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“Fear not for I am with thee” is part of my life verse
found in the book of Isaiah. Do you ever fear what life
has in store for you? I always have a great deal of
hesitation when God is leading me down a new path and
FEAR is always a part of it. God has told me that I
should not fear because He has promised that He is there
with me and his hand will uphold me.
The financial times in the U.S. have caused some fear in
my life so I would ask that you would pray for the
Bechtel family. As Americans give less to their churches
the churches are not able to give as much to the
missionaries on foreign fields. It is just a simple fact
of life that our ministry depends on the generous spirit
of the American people. Lisa and I came back to the
states with several purposes. One of those was to raise
additional support for our family and ministry. I
scheduled myself in five new churches believing that
would help with our support needs. Last week, two of the
five cancelled us coming because of financial problems
in the church. This was a blow and caused fear to creep
into my life. In order for our family to minister in
Kenya we have to see new sponsors join our team - please
pray that God will give me courage to trust Him and that
people (maybe you) would also be able to trust God and
give to help the ministry in Kenya. There is a need of
close to $700 monthly. That seems like a large amount
but if we all work together, it can be met. If 70 people
would commit to send $10 a month to the Bechtels that
need would be met. Would you pray about being one of the
70? |


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New 4
Classroom Building at
New Life Academy |

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$700 in new monthly support
needed to continue ministries. |
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$20,000 needed to build a new church
building for Injili. |
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Safety as we travel around the US raising
funds for our special projects. |
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Our family – We are adopting a 3rd child and
are waiting for news that we can bring a new
baby into our home. |
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Ten dollars can make the difference in the eternal
destiny of a Kenyan man, woman, boy or girl. I pray that
God will use you to meet this need. All donations can be
sent to the Sending Agency address below. God is able to
do great things and we know he will provide for his
ministry in Kenya.
Some exciting news stories from the
ministry…The New Life Academy is finishing construction
on a four-classroom building that will enable us to
enlarge that program all the way to four grade. Also we
have purchased the five acres for the MANNA Christian
high school. Remember our aim is to change these
communities by reaching the families through their
children. God has blessed and we are well on our way to
being able to keep these children in a Christian
education program from kindergarten to high school. God
only knows what an impact these children will have on
their community and country in the future. I am also
happy that our dairy has a new addition. We have had our
second birth and now two of our “mom” cows can provide
milk for the feeding centers. God has also provided
$40,000 toward the new building for Injili (Gospel)
Baptist Church - the need is $60,000 to build this 1000
seat auditorium, keep praying!!
I believe that God is still at work
and there is much to be done in Kenya. Pray that the
Lord will send forth workers into the world to reap His
harvest. Thank you for your continuing financial and
prayer support.
God bless,
Bobby Lisa Ethan & Conner Bechtel |