Ryan :: Jayme :: Eden :: Lily

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Mason, Ohio
Ryan and Jayme Kuenkel were married in December of 2005. Together they surrendered their lives to God, not yet knowing what His plan would be. They began serving God in student ministries at Grace Baptist Church, Mason Ohio. In 2008 they were blessed with their first little girl, Eden, and then in 2010 they were blessed with Lillian. They have enjoyed the learning process of being parents. The Kuenkels are a part of a team of believers from Grace Baptist Church. Their passion is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the Kenyan people. Through the local church, they will be establishing various methods of ministries in efforts to reach the Kenyan people more effectively. An area of ministry near to the hearts of Ryan and Jayme is to start a youth camp in the city of Mombasa. This camp will serve a variety of different purposes in efforts to reach the neglected youth in Kenya. Please pray for the Kuenkels in their pre-field ministry as they work to get to the field of Mombasa, Kenya.

Monday, July 27, 2009

bigger every day!

last weekend we were able to visit with Jayme's sister, Katie. she came in town for one of her friend's weddings-so it was great to see her!

and eden just keeps growing up! she got another tooth on the bottom and loves being able to crawl around. she's starting to eat more solid foods-not much-but has been trying a few new things lately. eden is also pulling herself up to the standing position at times. it's so cute and fun watching her grow up! it's going way too fast though!!

Monday, July 20, 2009

:: such a big girl ::

eden is just growing up so very fast! it's sad but so fun at the same time! in about 2 1/2 weeks she will be 9 months old! i just cant believe it!

just in the past couple of weeks she got her first tooth that came through. and she also learned how to crawl! now she loves exploring and trying to pull herself up on things-that is when she is not in her cling-to-mommy mood! :) now when we go get her out of bed shes already sitting up or pulled herself halfway up on the banister-its really cute!

we are so blessed with our little girl! she is such a great baby and we cherish every moment with her!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

:: now go ::

We just got back from 4 days up in Harrisburg, PA for another weekend of ABWE training. We were there Friday night for our recognition ceremony-which went really well. Two men from our church on the mission committee came up to share the special time with us.

Saturday and Sunday we had Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship Training. It was some really good stuff that they were teaching us! We got great tools to use and lots of great ideas. Most of all, I think it gave us all a fire in us to go make intentional relationships and just talk to everyone we can to share the love of Christ with them!!

To see more about what we learned this weekend check out www.goodsoil.com.

The hardest part of this weekend was not being with Eden for 4 days! We've never left her before, but were unable to bring her this trip. She stayed with Jayme's parents and had a great time with them but it was hard being away for that long! We made it though!!

I'm pretty sure all of Team Kenya feels the same way but I can only speak for myself when I say that this weekend has put a desire in me that has been renewed from God saying "NOW GO - TELL OTHERS ABOUT ME!"