Henzler, Mark & Diane
Mark and Diane Henzler (Children – Suzanna and Andrew)
Email: mhenzler@ibw.com.ni
Website: www.henzler.abwe.org
Address: 901 NW 112 Avenue, Plantation, FL 3332
Mission Agency: Association of Baptists For World Evangelism (ABWE)
Mission Field: Central America and Caribbean
Mark Henzler serves ABWE as Regional professor of Biblical studies for Central America and the Caribbean basin. The Henzlers have been involved in Church planting in Chile.
Regional Professor of Biblical Studies
Hello, Everybody!
Just a quick update and a couple requests for prayer:
Mark along with others of our ABWE guys just headed out to the ABWE Center this morning to launch the Manuel #2 training in the Institute of Church Planters. The Nicaraguan men in training will be learning how to use small group study and prayer groups as a way to start a church. We are happy to have our regional director, Rich Davis, missionary colleague from Peru, joining us in leading this training during the next three days.
On Friday, Suzanna and Diane leave for the States to start getting Suzanna ready for her first year of college, a one year Bible program at the Greek Bible College outside of Athens, Greece. Mark and Andrew will be traveling to the States on August 31 to have one more week together as a family before Suz’s departure. Then on September 7, Mark and Suzanna leave for Greece. Mark has been asked to teach the first class (a 2 week module) there, and we are so grateful to God that He has provided this great opportunity for Mark to be with Suzanna longer than originally planned, to help her get acclimated in her new surroundings, as well as tp meet those who will be her new "family" for this coming year. Besides, what kid wouldn’t want a parent to follow them to college! (Haha!) Andrew and I will return to Nicaragua on Sept. 14th to get him back to classes and his many responsibilities at Nicaragua Christian Academy. Mark returns to Nicaragua from Greece Sept. 27-28. Lots of comings and goings.
Please pray:
- For the 20 men (expected) in training at the ICP, for their continued spiritual and personal development as well as the development of their ministries.
- For safety in all our travels. It would be great if there were no complications
- For Mark’s preps and teaching of the tremendous yet challenging book of Hebrews to the students at the Greek Bible College.
- For Suzanna’s transition to Greece and to college life, for excellent new friends, for a Greek family to connect with, and for a church where she can feel at home and serve.
- For stamina, wisdom, and strength for Andrew–he has just begun his Junior year at Nicaragua Christian Academy, has a full schedule of great classes with great teachers, is serving on the Student Council and the school/youth group music worship team.
- For Suzanna and Andrew’s adjustment to being apart. They are very, very close as siblings, and this separation is difficult.
- For both of our fathers, Fred Henzler and Richard Engle, as they are dealing with some significant health research and challenges at this time.
- For God’s supply of our support needs in order to remain on the field. We would like not to take a furlough again until after Andrew’s graduation in 2012. Our support level is currently at 82.09%, a lack of $1,216.18/mo.
As any of you who have launched your kids from the nest know, this time of life is tremendously exciting and painful all at the same time. Please pray for all of us who are going through this transition at this time, for wisdom, strength, and increasing trust in God and in His continuing unfolding good plans in our children’s lives. We do praise and thank Him!
With love and appreciation for each one of you,
Mark and Diane, Suzanna and Andrew
P.S.. I’m sure Suzanna would love to receive some mail over there and it would be helpful to her if you could just also let her know which church you are from. Her address in Greece will be:
Greek Bible Institute
Adamopoulou 8
Pikermi, GR 190 09 GREECE
Her email address is srhenzler@gmail.com