“Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel…”  -Philippians 1:27

“God does not just hear your prayers. He hears your whole life.” (W. Bingham Hunter) What is my life saying today?

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Harry and Beath Sparks celebrated their 50th anniversary on Friday, November 6. The next day, the church honored them with a reception!  (To view the full screen version, click on the thumbnail to the right.)

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[Pictures courtesy of Cheryl]

Dear Friends,

Anita and I continue to be busy about the Lord’s work here in the Andean Mountain town of Huánuco, Peru. She works daily on children’s Sunday School lessons. As I have mentioned a few times in the past, these lessons are used by all of our churches and we know of several public school systems in the country using her material in their religious courses. Yes, it is the law in Peru that religion must be taught in the schools! Would it not be something great if the United States were to return to her roots and overturn laws that have taken God and prayers out of the schools? We can pray!

I continue to pastor the Calvary Baptist Mission Church here in Huánuco. Even though much of my time is spent in preparing lessons and teaching for the Bible Institute, I always enjoy working with young mission works and seeing them mature and finally become independent and organized into a new church. On average it takes about five to six years from the start of a new work to its organization and Calvary Baptist will be no exception. Please pray for us and this young work.

In last month’s letter I reported that a young medical missionary from Huánuco, Silvia Rojas, was going to be married on the the 25^th of October. Well the wedding went very well and Silvia and Benjamin are now married. It was the fourteenth wedding that I have conducted while in Huánuco. Later, after the wedding, I was told that family from both sides of the marriage had made comments about how nice it was to go to a wedding reception and not have it break out in family fights. It is a sad commentary on the culture here that most “non-Christian” weddings have a lot of drinking at the receptions and the liquor seems to take the scabs off wounds of many old perceived wrongs among family members. What a testimony it was for this young couple to share their faith in Jesus Christ before their families. Please pray for them as they start their new life together and serving the Lord at the Diospi-Suyana missionary hospital in Curahuasi, Peru.

Bro. Sheridan marries Silvia and Benjamin who will be working as medical missionaries in Peru.

The end of the month Anita and I traveled to the coastal town of Trujillo where I had been invited by the Esmirna Baptist Mission to come and preach and also teach on Baptist history. Trujillo is the third largest city in Peru with close to one million inhabitants. We had a great time with the mission work and the young pastor there, Moises Sevillano. He has been in Trujillo for two years now and has three different works; two in Trujillo and one three hours away in the city of Chiclayo, also on the coast. Please pray for Moises, he is very gifted young man with a genuine zeal to reach lost souls with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The city of Trujillo claims to be the “City of Eternal Springtime”, but after four days of humidity, Anita and I both agree that the mountain town of Huánuco where we live still has “the best climate in the world”, as the sign coming into our town claims.

From Trujillo we traveled back the capital city of Lima and spent a few days with Jason and Rebecca Reinhardt and the twins, Natali and Neomi. We had a great time taking the girls to the zoo and play park. They are now five years old and really love their Papaw and Nene (me and Anita!). We also enjoyed an afternoon with our missionary friends, Rodney and Rebecca Spears. Our new truck continues to run well and we thank the Lord for having it every time we make the long road trip from Huánuco to Lima and back.

While in Lima, Anita had her check-up with the oncologist and once again all the results of the various tests (blood work) came back with excellent numbers. We thank all of you for your continued prayers for her; I can see she continues to regain her former strength little by little as it has been almost a year since she finished her cancer treatments and was released by the doctor. God has shown HIS great mercy to us, and we praise HIM daily. Until next month.

In HIM by HIS grace,

Sheridan and Anita Stanton

ar Friends,

Anita and I continue to be busy about the Lord’s work here in the Andean Mountain town of Huánuco, Peru. She works daily on children’s Sunday School lessons. As I have mentioned a few times in the past, these lessons are used by all of our churches and we know of several public school systems in the country using her material in their religious courses. Yes, it is the law in Peru that religion must be taught in the schools! Would it not be something great if the United States were to return to her roots and overturn laws that have taken God and prayers out of the schools? We can pray!

I continue to pastor the Calvary Baptist Mission Church here in Huánuco. Even though much of my time is spent in preparing lessons and teaching for the Bible Institute, I always enjoy working with young mission works and seeing them mature and finally become independent and organized into a new church. On average it takes about five to six years from the start of a new work to its organization and Calvary Baptist will be no exception. Please pray for us and this young work.

In last month’s letter I reported that a young medical missionary from Huánuco, Silvia Rojas, was going to be married on the the 25^th of October. Well the wedding went very well and Silvia and Benjamin are now married. It was the fourteenth wedding that I have conducted while in Huánuco. Later, after the wedding, I was told that family from both sides of the marriage had made comments about how nice it was to go to a wedding reception and not have it break out in family fights. It is a sad commentary on the culture here that most “non-Christian” weddings have a lot of drinking at the receptions and the liquor seems to take the scabs off wounds of many old perceived wrongs among family members. What a testimony it was for this young couple to share their faith in Jesus Christ before their families. Please pray for them as they start their new life together and serving the Lord at the Diospi-Suyana missionary hospital in Curahuasi, Peru.

The end of the month Anita and I traveled to the coastal town of Trujillo where I had been invited by the Esmirna Baptist Mission to come and preach and also teach on Baptist history. Trujillo is the third largest city in Peru with close to one million inhabitants. We had a great time with the mission work and the young pastor there, Moises Sevillano. He has been in Trujillo for two years now and has three different works; two in Trujillo and one three hours away in the city of Chiclayo, also on the coast. Please pray for Moises, he is very gifted young man with a genuine zeal to reach lost souls with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The city of Trujillo claims to be the “City of Eternal Springtime”, but after four days of humidity, Anita and I both agree that the mountain town of Huánuco where we live still has “the best climate in the world”, as the sign coming into our town claims.

From Trujillo we traveled back the capital city of Lima and spent a few days with Jason and Rebecca Reinhardt and the twins, Natali and Neomi. We had a great time taking the girls to the zoo and play park. They are now five years old and really love their Papaw and Nene (me and Anita!). We also enjoyed an afternoon with our missionary friends, Rodney and Rebecca Spears. Our new truck continues to run well and we thank the Lord for having it every time we make the long road trip from Huánuco to Lima and back.

While in Lima, Anita had her check-up with the oncologist and once again all the results of the various tests (blood work) came back with excellent numbers. We thank all of you for your continued prayers for her; I can see she continues to regain her former strength little by little as it has been almost a year since she finished her cancer treatments and was released by the doctor. God has shown HIS great mercy to us, and we praise HIM daily. Until next month.

In HIM by HIS grace,

Sheridan and Anita Stanton

“For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.”  -Psalm 56:13

To overcome distresses of today, remember God’s deliverances of yesterday.  -Charles H. Spurgeon

Sunday School | 2 John 1:1-13 | Bro. Roger Harden
“And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.”  -2 John 1:6
If you love God, you’ll want to keep His commandments.  You’re not doing it to earn anything, you’re doing it out of love.

Morning Worship | 1 Corinthians 4:1-7 | Pastor Steve Wainright
“For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?“ -1 Corinthians 4:7
Boast in the Lord because whatever you have has been received from Him.  The ground is level at the cross!

Evening Worship | Leviticus 7:11-38 | Pastor Steve Wainright
“For our sake He made Him to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”  -2 Corinthians 5:21
Christ has fulfilled all the offerings that had to be given in order to come to God.  He is our burnt offering, meal offering, peace offering, sin offering and trespass offering, as seen in Leviticus 1-5.

LAST UPDATED Sunday, November 8

*Be sure to tell Bro. Wayne if you will be able to attend service the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. 

Monday, November 9
-What did you learn yesterday?  Have you applied anything yet?  Review your notes!
-Pray for marriages in our church family, that the Lord would protect them and be glorified through them.

Tuesday, November 10
6:45-8:00 a.m.- Men’s Morning Meditations: Where God’s Word and coffee perk you up at your Pastor’s home!
-Pray for our country, government and leaders.

Wednesday, November 11
7:00 p.m.- We will continue our “What We Believe Series,” studying “Heaven.”  The kids will be in Acts 11 studying Antioch.
-Pray for the children of NLBC today, that they will come to know Christ as their Savior and treasure Him above all things.

Thursday, November 12
-Pray for your Pastor as he prepares for Sunday.

Friday, November 13
-Pray for those at NLBC who are taking care of elderly parents at this time: strength to care for them, patience with them and grace for the trying moments.

Saturday, November 14
-Pray for the services and your pastor tomorrow and prepare your heart for worship.

Sunday, November 15
Happy Anniversary to Randy & Pam Thomas!
10:00 a.m.- Sunday School (3 John)
Devotion:
11:00 a.m.- Sunday Morning Worship (1 Corinthians 4)
Ushers: Tom Riley & Jason Estes
2:00 p.m.- Baptism at Thompson Road Baptist Church!!!!
5:30 p.m.- Little Lifers Kids’ Choir
6:00 p.m.- Sunday Evening Worship (Leviticus

Tuesday, April 13-Thursday, April 15, 2010
Together for the Gospel Conference in Louisville, Ky.

Missionary of the Month:

BFM Thanksgiving Offering – Our goal: $2000!
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Links of the Week:

• 9 ways to know the Gospel is true
• Rising from the Valley of Death
• Don’t Waste Your Life
• A Christ-centered sermon on Proverbs 31 for both guys and gals by Josh Harris

“Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.  I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.”  -Malachi 3:10-12

Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
All your money, talents, time and love;
Consecrate them all upon the altar;
While your Savior from above speaks sweetly,

“Trust Me, try Me, prove Me,”
saith the Lord of hosts, “and see
If a blessing, unmeasured blessing,
I will not pour out on thee.”

When my wavering faith in trials falter,
When His guiding hand I cannot see,
Then in wondrous love and tender mercy,
Through His Word He says to me, “My child, just

Trust Me, try Me, prove Me,”
saith the Lord of hosts, “and see
If a blessing, unmeasured blessing,
I will not pour out on thee.”

I have yielded Him my life forever,
All I am, or have, or hope to be;
Naught on earth my hold on Him can sever,
While I hear Him say to me, “My child, just

Trust Me, try Me, prove Me,”
saith the Lord of hosts, “and see
If a blessing, unmeasured blessing,
I will not pour out on thee.”

-by Lida Shivers Leech

Listen to Filipinos sing this catchy tune. 

Nathan, Carrie and McKenna Radford

Dear praying friends,                                                                                 November 5, 2009

Another month has come and passed, and we are now near the end of the year 2009. Time goes so quickly, and we thank the Lord for His faithfulness to us in the work here in Kenya. Psalm 116:12 says “What shall I render unto the LORD for all His benefits toward me?”
May we truly be mindful of all the blessings of the Lord we have, and in thanksgiving, use our lives to serve Him faithfully. This update will share current ministry progress as well as prayer requests.

This past month, we had a team visit us from Pennsylvania. What a blessing they were to us, as they got involved in many different areas of ministry here. They assisted in painting the building at the Annex prison, and also assisted in the ministry in the village of Rafiki in many ways. We had such a great time with them, and wanted to personally thank them for all the did for us, both to visit, and encourage. Their work for the Lord here will certainly not be forgotten, as they were such a blessing. We also appreciated their spirit for missions work across the world, and their desire to see it first-hand. Thanks again so much for all you did for us while you were here in Kenya.

In the work in Rafiki, I have recently finished the course “Firm Foundations – from Creation to Christ.” We learned so much together and I believe it was a great foundational course for those who are attending. I am attaching a photo of me teaching this course. Please pray for me, as I am attempting to teach each week in Swahili, the language of Kenya. It is a challenge, but it has been pushing me to learn more of the language so I can effectively communicate with the people. The language is challenging and has no similarities to English, so I would appreciate your prayers for this.

I now have the plan and goal of continuing to teach sound doctrine to the people and to begin a preaching point. It is my goal also to establish a church in this village, and I am continuing to teach the doctrines of the faith so they will be established firmly in what they believe. Solid doctrinal teaching is much needed here, and I would appreciate your prayers for this. 1 Peter 5:2 says “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy  lucre, but of a ready mind.”  Please pray for me in this time at the ministry of Rafiki, and also that the Lord would send those who look to Him for their provision, and trust in Him only. This is one of my goals, to develop those who depend on the Lord only for their needs, and look to Him Alone.
The prison ministry is also doing well. The “Firm Foundations” course is now also being used there, and the men seem to be gaining much from it. What a privilege it is to have the opportunity to teach from the Word of God. May we be mindful of the need for missions around the world. Mark 16:15 says “And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” May we be challenged by this and always remember the need to “reach the unreached” all around the world.

Carrie and McKenna are doing well. McKenna is growing and developing quickly, and we are so proud of her. What a blessing it is to have a child, and our goal is to train her in the ways of the Lord. We appreciate your prayers for us as we raise her, that we would be the parents we need to be. God bless you all and thanks again so much for your prayers and encouragement. It means so much to us.

Nathan, Carrie and McKenna Radford
Kenya, East Africa

“But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.”  -Romans 5:15

“We are now capable of a joy which unfallen spirits could not have known: the bliss of pardoned sin, the heaven of deep conscious obligation to eternal mercy. The bonds which bind redeemed ones to their God are the strongest which exist.

What a joy it will be to love the Lord more than any other of His creatures, and assuredly we shall do so. Do not think that this is an unwarrantable assertion, for I feel sure that it is the truth. Do you not read in the gospels of a woman who washed the Savior’s feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and anointed them with ointment? Did not the Savior say that she loved much because she had much forgiven? I take it that the same general principle will apply to all places, to eternity as well as to time, and therefore I believe that forgiven sinners will have a love to God and to His Christ such as cherubim and seraphim never felt; Gabriel cannot love Jesus as a forgiven man will do.

Those who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb will be nearer and dearer to Him, and He will be nearer and dearer to them, than all the ministering spirits before the throne, for He took upon Him our nature and not theirs.”

—Charles Spurgeon, “Honey from a Lion” (sermon on Romans 5:15)
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“I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.”  -Jeremiah 24:7

The hope of Israel and our hope. Sovereign grace. “I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, ” (Jeremiah 24:7).

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