A Silver Lining

October 16, 2020

Our Changing World None of us could have predicted how much our world would change in 2020. In fact even if someone had foretold our current circumstances, it is doubtful that any of us would have believed them. Thankfully, none of these things have surprised our all-knowing Lord. Many of you will remember that Debbie […]

Spring 2019

April 18, 2019

That sneaky little kufu-kufu! Within 24 hours of landing in the remote area where we used to live, I was wondering if it was really going to be profitable to stay for my scheduled two weeks – or whether it would be best to call the pilot and ask him to come back and take […]

NTM Reveals our new name, Ethnos360!

May 1, 2017

Yes, you read that correctly. After 75 years under the NTM moniker, on April 28th our leadership at New Tribes Mission announced a new name for our organization, “Ethnos360”. It has been obvious for quite a while that a change was necessary due to the perception created by our former name. Here is a brief […]

News from our kids

September 9, 2014

Stephen will be heading overseas in service to his country toward the end of the month. He will probably be gone for at least six months. This will be a long time for his family to be without him. Please pray for the whole family as they go through this time of separation, for safety […]

Summer 2013

July 9, 2013

MINISTRY New Tribes Mission Asia-Pacific In April and May I helped lead a workshop here in Florida that was attended by about a dozen Bible translators who work in nearly that many countries around the world. Each of us who were consultants worked closely with the translators as we worked through translation issues faced in […]

May 2012 Update

August 30, 2012

May 2012 Warm Spring greetings from Florida, Two weeks ago I returned home once again from the country where the Lord has given us a ministry since 1990. Due to security reasons, we are no longer using the name of the country in updates or other correspondence, but instead will refer to it […]

Another mustache…

August 3, 2011

Another mustache has come and gone. I may not have mentioned it in any previous updates, but during most of my trips away from home I cut down on my shaving and let my mustache grow. Then, at Debbie’s request, on the last day before returning to the US I become clean-shaved again! This trip […]