| Aaron,
Andrea, and Daniel Burk |
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God
has blessed us with a time of refreshing this month
as we planned our team's spiritual retreat and a vacation
at the end of the month. This was good timing for us
since most of Aaron's visits were postponed due to harvest
time issues.
Daniel
has been enjoying school. Every morning before school
starts, Andrea goes in the living room where Daniel
has been watching cartoons on the T.V. and announces
that the school bus is heading out, so Andrea does her
impression of a school bus driver and Daniel his of
a student in the school bus following behind her. It
is always so encouraging to see his excitement and Andrea
is really pleased at how well her primary ministry is
going.
Aaron
is chomping at the bit to get back in the villages this
month. He's jump starting a stalled preaching point
(Zengown), starting a new preaching point (Mou) jointly
with his teammate Archie and Archie's nightguard Donatien,
and encouraging the Nakar and Nyinyime churches to start
evangelism in new areas this month.
May
the LORD Bless You and Keep You
Aaron, Andrea, and Daniel
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| Chad
and Amy Carter |
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This
has been quite a month for the Carters. On the 12th
of September our son, Noah Douglas, was born into our
arms. We have spent the month loving on him and adjusting
to our new role as parents. This has been a very special
time in our lives. We recently found out that he had
not been receiving enough milk and had not been growing
as he should. We are now working around the clock to
play catch up and to get him the nourishment that he
needs.
We
are enjoying our time on furlough. We have had the opportunity
to spend time with many friends and supporters and of
course with our family. The encouragement we are receiving
is such a blessing. We will spend the remainder of October
in Dallas, and continue to spend time with our home
congregation of Richardson East.
We
are also very excited about the news that we are hearing
from Burkina. We are rejoicing in the birth of these
new churches, and in the baptisms of new believers.
Chad is enjoying his work on the eldership curriculum.
Amy spent a day learning cake decorating tips from a
friend, trying to gain useful skills to take back to
Africa with her.
We
would still love to see you or hear from you. Email
us or call us at 972-396-8408.
Thanks
for your prayers and support
In Christ
Chad and Amy Carter
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| Andy
and Melissa Johnson |
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Greetings
from steamy Burkina Faso! October is the one month
out of the year where we genuinely qualify as
‘steamy’ because the heat has returned and the
rains have gone while leaving their humidity.
Please be praying that we get at least one or
two more rains to provide that final push the
crops need to turn out well.
This
month we enjoyed a team spiritual retreat led
by the Burks. The did a wonderful job of ministering
to the Chankins and to us by leading us through
a discussion of joy. We were refreshed by this
time together and are very grateful to Aaron and
Andrea for all the work that went into the retreat.
This
was a month of up and down village work. We were
discouraged at times because this is both the
harvest season (lots of work to be done) and the
malaria season (lots of illnesses and funerals),
both of which contributed to make numbers drop.
However, when we were able to have meetings, they
were great! We are still so grateful to be people
that genuinely enjoy our jobs.
We
also enjoyed getting to know the Daumlers, a Canadian
missionary family living south of us working with
an orphanage. We were able to visit them and get
to meet many of the children with whom they work
as well as invite them (and their four daughters)
up to our home for a pizza and movie party.
May
God bless you all!
Andy and Melissa
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| Archie,
Mandy, and Emma Chankin |
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Greeting
to all this month. Even though we are well into
October, we would like to fill everyone in on
things that went on in September. It was a good
month, although a bit busier than usual. Archie
has begun working out in Yo, a village not too
far from here and things are going well there.
He is enjoying working with our good Dagara friend
Severin. He also continues with leadership training
in Dagore. Please pray that both villages will
grow in number and commitment. We also enjoyed
a short team retreat this month which the Burks
planned and presented to encourage and edify all
of us. We were truly blessed through a study in
joy and we thank Aaron and Andrea for their work.
During the last week in Sept. we drove down to
Accra, Ghana - a two day drive - to pick up Mandy’s
parents who are here for a short visit. We have
enjoyed spending time with them and are looking
forward to the rest of thier time here. Finally,
we had a doctor’s appointment and everything with
the pregnancy looks good. It appears that we will
soon be the proud parents of a baby boy. Please
continue to pray for a healthy pregnancy and a
safe trip back to the States for Mandy and Emma
as they will be leaving on Oct. 19th. We thank
you all for your continued love and support.
Blessings,
Archie, Mandy and Emma
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