Same Team

August 7, 2012

Did the new NTM@work arrive in your mailbox this week? It is the August issue of NTM’s quarterly magazine. This issue tells about how the missionaries who work at the Home Office here in Sanford are essential partners in the NTM team. And wow, is it ever a good reminder, even to us, of how […]

Computer Disaster Averted

June 20, 2012

The call came from Guinea, West Africa. “Dave, the electricity went off while our computer was in the midst of Windows updates. The drive crashed. So can I just copy my Casper image to restore the drive?” Dave’s response? “NO! Don’t do that, or you will lose all your backed-up data. You need to physically move the drive with […]

Salvaged Printer

March 1, 2012

Jan came to Dave with a problem. Her printer gave out after 15 years of use. Dave knew exactly what to do. He pulled a printer out of the salvage pile. Perfect solution! Praise the Lord for the salvaged computer equipment rescued from the new building. And praise the Lord that Jan is back up and running. May this printer […]

Salvage

February 27, 2012

A few remaining tenants have been renting space at NTM’s new office building in town. These tenants are in the process of moving out, and intended to clean out all their equipment, including their remaining computer equipment. They didn’t want it, and were going to hire a salvage company to come in and remove it. Andy and Alan, from the Computer Services […]

Ministries marry

March 9, 2011

Lindy and Carol are NTM missionaries in Brazil. Dave and I are pleased to be working with them to see a vibrant church established among the Guanano people.

High School French inadequate

March 4, 2011

Dave took French in High School, but what he learned then was far from what he needed today when he had to set up a computer in French.

Coffee-drowned computer back in service

February 25, 2011

Last week, a lady at NTM’s home office brought her computer to Dave after spilling a full cup of coffee on it. As a previous post described, Dave spent a day drying it, cleaning contacts, and so on. And the next morning, he did more cleaning of contacts and diagnostics. After the cleaning and drying, the only […]

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, […]

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.