We are so thankful that God has put YOU in our lives.
Faithful prayer partners
Sacrificial financial supporters
Super encouragers
Thank you for supporting our ministry with New Tribes Mission.
Jim, NTM missionary working in Papua New Guinea, wrote me (Ruth) recently, asking for digital copy of Firm Foundations: Romans and Ephesians. He sent this picture and gave this report:
“We started a new department called Bible Teaching Resource Department. We have translated and printed Building on Firm Foundations in Pidgin English. Now we are developing some simple English lessons with a PNG context.
“We have also been having pastors’ seminars around the country to introduce our teaching materials to them. There is a lot of interest now.”
“A lot of interest” – just look at the number of people in that picture! This report encourages me, as do others. Working on the Building on Firm Foundations and Firm Foundation Bible lessons is what I do every day. And these Bible lessons are being taught around the world, and even right here locally. Our church , Northland, A Church Distributed (a large church here in Central Florida), is starting Firm Foundations classes this Fall. We are praying for many to attend and become grounded in the grace of God.
Dave’s consulting ministry to help missionaries with computers also reaches around the world. The computer is such a fantastic tool for language learning, linguistic analysis, Bible translation, lesson development… the list is endless.
We love being part of what God is doing!
So thanks! Seriously, thanks! We know your prayers and gifts are to the Lord, and not to us. And He is using them around the world. We know YOU love being part of what God is doing as much as we do!
Prayer requests
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Pray for God’s wisdom in our daily work. We are thankful that God has given us insight in our fields, but we don’t want to rely on man’s wisdom (our own!), but on God.
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Pray for good communication and unity as we both work with others. This is a team effort!
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Pray for our children, and for us in our parenting role of advisors.
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Pray about the opportunities that we have outside our regular NTM ministry. Ruth is teaching an art class for 8 home-schooled high school students. Dave does photography whenever possible. For example, last week, he did a senior photo shoot, and the weekend prior to that, he photographed baptisms at our church. We enjoy using our gifts to connect with people. And we love connecting with people because that’s what leads to witness and discussions about the Lord.
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