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First Fruits SPRINGVILLE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 474 East Main St., Springville, NY 14141 JUNE 2016 DEADLINE FOR THE JULY FIRST FRUITS NEWSLETTER: MONDAY, JUNE 20 (PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE SEPERATE JULY & AUGUST NEWSLETTERS) EMAIL [email protected] OR DROP OFF ARTICLES TO CHURCH OFFICE Stick ‘em up! New class, Bible study announced for summer ere will be a Summer Adult Sunday School Class beginning on Sunday, July 17 and going through Sunday, Aug. 7 that will meet from 10 to 10:45 a.m. e class will be using Phil Moore’s book to guide in its study of Paul’s Letter to the Philippians. Vonnie will be the facilitator for this study. Please let her know if you will be participating in the class. IN ADDITION, the Summer Women’s Bible Study will begin on Monday, July 11 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Donna Benstead’s home, 10899 Matteson Corners Road in Holland. Women will carpool from the church. If you are interested in joining this study or need more information, call or text Donna at 863-2943. e group will be reading Your Beautiful Purpose by Susie Larson. e women will need to buy their own book and bring it along with their Bible each session. Also bring a lawn chair if the weather is warm enough to be outside. Our youth director Luke Skura gets duct-taped to the wall of the Family Life Center on May 7 dur- ing Aſtershock Youth Ministry. For what’s coming up for the youth, see page 5. Sunday School Service is June 5! e Sunday School service, held annually the first Sunday of June, will be held BETWEEN SERVICES this year, from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., in the sanctuary. We invited everyone in our congregation to attend as the all those involved in Sunday School celebrate the end of the year. e last day of regular Sunday School is May 29.

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Page 1: First Fruits — June 2016

First FruitsSPRINGVILLE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

474 East Main St., Springville, NY 14141

JUNE 2016

DEADLINE FOR THE JULY FIRST FRUITS NEWSLETTER: MONDAY, JUNE 20(PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE SEPERATE JULY & AUGUST NEWSLETTERS)

EMAIL [email protected] OR DROP OFF ARTICLES TO CHURCH OFFICE

Stick ‘em up!New class, Bible studyannounced for summer

There will be a Summer Adult Sunday School Class beginning on Sunday, July 17 and going through Sunday, Aug. 7 that will meet from 10 to 10:45 a.m.

The class will be using Phil Moore’s book to guide in its study of Paul’s Letter to the Philippians. Vonnie will be the facilitator for this study. Please let her know if you will be participating in the class.

IN ADDITION, the Summer Women’s Bible Study will begin on Monday, July 11 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Donna Benstead’s home, 10899 Matteson Corners Road in Holland. Women will carpool from the church.

If you are interested in joining this study or need more information, call or text Donna at 863-2943. The group will be reading Your Beautiful Purpose by Susie Larson. The women will need to buy their own book and bring it along with their Bible each session. Also bring a lawn chair if the weather is warm enough to be outside.

Our youth director Luke Skura gets duct-taped to the wall of the Family Life Center on May 7 dur-ing Aftershock Youth Ministry. For what’s coming up for the youth, see page 5.

Sunday School Service is June 5!The Sunday School service, held annually the first Sunday of June,

will be held BETWEEN SERVICES this year, from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., in the sanctuary.

We invited everyone in our congregation to attend as the all those involved in Sunday School celebrate the end of the year.

The last day of regular Sunday School is May 29.

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From the Pastor’s Desk...

My family recently had the privilege of taking some vacation time to Washington, D.C. It was a wonderful time of making memories with our sons. It was also a re-minder that when I am away from my duties as a pastor, I am never to take a vacation from being a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Summer tends to be a time when “church responsibili-ties” can get put on hold. Though with that said, no one who claims the name of Christ follower should see our discipleship that way. Summertime is actually a great example of how things can really grow, given the right weather conditions, and nurturing of the soil in which plants are planted.

I pray for you that this summer you will experience the presence of God in amazing ways. Though in order to “nurture the soil” of your walk with Christ, you and I need to not coast where our prayer life, study time, wit-nessing, and worship are concerned.

What are you planning on reading this summer? Con-sider challenging yourself to committing to a booklist from the wonderful selection in our church library this summer, and see what the Lord does with your efforts. There are so many great godly authors seeking the Lord’s guidance in their lives who can inspire your walk with Christ.

Where are the opportunities to share what the Lord is doing in your life this summer as you travel to different places visiting friends and family alike? See your journey as missionary in that regard, and watch what growth the Lord will bring through your faithful efforts!

Where ever you find yourself this summer, take time to worship from a deep heartfelt joy in the Lord. Don’t take a vacation from being filled up with the Spirit’s power and presence.

Who is the Lord prompting you to pray for? Don’t de-lay. Just do it and watch the growth in your own life and their’s.

Christian author and speaker, John Stonestreet tells a story of being a “9th grade Christian knucklehead ... without much faith of his own.” He was given an assign-ment with a best friend to visit shut-ins the last day of class before Christmas break at his Christian school in 1990. It would be an event that changed his world.

He and his friend Brain decided right away they did not want to go see “old people” so began to devise a plan to get out of their assignment! They decided to visit one per-son, and that’s how they met Mrs. Buckner. They shared an awkward experience of singing carols and a moment where she invited them to pray. They hoped their quick prayer was the end of things and they could make a quick escape ... but then Mrs. Buckner began to pray. John says,

“At that point, I’d been in the church my whole life. I’d heard thousands of prayers. But I had nev-er heard anything like this. I remember looking up just make sure that Jesus wasn’t sitting next to her, because it sure sounded like He was. She spoke to God as if she knew Him, with a simultaneous con-fidence and humility that only comes when you’re certain you’re being heard. ... Two years later, I woke up with the strangest feeling. Typically, I’d wake up thinking about basketball or my girlfriend, but I woke up this particular morning thinking of Ms. Buckner. And to this day, I have no idea why. But I ended up going back down that windy road to her house. “Ms. Buckner,” I said, “you probably don’t remember me, but two years ago I came here with my friend Brian. My name is John.”

“John,” she smiled. “I prayed for you this morn-ing.” From that point on, Ms. Buckner became a close personal friend. In fact, she prayed for me ev-ery day for the rest of her life. To this day, I cannot imagine what she prayed me into or out of. ... That’s what happens when you know Jesus, and treat oth-ers like the image-bearers that they are. God uses us, often in ways we can’t even imagine.”

Pray. Study. Share. Worship. Grow! I pray this will be your summer growth experience.

All for Jesus,

Pastor Kevin

Summer growth?“But honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you

for a reason for the hope that is in you.” - 1 Peter 3:15

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Sunday School & Small Group News

Sunday School wrapup

We have had a great year in Sunday School! Our children, youth and adults have had won-derful opportunities to grow spiritually and in the knowl-edge of the Bible and in their relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

We are most grateful for our teachers and facilitators who have given of their time, talents, and love to all of us.

Join us as we express our appreciation to the follow-ing people: Ann Marinaccio, Lisa Yaeger, Linda Blesy, Lynne Reynolds, Emily Dechow, Barb Blesy, Arlan Harvey, Jason Har-rington, Jill Narraway, Luke Skura, Tracy and Jeff Maybray, Donna Benstead, Mary Lou Forster, Mary Kay and Paul Wil-liams, Bud Vredenburg, Shirley Orton and Bill Skura. Thank you for leading us in our growth in discipleship.

Some of our youngest Sunday School children celebrate Pentecost by learn-ing that the symbol for the Holy Spirit is the dove.

Members of the Middle School Sunday School class engage in an activity as they learn about Jesus' teaching about the vine and the branches.

The Tuesday Morning Bible Study works on a prayer project that in-vites each of us to pray for those in our armed services. Everyone who attends church on May 29 received one of these prayer reminders.

The Bible Study meets Tuesday mornings from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Pastor Kevin is the con-tact person for additional information.

A prayer group gets together Tuesdays at 11 a.m. in the Prayer room downstairs. For info, contact Marion Labincki, 243-6058.

Reminder: Last day of Sunday School is May 29

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“Catch the Wave of God’s Amazing Love”

VBS Registration

St. Paul’s and St. John’s will be co-sponsoring a Community Vacation Bible School, June 27– July 1, from 9:00 – 11:45 a.m., at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 9372 Route 240, West

Valley, New York 14171. IF POSSIBLE, TO AVOID MONDAY MORNING CONFUSION, PLEASE REGISTER THE CHILDREN AHEAD OF TIME. (Leave registration forms in the box in St. Paul’s Narthex or in the back of St. John’s (Forms may also be given to Krista Frank (942-3204) or Alice Bingenheimer (942-6511).

Includes 3 year olds through those just completing 6th grade

Color for Monday is Orange Children are encouraged to bring a monetary offering each day.

The total amount will be given to a mission(s); none for VBS supplies.

1. Child’s Name: ___________________________________________________ Age: _________ Grade Completed: ___________

2. Child’s Name: ___________________________________________________ Age: _________ Grade Completed: ___________

3. Child’s Name: ___________________________________________________ Age: _________ Grade Completed: ___________

Emergency Contact: _______________________________________________

Name and Phone (Cell) Number: __________________________________________

Any allergies or health problems (specify which child if more than one on the form) _________________________________________________________________

Name of child’s Parent/Guardian: If not yourself, who is authorized to pick up your child/children? _______________________________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________

Phone (Cell) Number: ________________________________________

Church Affiliation (optional): __________________________________________

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Small Group & Fellowship

The Mommy and Me Playground meets on the second, third and fourth Mondays of the month from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

This group meets so that mom-mies can get together to talk, en-courage and support one another while their pre-school age children play with their friends.

For more information, please contact Sam Skura.

Mommy & Me meets most Mondays

On Tuesday mornings the Men’s Group meets at the Apple Dumplin Restaurant at 7 a.m.

Tuesday Men’s Group continues

There is regular use of the Family Life Center (or the church’s backyard when it’s nice) each Wednesday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. for volleyball. Contact person is Mike Lux, 592-2635.

Volleyball on Wednesdays

There is an exercise class from 8 to 9 a.m. on Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays in the Family Life Center. Contact person is Shirley Orton, 592-4090.

Exercise class meets

Aftershock Youth Group will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on June 5 and 12 and then will break for the summer. There will be NO Youth Group meetings June 19 or 26.

The second annual Senior Night will be Wednesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. All seniors and families are encouraged to attend; the entire congre-gation is invited! Come help us celebrate our graduates!

On June 18, AYM will be holding a Car Wash-a-Thon in the church parking lot. Youth will be going around asking for pledges for the number of cars they can wash. Time for that will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine.

The ConfirmationCeremony will be held at the 11 a.m. service on June 12.

Flamingo Flockings

will begin at the end of

June! Watch for further

details.

Graduation Sunday

is June 26

Our summer is going to be full of fun and crazy events. Stay tuned for the

release of the Summer Calendar!

Jason Harrington, one of AYM’s volunteers, gets duct-taped to the wall during the meeting May 7.

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Events/Announcements

Twenty women from Springville First United Methodist Church, along with some guests, traveled April 15 to Houghton College to attend a nearly sold out amazing night of empow-erment and worship for women throughout Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania.

The event featured music by four-time Grammy-nominated Christian singer and songwriter Natalie Grant along with esteemed Christian au-thors and speakers Jill and Erin Kelly, wife and daughter of Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills. The event also featured Family Life's Terese Main as the evening's emcee.

Terese Main opened the event shar-ing the stage with Jill and Erin Kelly in a “cozy living room setting” for their faith sharing. Because of their intense passion and desire to share their faith and hope, Jill and Erin impart their story around the country throughout the year. Their love for the Bible and the incomprehensible God who wrote it is contagious.

As their relationships and love for their Savior and His Word continue to grow, Jill and Erin continue to encourage others and bring hope to those who have none. They have a way to make each one feel personally connected with them.

We then were in for a concert by a Christian artist of amazing tal-ent. Natalie Grant is known for her powerful and soaring vocals, heart-gripping lyrics and passionate per-formances. She has since gone on to more than just music and awards; Grant has built a relationship with her

fan base on a personal level that goes well beyond the music. She connects with people as they see her as real, authentic and transparent. Natalie’s youngest daughter, Sadie, was travel-ing with her and what a little enter-tainer she is belting out music with her Mama – a delightful addition to Natalie’s concert.

A big thank you to Mary Lou Forster for publicizing and arranging for group tickets to insure our ladies could take advantage of this marvel-ous presentation. The evening came to an end too soon!

S1UMC women worship with Natalie Grant, Jill and Erin Kelly

Annual Conference June 2 to 4 at the OnCenter in Syracuse. On site registration is available.

To obtain a pre-conference booklet (Journal Vol. 1) or other available info please go to www.unyumc.org events/annualconference.

Annual Conference is June 2 to 4

Men’s Canoe Trip June 3, 4 & 5. We’ll be canoeing the Conewango Creek and Allegheny River starting above Warren, Pa. and ending near Tionesta. All are welcome, including kayakers. If interested, call Jon Maybray at 592-5049 or Jeff Maybray at 592-5461. This is a great bonding time!

Men’s Canoe Trip June 3, 4 & 5

There is not going to be a Leadership Council meeting on June 2.

Watch the happening sheet for details about a date change.

No Leadership Council June 2

FORUM meeting June 15 at 12:30 p.m. Picnic at Ellie Kirkendall’s home. Please bring your own paper plates and table service.

Heather Costner will be speaking about home schooling.

Forum group to meet June 15

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Thank Yous

I am thankful for the honor of having been chosen “Laity Per-son of the Year.”

I wish to thank all those who supported me at the banquet, those who sent cards and those with words of congratulations.

Waverley and I had a very en-joyable evening. We look for-ward to continue serving when and where ever God leads us.

In Christ,Arlan and Waverley Harvey

Arlan was recog-nized for his service at the Laity Banquet, held May 15 at Samuel’s Grande Manor in Wil-liamsville. He is joined by District Superin-tendent Wayne Butler, Pastor Kevin Costner and Jessica White, our district lay leader.

Dear Springville First United Methodist Church:On behalf of the Western New York Walk to Em-

maus, we would like to thank you for granting us the use of the Springville First United Methodist Church building in order to hold our walk weekends, teaming overnights and reunion. We know how much of a sacrifice it is for our church family to work around us, so please take comfort in knowing that many lives were re-energized for Christ during these events.

Many blessings to you for your generosity! Paul and Mary Kay Williams WNY WTE Treasurers

I want to extend my thanks and appreciation to my church family for all the prayers, cards and visits during my recent hos-pitalization and recovery time. It is so comforting and humbling to know people are praying for you when you are not well.

- Cindy Jaeger

Thank you from Emmaus... Thank you,church family

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June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26

June Worship Assistants

USHERS/GREETERS

WORSHIP LEADER

AnitaDomes

JanIngerson

DeBonenberger

ChristyDuprey

GREETERS Sue Place &Christy Duprey

Carolyn Robinson & David Graves

Peggy Rice &Shirley Quick

Jon & JoyMaybray

RADIO CREW RichiePlace

JanIngerson

MEDIACREW

KateMoody

MicahNarraway

ElizabethChase

KateMoody

USHERS Volunteers needed! Let the church office know of your interestor sign the clipboard by the Connection Center!

As of May 12th, we are experiencing a budget shortfall of approximately $1,700. Since the budget is in a constant state of change due to the variation in contribu-tions and expenses, this is currently a manageable deficit.

However, summer is approaching and this is traditionally a slow time for giv-ing. If you plan to be away this summer, would you consider paying ahead on your contributions? Or maybe you would con-sider electronic giving as a way to keep your contributions up-to-date. It’s easy and an be readjusted at anytime. Please see Paul Williams if you would like to take advantage of this option.

As always, thank you for your faithful giving. Our God is an Awesome God!

- Finance Team

Financial ReportOn June 10, the Family Life

Center will be setup for a scout event.

The Scouts will have an Eagle ceremony in the Family Life Center from 2 to 5 p.m. on June 11.

A different scout event will take place in the Pavilion area on June 18 from 3 p.m. to dusk.

Also on June 18, the sanctu-ary will be reserved for a piano recital.

George Miller will be coming on June 26.

On June 24, the sanctuary is reserved for a recital.

On June 25, the Family Life Center is reserved.

Links Fore Love golf event will take place at Concord Crest Golf Course in East Concord on June 11 — a hot dog lunch sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church at 12:30 p.m. with a 1 p.m. start Discounts for golfers ages 12 to 18 accompanied by an adult are available.

Do you want to participate or sponsor? Tickets are available. Every penny raised in this event helps the ministries of Love Inc.

Briefly...

Volunteers needed! Let the church office know of your interestor sign the clipboard by the Connection Center!

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Library Corner

Thin Iceby Irene Hannon

Thin Ice by Irene Hannon is book two in the “Men of Valor” series.

Christy Reed is mired in grief after losing her parents and only sister, only to be informed that her sister is still alive. FBI Agent Lance McGregor is assigned to reopen the case. As the case develops, one thing becomes clear, somebody has a deadly agenda for Christy.

An ideal blend of romance and intrigue.

Meet our reader of the month: Marion LabinckiThank you for all the wonderful books in our library. There is such a rich assortment of them from which to

choose. Sometimes I love the mysteries that keep me on the edge of my seat and sometimes I love the stories about the people and how their lives respond to the word of God in their lives. Many times I can identify with their feel-ings if not their circumstances.

There are times when the characters in the books become friends, especially when there are three or more se-quential families and their intertwined lives. My life seems so ordinary and yet I find that I can relate as to how the Lord touches people. Miracles are happening every day.

New reads:New books for summer reading! New books and reader of the month will come again in September!

We Choose Lifeby Dave Sterrett

We Choose Life edited by Dave Sterrett is a collection of com-pelling stories about the pro-life movement from men and wom-en who have been through the trenches and come on the other side. These stories bring light into the enveloping darkness of the culture of death – abortion.

The Inn at Ocean’s Edgeby Colleen Coble

The Inn at Ocean’s Edge by Col-leen Coble is the first book in the “Sunset Cove” series.

Claire’s visit to a luxury ho-tel in Maine awakens repressed memories, threatening all she holds dear. A thrilling tale of romantic suspense!

The Atonementby Beverly Lewis

The Atonement by Beverly Lewis, America’s premier and most popu-lar author of Amish fiction, is the story of Lucy Flaud, who is haunt-ed by the mistakes of her past and focuses her life on volunteering to redeem herself. The arrival of an Englischer and a longtime Amish boyhood friend challenge her to face the past and perhaps even

find love.

If I RunBy Terri Blackstock

If I Run by Terri Blackstock is a novel of suspense. Casey’s DNA is all over the crime scene and decides

to run, as the police have been no help in the past. Dy-lan Roberts, suffering from PTSD from the Iraqi War, has been hired to find her.

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Well, we are both back Stateside and eagerly awaiting the arrival of Baby V very shortly! We just wanted to post a brief update and let you know our lat-est newsletter is available, keeping you up to date on our plans! This summer we will be learning how to be parents (!!), and gearing up to return to Ma-lawi in August.

Please check out the newsletter (also printed in this edition of First Fruits) to read more about what we have been up to, what we will be doing next year, and how you can partner with us!

Or, if you are short on time–here are the highlights from the newsletter:

- Baby V is due any day now! Please be praying with us as we enter this new season.

- We will be returning to Malawi for our second year the first week of Au-gust.

- We are specifically praying for peo-ple to partner with us monthly in the upcoming year, and we would love for you to pray about whether you would be able to join us in this ministry.

- Along with monthly support, we are also looking for individuals to as-sist in travel costs back to Malawi in August.

To see more about what we have been up to specifically and what next

year will look like, make sure you read the full newsletter!

We are so, so grateful for the sup-port of community that we have re-ceived this past year, and know that we would not be able to be doing what we are doing without all of you.

Thank you!

Dan & Miranda VaccaroPosted May 27, 2016

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Mission Moments

PASTORKevin [email protected]

PASTORAL ASSISTANTRev. Vonnie [email protected]

DIRECTOR OF STUDENTMINISTRIESLuke [email protected]

CHURCH SECRETARYPeggy [email protected]

TUNE IN TO RADIO 1330 WSPQ-AM TO HEAR THE 11:00 SERVICE LIVESERMONS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE & VIA PODCAST, SEARCH “S1UMC” IN iTUNES

CALL US (716) 592-7451FAX US (716) 592-9143

EMAIL US [email protected] US ONLINE WWW.S1UMC.ORG

Our Staff & Information

You can continue to make offerings to support Dan and Miranda Vaccarro, who are full time missionary teachers at Ma-lawi Christian Academy. Checks may be made out to Spring-ville United Methodist Church or to the African Bible College and they will be forwarded to them.

Continue to support the Vaccaros

A Summer Update from the Vaccaros

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Our main ministry focus: Our main ministry is and will continue to be with ABC Christian Academy. We are very blessed by our ministry at the academy, but it can also be challenging at times. We live in one of the poorest countries in the world, yet the kids that we teach and see and build relationships with every day are not the poorest of the poor. Their parents are doctors, and lawyers, and government officials; and many of them are missionary kids. We are continually challenged in our own ideas of what missions is, and are constantly reminded that spiritual poverty is of far greater importance than physical poverty alone. As we seek to impact these children with the love of Christ, we pray that they will grow into leaders and individuals with the power and ability to truly impact their home country of Malawi.

Our goal is to train up a chi ld in the way they should go, with the hope that when they grow old they shal l not depart from it.

Vil lage Fridays: Our friend Gret Glyer started this ministry, and we have had the opportunity to partner with him a bit. His vision was to enable people from all over to make a difference in a Malawian villager’s life through a minimal contribution. Currently, he is undertaking a larger project of building a girl’s school called Girls Shine Academy. You can learn more about that, and get involved at villagefridays.com/education.

An update! As you probably all know, we are back in the States currently because our baby is due in June! In case you haven’t heard, we have decided we will be returning to Malawi in August for a second year of ministry with ABC Academy. You can read more about our decision and how we made it in our previous blog posts. We wanted to reach out to all of you now and ask that you pray about coming alongside us and what we are involved in in Malawi. We wanted to recap some of what we have been involved in this past year, and also share with you a bit of our vision for the next:

There is Hope: This is a second ministry that we have begun to partner with that works with Dzaleka refugee camp (which is about 40km from Lilongwe). They provide jobs and technical education as well as a youth program. They are actively teaching men and women from the camp carpentry, bricklaying and tailoring skills. Many of the people in the camp have been there for years, they cannot live elsewhere in Malawi, but they also cannot go back to their home country. There is Hope works with them to allow them to learn skills they can use to provide for their families. !

Two secondary areas of ministry: !

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Our vision for next year: One of the things we are most excited about for coming back next year is the ability to hit the ground running in August. Much of this year was spent getting our feet under us teach, living in a foreign country and figuring out where to get involved. Our hope is that next year we can return with increased vision and focus.

- Dan will continue to coach and teach at the academy with increased responsibility and established relationships.

- We will continue to work with both Gret’s ministry and There is Hope. - Miranda will be teaching part time at the academy, but with a more flexible schedule is excited to be

able to facilitate women’s ministry on the campus and within our greater community in Lilongwe. - We will be able to get more involved with our local church here, and the ministries that they partner

with.

You are our greatest blessing. None of this past year would have been possible without people like you who supported us both prayerfully and financially. Thank you for trusting us, and the work that we are doing here. Thank you for partnering with us, and being our prayer warriors. We would like to ask you to commit to continuing to partner with us in prayer. We NEED a spiritual family surrounding us and lifting us up. Please pray for our time in the States this summer as we have our baby and spend some time with family and friends, and pray for our transition back in August. We are excited for what this next year holds, but want to be sure that we continue to seek the Lord and listen to what His plans are for us.

Next Steps: As we look towards a second year of ministry in Malawi, we know that a lot of things will be different. Obviously, we will be traveling back as a family of three (!) and that brings some additional considerations.

We do not want to assume that you wil l continue to support us,

or support us to the same extent— but we would love it if you would

consider partnering with us again!

We are looking to raise $1,800 per month to cover our living expenses. We also will need to raise about $1,800 each (total $3,600) to

cover round trip flights for the following year. If you feel like you would like to continue to be a part of our main support network, you

can do so at https://www.africanbiblecolleges.net/onlinegi

fts/?1051. Whatever you decide, please continue to

keep all 3 (!) of us in prayer. We love you all!!

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