Thanks To My Wife
I just want to say thanks to my wife who has been with me for over 40 years now. She has been in the most unfriendly environments you could imagine, like out on an ocean in an open 19 foot dinghy while a storm was going on. She lived on an island where malaria was always present, though she never contracted that sickness. She lived in one room apartments while in the training and moving up to a two room apartment while we were waiting to move into a tribe in Papua New Guinea. For two years she showered in an outdoor shower which our family shared with another family. Scheduling was interesting between 10 people.
So Cheryl, I just want to say thanks for allowing yourself to be used this way so that some tribal people could hear the gospel of the grace of God.
Cheryl and I decided to go to Glacier National Park in Montana. We last visited the park after we became believers and so thought it was fitting to revisit it one more time in our life. It was beautiful but it was a long drive. Six of the eight day trip was just driving to get there and back.
On the way, we stopped to visit an old friend from our church. Ron Frank moved up to Billings, MT in 2001 and I was one of the men who helped him move up there. On the way back, we stopped into a service station to refuel. It was the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. We went inside just before the second plane hit the Twin Towers. It is not a day I will forget.
From Ron’s house, we traveled on up to Glacier Park and took in the beauty of the place. It is simply one of the most beautiful places in the States. The grandeur of the park is something that you have to see for yourself.
Back To Ministry
After driving 3,500 miles, I left two days later for Little Rock, AR to take a youth pastor and his wife up to our Missionary Training Center. Cody & Melissa Van Scyoc, from Cornerstone Bible Fellowship in Sherwood, AR wanted to go and visit a couple of students, the Richards, to let them know that they cared for them and wanted to see the training that their members are involved in. It was a great time and we were able to start building a relationship between the home church and our mission agency.
I took them back to Arkansas and then drove back to the training center in Missouri for meetings with some men from another mission organization to discuss a partnership between them and NTM. That encounter was even better than could be imagined.
In the Future
 This Fall is going to be so busy, I don’t know how it all can be done but that is the nature of rep work. Cheryl and I will be in southeast Kansas for a speaking engagement, then I will head to NTBI in Waukesha, WI. Leaving there, I will head to Chicago for Moody Bible Institutes annual mission conference. From there, well, I will put the schedule on the next page. No need to bore you with the details. Closing thoughts Cheryl and I thank you for all you have done for us in prayers, finances and especially housing when we am on the road. Many of you have opened up your homes for us to stay when we are in your areas. Thanks for all you do. None of us knows whether the Lord will return before we leave this world but whether in the body or out, we are the Lord’s. Thanks for your partnership in the gospel from the first day till now. Fall Schedule
Sept. 30 – Mt Orum Baptist Church – Redfield, KS Oct. 6-8 – NTBI Waukesha, WI Oct. 9-12 – Moody Bible Inst. Oct. 15 – Perspectives Tulsa Oct. 18-21 – Grace Baptist Church – Whitewater, KS Oct. 27-28 – Perspectives KC Oct. 29-31 – NTBI Jackson, MI Nov. 1-2 – Cedarville Univ. Ohio Nov. 6-9 – Grace University Indiana Nov. 12-17 – Rep Conf. Jersey Shore, PA Nov. 18-21 – Visit supporters We find it a privilege to see folks, young and old, who are willing to be a part of the Lord’s work in whatever way that the Lord sees fit. There is so much work to be done and only as we are obedient to Him and trust in His goodness, grace and knowledge of how we should approach His work will the task be done well. Imany of you are already partners of our ministry through this prayer letter. If you know of someone else who would like to be informed of what we do, have them contact us through email, Facebook, Twitter and our blog site. The links to each of those will be listed below. Thanks so much. We appreciate you all and trust that the Lord will bless you as you labor for him. Keep the faith.
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