Author: Ian and Julie Fallis

Pray for the Philippines

Pray for the Philippines

I was just in a conference call this morning about what NTM’s response might be to the violent typhoon bearing down on the Philippines – heading for roughly the same area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan last year. Our response will depend on the severity of the storm and whether our teams in the Philippines – […]
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A far cry from Mexico

A far cry from Mexico

As I’m writing this, the day is clawing its way toward a close – or is that me clawing at the keyboard? Julie and I are in Pennsylvania. In November. Florida is warm. Pennsylvania is not. Really, really not. We’re here because the men and women who represent New Tribes Mission in churches, on college […]
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Unreached, close at hand

Unreached, close at hand

It’s Baja California. Tourists. Beaches. Fish tacos. And hidden in plain sight are a variety of people groups: Zapoteca, Mixteca, Triqui and more. People who have held onto their languages and worldviews in spite of constant pressures to assimilate. As one missionary here said, “The children all say they don’t speak Triqui. But then they […]
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Leaving tomorrow …

Leaving tomorrow …

Tomorrow – Friday, Oct. 10 – Ian leaves for California and Mexico. Please pray for: Good, safe, smooth travels – and the wisdom and patience to see God at work and be part of His plan if the travels are not smooth. A good time of catching up Jackie, our oldest daughter, and the folks […]
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A path we all must walk

A path we all must walk

Ian will be going to Mexico this month as part of a team gathering stories and photos for NTM@work magazine. So we wanted to share this article about a people group in Mexico that Ian wrote for NTM’s weekly email series. But wait, there’s more! Since Ian is going through San Diego, he’s going out […]
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Still a lot of work to do

Still a lot of work to do

Ten years ago, I had the opportunity to visit several tribal works in Papua New Guinea.There’s still a lot of work to do there, as this article I wrote for NTM’s email series makes clear … Ready to Teach; Who’ll Listen? How do you encourage people to come to foundational Bible lessons? They lack the […]
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Proofreading New Testaments

Proofreading New Testaments

Last week I took home seven books for Julie. Not just any books. Seven books from the New Testament translation for the Dom people of Papua New Guinea, so she could proofread them. And yesterday, I took her two more. She’s already worked through the Gospels. Here’s a story I wrote for the NTM weekly […]
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Core principles

Core principles

I’m surrounded. This week I’ve been at the NTM Missionary Training Center outside Camdenton, Missouri, at an international trainers forum. And I count it a privilege to be surrounded by people who equip missionaries in Bolivia and Colombia, the Philippines – even exotic, faraway places like Canada and the UK. This is in answer to […]
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So close …

So close …

Thousands of men, women and children hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan came perilously close to never getting the aid they needed. This came to light yesterday as I met with other New Tribes Mission USA leaders to discuss how we can better respond to future disasters. When the typhoon hit last November, NTM Aviation in […]
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Best Christmas ever!

Best Christmas ever!

Wow, what a haul! Take a gander at what Julie and I got this Christmas season: The opportunity to help more than local 100 needy teenagers have Christmas presents, through our church here, Covenant Community Church. The ability to provide (so far) the equivalent of meals for a week for eleven needy families in Nicaragua, […]
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