At the time of our last post, we were at 18% of our required monthly support. In the past month, the Lord has increased this to 46%. He has done this through the faithfulness of many of you. God is good!
We count ourselves very blessed to have such great people partnering with us each step of the way. We couldn't do this without those of you whom God has called to share in this journey. We want to specifically thank our friend, Zach Santmier, who designed our prayer card (see updated back of card below). We would most certainly still be working on this without his help.
Since we last wrote, we celebrated the birthdays of our oldest two, Elli and Andrew (8 & 6). We all strapped on a pair of roller skates and had a blast just trying to stay on our feet. Their birthdays were a reminder of just how fast our time on earth goes... a good reminder to make our time here count.
During spring break, we traveled to South Carolina and Georgia and were able to spend some time with family, friends, and Togo teammates. We came home from the trip physically tired but very spiritually recharged. We enjoyed reconnecting with close friends from our days in residency and an opportunity to speak at Edgefield First Baptist Church in Edgefield, SC. We were so warmly welcomed by all and feel very blessed by the chance to share about what God is doing. Our last stop on our trip was to see the Kendall's, our dear friends who will be serving with us in Togo. Our children (9 of them between our two families- all very close in age) were able to meet for the first time. How precious to see them all interact so sweetly and to become close friends so quickly.
Praise: Safe traveling and growth in monthly support
Prayer Requests
Please be in prayer for our teammates in Mango. They are working hard to try and have everything ready for the hospital to open January 2015. This is still not a guarantee. We learned recently that they send about 15 patients every two week to the ABWE hospital 6 hours south who have urgent medical needs. These are patients who can afford the trip. They also relayed there are at least that many people just in the local area who can't afford the trip and are dying of treatable problems. It is heartbreaking to hear this news, but it's taking a toll on them seeing the needs and not having the capabilities to intervene.
Please pray for our trip to Togo in August. We will be meeting many of our future team members and having a meeting to discuss goals for the medical ministries. Please pray for us to see how God is directing rather than make plans from our limited human perspective.
Continue to pray that we could reach 50% by July to attend the next training.
