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.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

ForgiveUs

Forgive us. If you are receiving this email it is because you mean a lot to us. We ask that you forgive us. God has recently shown us that we have been taking our closest friends and family for granted. God has placed you in our lives for a reason and we know that reason is to bring glory to our Savior. Every time we choose to hoard the praises and the struggles that God, in His grace, has brought to us in our lives we are robbing Him of His glory.]

We love to share with you all the great things God is doing in our lives but for some reason we resist to share the struggles and hardships in our lives. Our pride robs you the opportunity to pray for our struggles and to see God's redemptive glory shine. Forgive us! We want to be real and give God the glory due Him and see miracles happen through this partnership.

For the next 3 days we will be sending you 3 stories and share with you something BIG we believe God will do in the next 3 weeks.


Stolen. We were awakened at 5:30am by a police officer knocking on the door. She informed us that there were some vehicle robberies in the neighborhood. Ryan had about $2000 worth of tools stolen from his construction work van.

Bad Timing. That same week the van was in desperate need of new tires...another $500!

Rent. Then our tenant renting our condo decided to stop paying his rent for several months and now he owes us $3800 of rent and past fees. And now we are left with a condo to sell in a tough market.

Angry! “God, I thought you called us to Africa! Then why does it feel like You are making it impossible to get there?” were the questions of frustration I had as I sat at the kitchen table late one night. Then God brought to my mind the memory of when I was in Africa looking around at the mud huts and tin roofs as the smell of trash and sewage permeate the air, and I see with my own two eyes starving children, men and women who are merely looking for their next meal. At that moment my apparent “problems” were belittled in comparison. As I look at the genuine problems of these poor starving children, men, and women God reminded me that this problem too is belittled in comparison to the desperate need of Jesus Christ. God has called us to go to Africa to be the hands and feet, to supply the starving children, men, and women a meal to eat and to bring the greatest news of all, the love of Jesus Christ and the hope that only He can give.

::Part2 tomorrow::

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