We have been staying busy for the month of January! Despite illness and snow and extreme colds, we’ve had the opportunity to speak at a handful of churches and have been very grateful to God for the way He has moved in people’s hearts! Thank you most recently to Headwaters Church (Ft. Wayne, IN) and to Berean Baptist Church (Davenport, IA) for allowing us to come and share our hearts and then sharing your hearts in return! One of our biggest challenges that we saw for this year was our monthly support and over the last few weeks we’ve gone from 68% to now 77% (promised & actual)! Please continue to pray for God to open the door and to be with us as we have other opportunities to share our hearts for Togo.
Here is a link to our most recent speaking engagement -a small church with a big heart! In this both Fred and Lydia had a chance to share their personal testimony, our mission for Togo, and a mission challenge on what role would God have relationships to play in our lives as Christians.
Missions = Relationships – January 21, 2024 (youtube.com)
(times in the video: personal testimonies at 20:45, mission for Togo at 53:12 & missionary challenge at 1:22:11)
Prayer requests:
- Safe travels in the speaking engagements -especially in the winter months
- Busy schedules with kids activities, and prefield tasks (Lydia has 2 books left and both have 3 on-line courses) -we need wisdom and self-discipline to complete and balance these things
- God would open the door in our need for monthly support (we need 100% to be able to plan our departure)
- God would protect us from spiritual attack -almost always tends to come the morning of a speaking engagement and then right after one too.