Coming Home
Happy New Year! We can't believe it's already here! New Years is a BIG celebration here in TOGO. People fill the churches the night before (even though they may not go to church all year) and ring in the new year with fasting, prayers and praise! We are on our way...
November Update from our Missionaries
Hello friends and family. It's November and we have entered the second season of the year, Harmatten season. The rains have ended and vegetation is drying up and everything is turning brown. There is fine dust or dirt in the air and the temperatures are HOT and cool...
Teaching Children Different Ways to Worship God
In September we started expanding the ministry weeks in the villages here in Togo, Africa. We have been visiting different villages each week. We get permission from the chiefs of that village first. We do health teaching, children's ministry, show the Jesus Film...
Let the Children Come to Me
In August when we visited a village and showed the Jesus film we had forty-eight people give their hearts to Jesus. Thirty-two of them were children. Clearly God was speaking to us about the NEED for ministering to the children. They have no...
August Update from our Missionaries
Greetings from beautiful Atakpame, Togo! We have now been living here for 6 months. Alex just received his visa, so we will be having an empty house available soon. That means friends can come see us! We will have the room to house you! So please consider our...
Whisperings of Heaven
Have you heard the song "Whisperings of Heaven"? When this beautiful 78 year old woman named Evedoh could see again, we could hear whisperings of heaven. Our "hearts were bursting" with joy because God healed her eyes. It's been an exciting month as Wayne and I...
Update on Chris
On Thursday, June 9th Wayne, Chris and I headed to Tsiko, which is three hours by car on the worst road ever. BUT, it had the most spectacular mountains that you ever did see! I love the trip down to Tsiko! In the last story we had on Chris, we asked for prayer for...
Our answered prayer came on a moto…
So many changes in one month! This was supposed to be our blog post for May, but we are officially on Africa time, so it is now our June post. After being in Togo for three months without any breaks from the farm both Wayne and I got Malaria and was down for almost...
French, Farming, and Church
We have been in beautiful, sunny, HOT Togo, Africa for 3 months now. We have come a long way in many aspects of the word. We are breaking into a new language and can communicate some but we have a long way to go. We have French lessons that are classroom style every...
Getting Settled In Togo
We are settling down on the fram just outside of a few miles from the third biggest city in Togo, Africa in Atakapame. We have met many neighbors who have stopped by to greet us! We feel very welcomed here. Their customary greeting is Bonjour and curtsey. We have...