Jeff and Brenda Holland
This week has been a fun one with all of Brenda's family in Branson, MO. We spent time at the pool, at the lake, and at the Silver Dollar City Amusement Park.

We have all been doing well. Rebecca is very easy at this time and travel has been a breeze.

Next week we stay with Brenda's parents in Springfield, MO. On Sunday, Jeff speaks at East Grand church of Christ. If you want to contact us, our cell phone number is (903) 271-0133.

Murphy and Christine Crowson
This is the Crowsons last week in the States. You can reach them by phone through June 7 @ this nationwide cell number: 501-230-8633.

Marty and Louise Koonce
We have arrived in states and are looking forward to a warm time in the US. We landed last Wednesday and hit the ground running with some much needed shopping for clothes to get us looking American again. We are already enjoying the rest at Marty's parents house in the woods of Monticello, AR and recovering from jet lag.

Marty hits the ground running next week as he preaches at three churches before we head on a weekend trip with his family to Branson, Missouri. The boys have been up at normal times each day and have filled their days with baseball, basketball, archery, bb guns, fishing, riding the four wheeler, and petting the horses. Marty and Louise are in their time lapse recovery. Please pray for our travels and for rest amongst them.

Also, please remember our work back in Togo as the training continues there even in our absence for Vogan, Ahepe, and Atitogon areas. Anthony is continuing the work with the Tabligbo group. Some of these groups are deep into evangelism parts of the training which is kind of a make or break potion of the training (Vogan and Ahepe) and then others like Atitogon have begun the second phase which is their first year of training other leaders. In addition to that please pray for Marty that he be able to glorify God in all of his speaking, to the specific needs of each congregation that he preaches at. Pray for us also to be able to have some kind of routine in the midst of all the travels. Thank you and God bless you.

Anthony and Maureen Parker
Thanks to all who prayed for Jonathan's recovery from malaria. God has granted him healing and he, and all of us, are doing great this week. Even the adults have been getting more regular exercise that has raised our energy levels.

Anthony had a good meeting with two of the four Tabligbo elders this week. Pray that we can re-establish regular training sessions with the entire group. Our trip to Ghana, together with recent rains that have made it prime farming time, have interrupted our routine.

With Marty on furlough, Anthony was also blessed to be able to help a Christian couple, both of whom have AIDS, by taking them to Lomé to see the doctor and buy medicines. (Marty has been helping this couple for several years now.) In the process, Anthony is learning a lot about the needs of people with this disease, some of the resources that are already available to them here, and is praying about how the church-both here and abroad-might be more involved in demonstrating God's love.

Please continue to pray for your Watchi brothers and sisters. Although we are in the rainy season, most people's corn crops haven't come in and their reserves at home from last year are finished. Corn prices in the market are at their highest in recent memory, so many people are struggling just to find food to eat.

We are excitedly anticipating the Crowsons return to Tabligbo at the end of next week.

Agricultural
Development
Ministry

Last year, Laté Lawson, a recent university graduate in agriculture, began working with the Watchi Christians to improve their agricultural yields and their crops. As a long-term strategy, Laté is helping farmers shift from a dependence on cotton--which has low income and depletes the soil--to more profitable soy beans which actually enrich the land. A shorter term goal, intended to provide cash for the families, is the raising of pineapples. Laté took these pictures a couple of weeks ago to share with you.

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Many Hands Make Light Work

Nyinoume Farmers

Pineapple Farm at Batoe