Alex & Nicole Boyle
Missionaries to South Africa

Biblical Ministries Worldwide

August 2025

Guess what, God answered our prayers! Michal, Rudi and I (Alex) have received our visas! That means that we are able and plan to leave on 8 November for our first term.

We spent June and half of July with our home church. It was such a blessing to be encouraged by our pastor and church family during this time. One Sunday, Nicole and I shared a bit about our deputation experience, and I was given the opportunity to preach. 

In July, we also visited two partnering churches (one in WI and one in IL), who had asked us to visit before we depart. We appreciated the opportunities to preach and teach, as well as share about our calling to spread the gospel and talk about deputation. We valued time staying with and eating meals with friends. We are thankful for those who have given time to make Michal feel loved through little things like going for ice cream and talking with her at the church’s welcome desk.

This summer we were honored to be the missionary of the week for a VBS in New Jersey. Each day of their VBS we made short videos to share with the kids about Namibia, our deputation experience, and our visa application trip. The kids generously gave towards my language studies.  Another supporting church also set aside theirVBS offerings for our setting up expenses once we arrive to the field. A big thank you to all the children who gave to make my language school and some of our set-up possible. Our remaining needs are our airfare tickets and travel insurance ($4,130), set-up costs such as housing and furniture ($15,000), and a reliable off-road vehicle ($10,000). Thank you for considering helping us in these ways.

Recently, a church asked to reschedule with us, and we ended up with some free time. We decided to tent camp our way out West to Alex’s family. Now, we are in UT spending some time with his family and saying goodbye. Mission Conference/Emphasis season is just around the corner, and we look forward to presenting in CO, IA,VA, WA, MD, and PA.

Prayer & Praises

Saying Goodbye: Please pray for us as we travel over the next two months to visit a few more churches and to say goodbye to various family members. We’ve already had the opportunity to see and say goodbye to one set of my grandparents and an aunt and uncle and cousin, and we hope to see more family in September and October. Outgoing Funds: Moving overseas in November means we also need to raise the remainder of our Outgoing Funds in the next two and a half months. We are amazed and blessed by the gifts already given to this need. Visa Approval: We are so thankful to report that our visas were approved, and we can go ahead with the plan to leave in November. These visas grant us two years in South Africa for language study.  Wisdom: Please pray that we would make wise decisions as we finalize travel details and make plans for arrival in South Africa. Please specifically pray that we would have wisdom in choosing and enrolling Michal in a good Afrikaans school. There are sure to be many other decisions made over the coming months that we need wisdom for—please pray that we would face some of these unknowns with godly wisdom.