“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?

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