:: eden is going to be a BIG SISTER! ::

we just found out that we are expecting our second!! eden is going to be a big sister! i am due april 24th-which is the day after ryan's birthday! we will keep you updated on the pregnancy process!

won't be long until eden turns one! i cant believe it. her and her little brother/sister will be 18 months apart when this little one is born!

:: condo for sale ::

check out the pics and if you are interested contact us for further details!! ryankuenkel@team-kenya.com - 513-309-8129

:: TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH ::

yesterday we were able to visit Temple Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Ohio. jayme's mom's aunt and uncle-and cousins-are members there. it was a great visit with the people there. everyone was so kind - it was a blessing to be there.

ryan was able to give a brief testimony in the morning service then in the evening service we both gave our testimonies, presented the ministry, and ryan preached a message. we were able to visit with the Norman family in the afternoon as she prepared lunch for us and her family-and Pastor Goudy and his wife Leigh came as well. it was a great time for all of us! jayme's parents also came to the evening service - thanks for your support!

thank you to Temple Baptist Church for all your kind words, generosity, and encouragement!

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!!

:: 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!

:: 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!"

a little piece of paradise

on may 13th we started on a road trip to ft. walton beach, fl - the reason was for my cousin's wedding, but we also made a family vacation out of it too! my parents, brother, sister and her husband and our family all stayed in a condo together-it was wonderful to have a nice, relaxing week with my family. the weather was great. we were able to just walk out of the condo right to the beach or the poolside-whatever mood we were in that day! the week went by way too fast-as we headed back to "real life" on the 20th!

eden loves rocky-she loves to pet him and pull on his fur-its so cute. rocky hates every minute of it but he still lets her! he's such a good little guy.

it is a sad time for our family-it has come to the point where we have to give rocky away. when it comes time to move, we are unable to take him with us. once we start traveling more it would not have worked out anyway-so we would have had to do it sometime-it's just sad to have to do it at all.

i know he will be much happier with another family that loves him and gives him the attention he deserves but we just can't give him right now with being so busy.

we love you rocky!!

moving time

the time has come - we are taking the next step, just one more closer to kenya. we are moving out of our condo into ryan's parent's basement. they have a nice finished basement with two bedrooms and a big bathroom. it is a nice little area.

so this week has been crazy busy with packing and moving. tomorrow is our official moving day when we will be moving just about everything that is left out.

we are so thankful for the generosity of the kuenkels and their willingness to allow us to live in their basement.

pics of the new place to come! :)

ryan turns 25!

on thursday, april 23rd ryan turned 25 years old. we were able to go out to eat for a nice dinner while ryan's parents watched eden.

that weekend we was able to go on a guys weekend out to springfield, missouri for a Mark Driscoll-Song of Solomon Conference. he had a great time and said the conference was amazing. so that was a nice little get-away for him

the next week we celebrated with his parents by going to one of his favorite places-Qdoba, a mexican burrito restaurant. then we went back to his parents house for dessert and presents!

i think he had a pretty good birthday! :) it's all downhill from here!