September 2013 Update

September 7, 2013

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 […]

CLUNK

November 26, 2012

Nathan spent Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday Day painting stripes on his car, with the excellent assistance of his nephews. It looks classy. Then last evening, Sunday, the 25th, as he was driving to go see Christmas lights with his girlfriend and her family, he heard and felt a CLUNK. The transmission died. Please pray…. That […]

1 Thessalonians lessons

February 24, 2012

After four years of working on the Firm Foundations series, we have resumed revision of the cross-cultural Bible lessons. Praise the Lord! Join with us in praying that we can quickly get back into the rhythm of revising for a different audience. After years of thinking about how to communicate to a Western audience, now we need to […]

Co-worker recovering

August 13, 2011

Trevor, author of the Firm Foundations series, has been in the hospital. A simple infection went into his blood, and he was very ill. Praise the Lord that he is improving. Pray that he will quickly regain his strength and be able to resume his work with Ruth on revision.

Someday IS Today

July 29, 2011

Nathan leaves TODAY on a church-sponsored missions venture to Brazil. The motto of this short-term missions program is SOMEDAY IS TODAY. And it is really TODAY! Nathan’s team of 18, along with two other short-term missions teams, were commissioned on Sunday, July 24th. His team leaves Northland Church by bus at 11:59 pm tonight (Friday). They fly […]

Ask about Brazil

April 11, 2011

Nathan plans to go on a missions trip to Brazil in June. We had a yard sale recently as a fundraiser, and he netted enough to pay for his passport. We’d appreciate your prayers for him. Continue reading to check out the letter he wrote about the trip and why he wants to go.

One Hundred Dollars

March 31, 2011

What can $100 buy? • 100 cans of Arizona Sweet Tea • Groceries for a week • Gas for a few days A few months ago, Nathan heard a call from the Lord. Our church here in Florida has a short-term missions program with the theme, “Someday is Today.” Nathan believes his “Someday” has come!

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, […]

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.

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.