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Merry Christmas 2025

Merry Christmas 2025

December 11, 2025

Dear Praying friends and family, What a privilege it is to serve alongside you!!! Psalm 145:3 “Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.” Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before! What a gift it is to know HIM and get to walk alongside […]
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Reaching the Unreached in Two Tanguat Villages

Reaching the Unreached in Two Tanguat Villages

December 10, 2025

It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything on our blog…if you want to receive our regular email updates, just email us and let us know at paul_swenson@ntm.org. Back in June we the Tanguat church Bible teachers and Derek and myself began our Creation to Christ teaching to two different villages who had never heard […]
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Good News from a Far Country

Good News from a Far Country

December 10, 2025

The believers of Faith Bible Church in the Philippines just celebrated their sixth anniversary!  (This is an anniversary of the church building being built.)  They celebrated with singing, preaching, and eating.  They celebrated with one another.  They celebrated with guests and special speakers from two other churches.  And they celebrated without us, thus this was […]
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The Long Haul

The Long Haul

December 10, 2025

 Towards the end of our missions training we were asked to come up with a 60 second explanation of what we would be doing, ours went like this: We enable church planting missionaries to live in villages in remote locations.  Many of the people groups still unreached with the gospel are in hard to reach […]
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As Promised, A Post About Needs

As Promised, A Post About Needs

December 8, 2025

As promised in my last update, here is a more general field update about our need for support workers. The summary is that PNG needs support missionaries in order for church planting to happen, and there are lots of openings! New Tribes Mission in Papua New Guinea (NTM PNG) has church planting missionaries serving throughout […]
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Resilience: Strength Through Hardship

Resilience: Strength Through Hardship

December 7, 2025

Reading: Isaiah 36; Psalm 97 Key Verse: Psalm 97:9 — “For you, LORD, are supreme over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.” Dear Brothers and Sisters, When we face challenging circumstances, our instinct is often to look back for something to blame: poor decisions, wrong choices, failed responses, etc. While we […]
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The Blessing of Being Weak

The Blessing of Being Weak

December 7, 2025

Reading: I Kings 7, Psalm 99 Key Verse: 2 Cor 12:10 I take pleasure in weaknesses… for when I am weak than I am strong Dear Brothers and Sisters, My Bible reading this morning had me In 1 Kings 7 where it describes how Solomon built his palace and the articles for the Temple. One […]
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Doing the Hard Thing in God’s Strength

Doing the Hard Thing in God’s Strength

December 7, 2025

Reading: Isaiah 37:14–17; Mark 8:1–10 Key Verse: Isaiah 37:16 — “O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth.” Dear Brothers and Sisters, Why do we hesitate—or even resist—doing hard […]
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Strength for Tired Hands and Weak Knees

Strength for Tired Hands and Weak Knees

December 7, 2025

Reading: Psalm 96; Isaiah 35 Key Verse: Isaiah 35:3 — “With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees.” Dear Brothers and Sisters, Do you have tired hands? Do you feel like your knees may just give out if things continue going as they are? I have had […]
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Held in His Hands

Held in His Hands

December 7, 2025

Reading: Psalm 95:1–7 Key Verse: Psalm 95:7 — “For he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.” Dear Brothers and Sisters, Stress has a way of narrowing our focus. When storms rise, we often can’t see how God will work things out. I felt that last Sunday, […]
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