kct. check.

we finished our Kingdom Come Training the week before last. it went really well. we both enjoyed it a lot and feel as if this will really profit our prefield ministry. tomorrow we start what is called the 'coaching' process, where we will be assigned someone to help us put together a strategy and keep us accountable in doing our part!

this was all made possible because of a donor in our church. thank you - to whoever you are - for your generosity and your love for God and for the Kenyan people. because of you our prefield ministry will now be more effective and hopefully enable us to get to Mombasa faster!

welcome home Airman Griffin

Jayme's brother, Bryan Griffin, recently graduated from the Airforce Academy at the Sheppard Airforce Base in Texas. he is now home until the beginning of September, then him and his wife, Sarah, will be leaving for Guam-where he will be based for a few years! we are so glad to have him home right now and spend time with him!!

thank you for your service- we love you!!

kct. week 1...check.

we completed our first week of Kingdom Come Training last week…it went really well. we really enjoy our trainer-Hoy. he makes it very interesting, so the hour and a half each night goes by pretty quickly. there are 2 other couples in the training with us, one of which is also ABWE missionaries that actually attended candidate class with our teammates, Alisa and Michael Paul Leek.

anyway-KCT seems like its going to be really good and we are praying that it will be a big help to us in our ministry. God will definitely use this to stretch and grow me but i am looking forward to it!

here goes the start of week 2. please pray for us this week!

:: HAPPY NEW YEAR ::

we can't believe it's already 2010! that year just flew by! maybe watching our little girl grow up made it just that much faster!! we had a lot of ups and downs this year but overall God was SO GOOD! he has really blessed our family and has brought us through many things as He teaches us and grows us!

as we look back at 2009...the year we officially became missionaries with ABWE and became commissioned by our home church in March, it is amazing to see how God has worked! our family was able to visit several churches in 2009. we found out we are expecting another little girl. God has answered so many prayers for us this past year: providing us with a vehicle, selling our condo and providing a place for us to stay, just to name a few!

we are definitely looking forward to this next year - 2010! we cant wait to see how God is going to work and we are excited for another year to serve Him and grow in Him!

:: it's a girl!! ::

this past week we were able to get an ultrasound done by our friend melissa - also a member of TK. she works at a pregnancy center in lebanon. after looking around for about an hour or so melissa was able to determine that it was definitely a girl! :) eden is going to have a little sister! we are very excited!! sisters are the best so im so glad eden and this new baby will share that special relationship!

:: eden turns ONE ::

i cant believe our little princess is already one year old!! it seems like we were just bringing her home from the hospital...time flies! she has changed so much over this past year which is crazy to think about as well! from just laying there and sleeping all day to now shes such a busy girl-crawling everywhere, almost walking everywhere, talking all the time - shes just growing up so fast! its so fun to watch her!

saturday we had a big birthday party for her - a monkey birthday for the monkey lover! she did so good. she was interested in all her gifts-it was so cute watching her expressions as we opened each one. and because she isnt too fond of getting her hands dirty she did not dive into her cake and make a huge mess like most one year olds do-but after we gave her a spoon to use she dove right in! so cute!

thank you God for the great year you have given us with little Eden!

:: our little monkey ::

eden got to experience her first halloween this year! last year at this time she was still hanging out in mommy's belly-OVERDUE!! :)because eden really likes monkeys, we thought it was only fitting for her to be a little monkey for halloween. we went out with her best friends - kennedy and claire boon and their cousins caloway and norah. we had a lot of fun-although eden was good to go after the first house handed out lollipops! im sure next year she'll be much more into trick-or-treating and getting more candy! :)

:: pray for a US MARINE ::

jayme's sister, katie, married Paul in November 2007. he is a part of the US Marines and is based out of Jacksonville, NC. this week his troop got deployed to Afghanistan for seven months. please take a moment to pray for him and the guys he is with-that God would watch over them and bring them home safely.

also please pray for katie and all the other wives and families left behind during this time. katie is such a strong woman but it is still SO hard for her. pray that God would give her the comfort and peace she needs for the next several months.
THANK YOU!!!

:: BERACHAH BAPTIST CHURCH ::

sunday evening we were able to spend some time with pastor lamar ferrell and his congregation at Berachah Baptist Church in Middletown, Ohio-with the whole team. they were having their missions banquet competition. each class got together and made food from a particular people group (such as african, german, polynesian, etc) - team kenya were the judges for this intense competition. there was TONS of food-lots of great stuff! we were stuffed. turns out we voted the polynesian group as the winners!

during this time shantelle and ryan and i were able to share our testimonies. actually ryan and i missed the morning service here since we were at another church that morning-the rest of the team was able to share in the morning.

we had a great time visiting with the people here-they were all so nice and inviting. THANK YOU for having us Berachah Baptist Church. you all were truly a blessing to us!
www.placeofblessing.com

:: CELEBRATION BAPTIST CHURCH ::

we were invited to visit Celebration Baptist Church in West Chester, Ohio. we have known Pastor Rick Groover and his family for several years-ever since they moved to Ohio in 2000. we had a great time getting to see them and the ministry God has blessed them with. celebration baptist church was definitely a blessing to us while we were there-we were able to talk to so many encouraging people.

this month is missions month at the church - so every Sunday they have another missionary come and share their ministry. ryan taught in the Sunday School hour then for the church service hour we gave our testimonies and shared our DVD. it was a great service and I am so glad we were able to be a part of it!

THANK YOU Groovers and Celebration Baptist Church!!!
www.celebratehim.org