February 2, 2019

Hi friend,

What would the world look like if every church focused on one unreached people group? What if every church sent out their best up-and-coming church leaders? What if we were part of the generation that saw Christ’s return? These are the questions we have been wrestling with over the past couple of weeks. There are several books, including scripture written by Luke and Paul, that have helped us to process and ask these tough questions; we encourage you to take the time to read them, too. 

The Book of Acts – Luke 
Radical – David Platt
Insanity of God – Nik Ripken
Gain by Losing – JD Greear 

These are just a few of the books that continued to stir our hearts towards global missions. It gave us the revelation of the urgency to reach the nations!

“Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!” – Psalm 67:3

The Lord continues to show us His grace and provision. Each week this month we have been able to meet with individuals and families that have chosen to partner with us, except for this last week. With the opportunity to be a part of the Converge Unleash conference, we thought we would lose some “meeting” days. Even so, we hit our monthly goal ($2000 monthly support) on the last day of the month, January 31st! Blake was rudely awoken from his nap to be made aware of that! The conference focused on church strengthening and multiplication. We participated in a few engaging sessions (Leadership Pipeline, Infusing your Church with Global DNA, Leading Through Change) that continued to show us the importance of being a missional church. The conference gave us a great opportunity to continue to build relationships and connections with Converge churches. This is instrumental because it gives us an ever expanding network to help us reach the unreached of Togo. 

We are encouraged by the love, prayers, and support that you show. Thank you for being a part of what God is doing in West Africa. 

Better Together,
Blake & Kristen Harwood