September 30, 2006

Dear Friends,

September has been a peaceful month for Anita and me. I did not have to travel out of the region the entire month. I used my 'extra' time to get material ready for my Monday night Bible class which I started again for the saints of our Huánuco churches. This time we are teaching an introduction to the New Testament. I also started a special weekly class for our Pastors and preachers in the Huánuco region to help some of them prepare for their ordination. There are seven to eight that come each week and we have prayer, a time of fellowship, and then some doctrinal teaching using the churches' statement of faith. So far, it has proved to be a real blessing and we'll see if it will turn out to be something permanent in our agenda.

Speaking of teaching and classes: the next Bible Institute class for all of our Peruvian pastors will be the 24-27 of October. I will be teaching the first two days and then I have invited missionary Rodney Spears to teach the last two days. Rodney is a good friend and Baptist missionary in the capital city of Lima, Peru. My wife, Anita, and I are looking forward to having him with us. Please be in prayer for this class. These Bible Institute classes are always a blessing to us and to the pastors that attend, but they are expensive also. We don't charge anything and we provide meals, beds and all the books and study materials. We do this to keep the cost down for the pastors as they have to pay for their own traveling expenses.

Family News - Several have written and asked about my wife's hands. Anita's hands are much better; she seldom has trouble with them. We thank you for your prayers. Our daughter, Leah, married two years ago and now lives in Columbus, Ohio. She is expecting their first child the end of January. Anita and I will be grandparents for the second time! We are planning on Anita to be with her for about a month, and maybe I will go if the Lord provides the funds. Our son, Joshua, married three years ago and is now a captain in the United States Air Force and stationed in New Mexico. He is married and they have a beautiful baby girl, Caroline, fifteen months old. And me; I'm just getting older and uglier every day, but hopefully wiser! God is so good to us! We praise His name!

Some of you may remember a few years ago, Anita telling about a young girl and her mother we met on a plane while flying into Lima. The girl, Judith, was very sick and was on her way into Lima for medical treatment. Anyway, Anita befriended Judith and her mother, Sonia, and they soon trusted in Christ as their Savior and were baptized by me. Soon the father, Dyer, trusted the Lord and now the whole family has been attending church here for several years. The blessing is that Judith is going to start helping Anita teach the young children in Sunday School at our Acomayo mission. She has also starting singing specials in church (and doing a good job). God is so good! Until next month.

Serving Jesus in Peru,

Sheridan and Anita Stanton