Solar Eetric Seminar Day 2

June 9, 2015

After two days of class all is going well. We are all tried but getting to know all these men who are going all around the world to spread the Gospel is worth it. The students are enjoying the classes and have some great questions. Labs are also going well, these are reinforcing the lectures […]

Solar Electric Seminar

June 7, 2015

Monday we start our Solar Electric Seminar. We have 10 students coming to the seminar. We will be going from 8 to 5 all week. Everything is all set up and are ready to go.

Africa 2014-1

November 5, 2014

The team to Mozambique Africa this summer. We went on a three week trip to work on refrigeration units, solar electric systems and other jobs. We started off like all trips over seas, in an air port in Missouri. We flew to Washington DC, then to Dakar Africa and then finally South Africa. It was a […]

Electric motors

May 24, 2014

We use electric motors in some form or another every day of our lives. In this part of the training we show them all the different types of motors. Both in AC and DC They are also shown how to repair them if they are repairable.

3 phase teaching

April 9, 2014

Three phase power may not sound like something that a missionary would use, but in most of our mission centers we have it. We teach our specialists how 3 phase works, how it is wired and most of all how to work safely around it. In some cases we use large three phase generators to run our mission centers when no city power is available. […]

Understanding electric motors

April 2, 2014

In our electric motor class we go over all the different types of motors. We cover AC and DC motors. In the pictures the students built a motor using wire and a pickle jar cap. It allowed them to see how the electric fields work in turning a shaft, plus it was fun to build.

Basic Electronics

February 17, 2014

In the first part of the Tech Specialist class Basic Electronics is taught. We start with a review of algebra and then applying it in ohms law.

Training and equipping missionaries to manage the physical aspects of living in remote locations.

September 16, 2013

Welcome to our blog. We have never had a blog before so this is all new to us. Our plan is to post updates on our family, our ministry and our walk with God. So please stop by and see what the Jones family has been up to here at the Missionary Training Center in […]