July Newsletter 08

Togo!

July 2008

An insight into the ministry of LCMS Long-term missionary Megan Birney serving Christ in Togo, West Africa

LCMS World Mission in Togo Happy July! I hope this month has brought you all great joy. I have spent almost the entirety of this month preparing for my departure to Togo. In between working, vacation bible school, and saying goodbye, I have been in a packing frenzy! :) God has truly blessed me in these preparations and I am so excited to begin my service on August 7th. In June, I attended LCMS World Mission Orientation at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN with 42 other long-term and career missionaries beginning their service this year. This training was an affirmation and encouragement of God’s call for me to serve in Togo. Togo, officially known as the Togolese Republic, is located between Ghana and Benin while settled beneath Burkina

Faso on the Atlantic Coast of French-speaking West Africa. Togo became independent from France in 1964 and LCMS World Mission began work there in 1980. The Lutheran Churches in Africa are in need of well-trained leaders and pastors. Togo is home of the Lutheran Center for Theological Studies (CLET) which serves the need of the church in Togo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. So what’s my part in this amazing ministry? Rev. Glenn Fluegge heads the leadership of the CLET and lives in Togo with his wife Susan and their five children, Samuel, Abigail, Caleb, Jesse, and Eliana. With my college degree and my experience work-

Prayer Requests I appreciate all your thoughts and prayers as I serve!

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Please be in prayer for my fellow long-term missionaries serving this year.

Preparations! Please pray that all of my last minute details will fall into place

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Please pray that God would be in the lives of the Fluegge children and that I would be effective in their learning.

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Travel! Please pray that the Lord would keep myself and the Fluegges safe as we make our way to Togo (8/7-8/10).

ing with children, God has prepared me to be a part of this ministry by appointing me as the home school teacher for Samuel, Abigail, and Caleb. I’m so excited for what God will teach these children through me and what he will help me learn through them. For more information about the CLET and other LCMS ministries in Togo visit www.lcmsworldmission.org/ africa and click on “Togo”.

“Glory be to God, who by His mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or imagine” Ephesians 3:20

July 2008

LCMS World Mission 800-433-3954 www.lcmsworldmission.com [email protected] Learn more about the work of LCMS World Mission in Africa: www.lcmsworldmission.org/africa

Don’t forget to write! Megan Birney B.P. 38 Dapaong, Togo [email protected] www.lcms.org?13343 acrossanoceansizedlove.blogspot.com

Thank you! I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has prayerfully considered supporting my missionary service, through personal donations, attending fundraisers, and/or most importantly of all lifting me up in prayer! God has truly blessed me through each and everyone of you and in turn He has given you the opportunity to contribute to the great commission that Christ calls us to. To support my work financially, you may send a taxdeductible gift to: LCMS World Mission 1333 South Kirkwood Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63122-7295. Please make checks payable to LCMS World Mission. Mark checks on the memo line “Support of Megan Birney” Gifts can also be given securely online at my webpage: www.lcms.org?13343

Megan Birney B.P. 38 Dapaong, Togo

“He has shown you. O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God” Micah 6:8

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