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January 14, 2025

Disc Golf Tournament

by Serena
One of the fun TNT traditions is a disc golf tournament on New Year’s Day. There are sign-ups weeks in advance. A map of the course is drawn and starting locations are assigned. Trophies are polished off. Cold sodas are loaded into a cooler. Competitors and spectators gather excitedly. And after the scores are tallied...CONTINUE READING
January 12, 2025

How Do You Discern God’s Will?

by Serena
The last couple of months have been full of prayer and soul searching.  When we wrote our last newsletter, we believed that the Lord was directing us to go to language school next year.  We thought that it made sense to leave Togo while there were fewer families in Mango (due to multiple overlapping furloughs...CONTINUE READING
November 13, 2024

All the Critters

by Serena
I wouldn’t really call us “animal people” … but we have had some pretty cool pets since living in Africa. It started with a couple of Senegal parrots. Lately we have also shared our home with a hedgehog and a chameleon. We often get the see (and smell!) a herd of cattle, sheep and goats,...CONTINUE READING
November 8, 2024

Sovereign Over Us

by Serena
We attempted to send out an update in October, but the month completely got away from us. God knew. He had different plans. We were going to write about the wonderful start to the academic year at the MK school and the glorious rains that we were enjoying. And then the rain became TOO MUCH....CONTINUE READING
September 8, 2024

Back in Mango

by Serena
We have been back in Togo for a little over one week and have begun to settle back into life in Mango. What a joy it was to be in the United States this summer and to take part in so many different activities:  visiting supporters and reporting to churches, spending family time in the...CONTINUE READING
June 14, 2024

The End of the Beginning

by Serena
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”  Winston Churchill’s famous quote from WWII seems to apply well to us this week.  We have just completed our first year as teachers for the ABWE missionaries in Mango, Togo.  Within...CONTINUE READING
April 28, 2024

Heading Toward the Finish Line

by Serena
Plane tickets have been purchased!  Our family will be flying to the U.S. on June 18th, and we plan to return to Togo on August 27th. We look forward to being with our sending church in Idaho and visiting other churches as we are able.  Another main purpose of our trip is to spend time...CONTINUE READING
Missionary kids playing in the rain and mud puddles
April 27, 2024

First Rain!

by Serena
When we arrived in Mango at the end of August (2023) everything was green! Rainy season lasted through September. October is known as “Bug Month” – but it wasn’t too bad this year. Harmattan is the “cool” and dusty/dry season from December to February. March and April have been brutally HOT months. The land is...CONTINUE READING
April 16, 2024

Living Wax Museum

by Serena
This spring, our students at the MK school participated in a Living Wax Museum. Each student was required to select one person (living or dead) who had made some kind of significant contribution to history or culture. The were required to research their character’s life, complete a biographical lap book, design a table display, put...CONTINUE READING
April 4, 2024

ABWE’s 5oth Anniversary in Togo

by Serena
We got to experience a little taste of what Heaven will be like when we attended the 5oth anniversary of ABWE’s ministry in Togo. Saturday, March 23rd, was an unforgettable day as we gathered with over 3,000 Togolese brothers and sister in Christ to celebrate all that God has accomplished in this small west African...CONTINUE READING
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Praise

  • The 2026/2027 school year is off to a great start! Our curriculum arrived over the summer, and we have juggled our schedules to accommodate all the students in K-8th grades.
  • God has brought several new missionary families to serve in Mango, and we are enjoying getting to know our new colleagues.
  • The Bible Institute graduated its first class from the three-year program.
  • We have much more reliable water and electricity in the house where we are living this year.
  • We are fully supported!

Prayer

  • Pray for unity among our growing team and a bright testimony to our Togolese coworkers and neighbors.
  • Wisdom for Valerie as she makes decisions about college, and wisdom for us as we weigh our options for language school next year.
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