Greetings in the Name of Jesus! I pray you are all doing well. Life seems to be falling into a bit of a routine for us again after enjoying several visitors for the past few months. Language study is coming along well and it seems like good progress has been made in recent weeks. Continue to pray! Some aspects of the language are a bit challenging, but we are moving ahead. (For example: kitono, bitono, katono, and butono all mean "small", as do mutono, mitono, itono, ntono, lutono, and batono. You just have to remember which one goes with which noun. Rhoda is currently looking for a woman to tutor her as she and I have realized that we have different learning styles and would do better with separate tutors. 
The ministry being carried out by the local pastors is going on well. We have had the pleasure recently of distributing a number of Bibles to the people through the local pastors. The gift of Bibles has come at a very good time because the Jesus Film Campaign has created a lot of spiritual hunger. Several of the pastors have now begun Bible studies and have found the people yearning for the Word of God. Pastor Wilberforce told me that he gave a Luganda Bible to the Catholic priest in his village. The man fell to his knees in thanks to God and said that he had been a priest for twenty years and had never had his own Bible. Pastor Martin has found an open door to lead a Bible study among members of the Pentecostal church in his village. The door was opened wide through the Jesus Film as he went to their church and invited them all to attend. He now leads a weekly Bible study with them and they are extremely eager to receive the Word of God. Unfortunately, it seems that many churches in
Thanks you for your prayers for our family and the work here. Rhoda seems to have come out of the brunt of the morning sickness phase and is glad to be on her feet again. We hit a pretty low time of homesickness this past month, but have been grateful for the support of new friends (both missionary & local individuals) here. On Nov. 3rd we will celebrate our one-year anniversary of arriving in
Let me mention one more prayer need although I will need to keep it somewhat vague. The Evil One is attacking in the area of marriage and trying to cause division between husbands and wives, specifically amongst those in ministry. Please pray for strong, God-honoring marriages here in
Thank you again for your partnership with us. May the peace of God guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus,
In Him,
Nate (for Rhoda, boys & baby too)
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