In 1991, we agreed to send Edwin and Patty Slack as church planting missionaries to Tabligbo, Togo, in West Africa. Our commitment was not only to the Slacks, but to the whole mission team working there. In 1994, the Slacks and four other families moved to Tabligbo to work about the Watchi and Eve peoples of southern Togo.

In the spirit of supporting the whole team, we continued to send support to Togo after the Slacks' return to the States in 2001. Instead of sending another family, we decided to partially finance the transportation and living expenses for a teacher for the missionary kids on the field. We have done so for the past several years, this year with a twist.

At the age of 9, at a Together for Togo seminar hosted by the Vancouver church, Amy Shaffer, committed to serving as a missionary in Togo some day. It took 12 years for her to grow into her dream. But in August 2006, she left to serve as teacher to the missionary kids in Tabligbo for one school year. She served alongside Emily Dunnagan as teacher for the six boys who remain on the field.

You can visit the Tabligbo Team website for more information or to subscribe to the team's weekly email newsletter. Please pray with us for the Tabligbo team as they complete their last year on the field before moving to a new mission in Rwanda.