Occupational therapy group

First Baptist Church in Burden, KS generously made possible a gift to each of the families who are a part of the OT group which meets weekly. In each bag there is a book of John, homemade play dough purchased from a pastor's wife who uses the extra income to support their family, 

bean bags, and food items. 

This little Cutie is one of the kids who comes to therapy group. She's making lots of progress! 

Madylanne got to come with us for our last Bible story of the year and to 

help deliver gift bags during therapy. 

Please pray these children and families will hear the voice of God calling them to 

Himself through Jesus His Son. 

                                                   

VBS week 1

Week 1 of VBS

What started out small turned out to be around 50+ kids for VBS...you'll recognize all the fun things that happen during VBS...Bible story time, crafts, games, and of course snacks! 

It was such a blessing having our big kids home from school so they could help, too...Madylanne enjoyed the little ones. 

It is the culture here for people to take their shoes off at the door before entering. Isn't it fun to see all the shoes at the door?

We had an amazing time teaching through the birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus...and He's coming back! Praying these truths from God's Word will take root in their hearts and they will grow to fruition in their lives....

 

Thankful

 This is us! I am so very thankful to God for so many things...most of all, Jesus, God's Son, and that God gives us a way to have a right relationship with Him through Jesus. And then, I am thankful for our family! Madylanne is home from school and we are so thankful to be together! This is us at our Thanksgiving celebration. 

We are very thankful for our national partners, too, and teammates! We really enjoyed being able to celebrate our Thanksgiving meal together. 

You've seen Laurien before, in the red shirt...he helps Mark with language and a ton of other things! He is a blessing from God, indeed. 

We are so thankful for our teammates, the Rains family. They will be transitioning to a new position within the IMB

in the next few months. We are thrilled for them to be saying YES to the Lord and simultaneously sad to see them go. We are grateful for the people God places in our lives in each season! 

Ladies Meeting

 Thank you for praying for the ladies meeting we had Saturday. Many ladies came to hear what the Bible has to say about how to interpret it well, our roles as women, and what a gift it is to be able to share the Word of God with our children and neighbors. 

Preparation

 The boys are helping us get arts and crafts materials ready for our VBS next week. Thanks, boys! 

Ednah is helping me stuff bean bags that will be Christmas gifts for the therapy kids. Thank you, Ednah, for the help, and thank you First Baptist Church Burden for helping make this possible! 

Visiting Madylanne

Madylanne was in a play at her school last weekend- what an honor to visit her and see the play in person! She and all the cast and crew worked so hard putting this together. 

We are so proud of your efforts, Madylanne. 

We hiked up the hill right next to her school on Saturday and enjoyed this gorgeous view of the valley. God's majesty on display! 

I'm so thankful to God for Madylanne.

 

Camel??

 Yep, it's a camel! We woke up to see this friendly camel face and hump 

one morning out our window, ha! 

This one and his two companions spent the night resting 

and eating vegetation near our fence. 

Their keepers walked them back to the beach the next day for their tourist rides.