so excited to see the hospital site and the progress that has been made.  It should be nearing completion when we visit, so they can open the doors in January 2015.  Please continue to pray for the construction team, and the teammates who are already on the ground working.   This is the most recent picture we could find of the hospital building which was in phase 2 of construction. 

 

The remaining weeks will be spent in southern Togo working at the hospital.  Natasha and I are excited to put our skills to work.  My parents will be traveling with us, which will help free us up to work in the hospital.  They will also be doing ministry with the skills God has given them.  Please pray that they will be blessed and will have wisdom on how to spend their retirement years - maybe a large chunk in Togo:-)

Praise: Huge amount of support and encouragement we experienced recently.

Prayer: We are looking for more churches to share about the work in Togo.  Please pray for open doors to speak.  If your church would be willing to host us, please email me.
Pray that we could reach 50% by July.
Pray for the Hospital of Hope construction team and our team already in Mango.
Pray for our trip to Togo this summer