September 4, 2007

Dear praying friends,

Another month has come and passed so quickly and there are many exciting aspects of the ministry to report, as well as exciting news within our family. We hope that this update finds each of you doing well, working harder for the Lord than ever before, and seeking His will for your lives. (Matthew 6:33).

We announced in last month's prayer letter that we would be coming home for furlough later this year. We are now in the process of contacting churches to share our ministry here in Kenya. We thank each of you who are interested in the work here and we could not do this work without your help. We are hoping and praying to get into many churches this next year and if you would like us to come and present our ministry in your church, please contact us at: naterad@yahoo.com. We do not have a phone yet in the States, so that is the best way to reach us, as we check this account often. Our availability to present this ministry is January 2008 through June 2008. We hope this will be ample time and availability. We are praying about many opportunities to present our ministry and would be very interested in coming to your church.

Lord willing, later this month, the main chaplains of the Nairobi prison authority will be coming to the Kitale main prison to visit and see the new building at the women's prison. As many of you know, the mission adventures team that came in June of this year built this building. It has been regarded by the head office at the prison as being the best constructed building on the whole prison compound. This is a great testimony to those who came, who donated the money, and who worked so hard to assist with this ministry. My wife and I thank each one of the team who sacrificed so much to help and truly showed a spirit of servanthood. As Hebrews 6:10 states, "For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shewed toward His name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister." The Lord does not forget and will bless us as we serve Him and give of our time, talents, and resources.

In our family news, we are very excited to announce that we are expecting our first child in April of 2008. The Lord has been so good to bless us with a new addition to our family. We are so excited and truly desire to be the kind of parents that the Lord desires us to be. Psalms 127:3-5 states, "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." We truly do believe that children are a heritage of the Lord, and it is an awesome responsibility to train and raise our children in a Godly manner. Please pray for us as we are both excited, but also humbled by the responsibility ahead of us to train up our children in the Lord. Proverbs 22:6 states, "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." This is truly our desire.

This is all the current news from the ministry here in Kitale. We appreciate so much each person who takes time to write, call, or offer a note of encouragement. You have no idea how much that means to us and we truly appreciate it, as life on the mission field can become discouraging and difficult at times. May the Lord bless you.

Until next month,

Nathan and Carrie Radford