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Coffee and computers don’t mix

February 17, 2011

Woops. She set her coffee on her desk beside her laptop. She turned to speak to a guest, and when she turned back around, she caught the coffee cup and knocked it over, flooding her computer. This happened to one of the ladies at the Mission’s home office today. They brought the laptop to Dave, […]

Teens study Creation to Christ

February 14, 2011

Our son, Nathan, has been part of an “NTM and Friends Youth Group” for four years. We host the kids about every four weeks. Friday night, we hosted, and about 25 kids attended. Their current study is Firm Foundations: Creation to Christ. These kids are mostly MKs (Missionary Kids) who have heard

Find us faithful

January 26, 2011

Our son, Tom, took a phone call today at his work with NTM’s Associate Program. He identified himself when he answered the phone, and the caller went on to explain why she had called. As the conversation progressed, she asked, “So you said your name was Tom Brendle. By any chance, was your father a […]

Out with the old; in with the new

January 12, 2011

We designated that memorial gifts for Joy go to the Kindergarten class at Lake Monroe Christian Academy. Joy spent one morning a week in Mrs. Schake’s class for eight years. She loved the children, and through her presence, they learned to love someone very different from themselves. Mrs. Schake decided to use the gifts to purchase […]

Designing Supplemental Visuals

November 9, 2010

Ruth is coming up with ideas for visual aids for Firm Foundations: Romans. Pray for: Creativity Accuracy to Truth in words and pictures Unity as the team makes decisions about the concepts.

Warm fall colors and fellowship

October 26, 2010

Dave and Ruth returned home Monday night from a quick trip to Michigan. It’s been years since we have seen Fall colors. So refreshing to us. But the highlight of our trip was reconnecting with friends and supporters.

Spicy salad and sweet fellowship

October 6, 2010

It was a power-lunch! Bill has been the artist for our chronological revision project and other chronological projects, but I’d never met him. So when he and his wife, Shirley, were going to be in town, I invited them and several others who work closely with him for lunch.

Check the checklist

September 30, 2010

The Computer Department began the week scrambling to figure out who would do computer set-ups, now that Paul, who used to do that, is with the Lord. As a temporary measure, several from the Department are covering Paul’s job. As one has time, he does what he can

Life is a Vapor

September 27, 2010

NTM’s home office had its annual retreat this past weekend. On Sunday morning, we gathered at 8 to sing and have testimonies. Just minutes after this picture was taken, the gentleman under the umbrella was with the Lord.

Pray for a favorable decision

September 18, 2010

We have life insurance through New Tribes Mission, with a dependent child benefit. We were hoping to use this policy to cover Joy’s funeral expenses as well as other short-term expenses associated with her death. Today, we recieved a response from the insurance company that we should have reapplied when Joy turned 20. We had […]