Home Assignment Updates

We are sending you our April schedule so that you can be in prayer as we minister in so many places this month – our busiest so far!  Our prayer is that we would minister to others more than we are ministered to, and that something we might say or do would make an eternal difference in someone’s life. And of course, we would like to add to our team of faithful supporters as God leads

-Apr. 3 am – Faith Baptist, Bolivar, OH
-Apr. 3 pm – Youngs Corners Fellowship Baptist, Wadsworth, OH
-Apr. 6 pm – PHBC AWANAS
-Apr. 9-10 – Bible Baptist, Bedford, OH – 2 day missions conference
-Apr. 12 – Pastor’s Fellowship, Massillon, OH
-Apr. 13 pm – Elkview Baptist, Charleston, WV
-Apr. 15-16 – WV State Meeting, Parkersburg, WV 
-Apr. 17-20 – First Baptist, Wauseon, OH – 4-day missions conference
-Apr. 24 am – Cottageville Evans Baptist, Cottageville, WV
-Apr. 24 pm – Bible Baptist, Parkersburg, WV
-Apr. 30-May 1 – Open Door Baptist, New Woodstock, NY – 2 day meeting

Not much has changed since our last update, even though it?s been almost a month since we e-mailed. 

Bob is busy visiting with pastors, scheduling meetings, and studying while I handle the correspondence. Occasionally I have opportunity to use my computer skills to help friends and/or family out with their computer woes. I do miss being involved with technology on a regular basis, as Bob misses teaching. 

But this time of furlough has its blessings. We are enjoying the time we can spend with family and friends, catching up on your news and learning first hand how we can pray for you. We love worshiping together with many of you in familiar environments, and ministering to you when we can. This is also a time when we can ?hone? some of our skills and enjoy activities that aren?t available to us on the field. 

How can you pray for us?

First of all, we want to find a ?fix-me-up? house at an unbelievably low price, so that we can fix it up to live in while we?re home and then rent it out when we?re gone. Some of the places we?ve looked at are really bad, but affordable! The only thing that makes me willing to consider it is remembering how trashed our school was when we returned and how we got it all back together!

Secondly, we hope to return to the field by the first of the year. Before we can do that, we need to raise enough additional support to replace the subsidy we were receiving from ICA . Since we know that God can do this, we ask that you pray for us as we continue to build relationships with friends and churches, some who will partner with us in prayer and others who will also partner with us financially.

We want to thank all of you who prayed for our safety during our recent trip to Niamey, Niger. Thank you also for praying that the Lord would ‘direct our paths’ while visiting that field.

After visiting the field in Niger and talking with our sending church, we believe that God would have us serve at the MK (missionary kid) school in Niamey, Niger. Our mission, Evangelical Baptist Missions, has a number of ministries there including a seminary for the training of national pastors. We are excited to become a part of these ministries.

Currently, we will continue our furlough. This also includes raising additional support to be able to return to Niger. (As you know, the school in Ivory Coast subsidized our support; the one in Niger does not.) We are scheduling meetings through November, 2005, with hopes of being on the field by the first of 2006. We would love to visit your church and give an update. For scheduling, we can best be reached by e-mail.

Thank you for your faithful support and for being behind us in prayer during our most recent adventures.