Category: Training

Our Journey Toward PNG…

Our Journey Toward PNG…

Believe it or not, our 3.5 years of pre-field equipping with New Tribes Mission is drawing to a close, and we’d like to take a few moments to share with you all about our future. With that said, we have posted several new blogs that are more reflections on and lessons learned from the last […]
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In the Landing Craft…

In the Landing Craft…

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I’m No Juggler…

I’m No Juggler…

…though I’ve tried to juggle many things. I know I need a healthy relationship with God. I also need to listen to God for direction. When said direction is made clear, I have the responsibility to trust Him for provision…even when the situation makes no sense or the task seems too great. I also have […]
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A Journey of Unexpected Joys

A Journey of Unexpected Joys

The last 3 1/2 years have been interesting to say the least, due in large part to the fact that God has stretched me in more ways that I could have imagined. Honestly, it’s been a journey of unexpected joys. Sure, there have been stressors, but I’ve seen enough of those turn out for the […]
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Mobilizing in Wisconsin!

Mobilizing in Wisconsin!

Lael and I just returned from a long trek up north to Waukesha Wisconsin, where we spoke to the students at New Tribes Bible institute about what life here at the training center is like. Owing to our additional precious cargo (baby Rynn) the trip took an extra 3 hours each way, but she and […]
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Camping!!

Camping!!

We just finished up our practical skills class and had quite a good time. Not only did we learn about essential skills like chainsaw maintenance, knot-tying, compass/map/GPS skills, and measuring and building rafters, stairs and other construction things, but we also had a three night camping trip where we put many of those skills into […]
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Crazy times…are the best!

Crazy times…are the best!

Life has been busy, to say the least, but it’s about to get even more hectic. Today we wrapped up our nearly two-month long tribal simulation, and I have to say I’m a feeling a little depressed. I actually miss our language helper, Kinosi! We learned so much about the Dobu culture during our class, […]
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Dobu Village: A Tribal Simulation

Dobu Village: A Tribal Simulation

By: Lael Crabtree  Imagine walking into class, but instead of the usual podium and white board, the room is dotted with thatch huts, cooking fires, and an old tribal man carving some sort of wooden object. A radio somewhere is blaring island music and the smell of cigarette smoke is in the air. We have […]
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Semester Kick-Off = Reality Check

Semester Kick-Off = Reality Check

By: Lael Crabtree Infanticide. While it’s easy to romanticize living overseas and working with a tribal group, the reality (while incredible) is also very harsh. Monday for our semester kick-off, Phil and Val Paulson shared their story of living among a violent tribal group in Western Brazil. I was blown away by their faithfulness to live among […]
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The Summer and The Future

The Summer and The Future

Here’s a quick update on the rest of our summer plans…our finances and future plans. Summer: New Heights Church has been awesome and provided us with a house in Fayetteville for the summer, which we moved into on Monday! Thanks for the help arranging everything, Karen and Ruth! We’ll be in Fayetteville until early August. […]
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Learning Portuguese has never been so fun!

Learning Portuguese has never been so fun!

We’re in an extremely fun class called Culture and Language Acquisition Methodology, and our group is learning Portuguese! The most refreshing thing about this class is we’re practicing the skills for learning a different language…beyond your average memorization/flash-card model! We work with a native Portuguese language helper (and even had an authentic Brazilian barbecue to […]
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Taking the Living Room Camping!

Taking the Living Room Camping!

Last weekend, we at the Living Room, took two of the students camping on New Tribes’ property. We had been going through the Bible chronologically on Fridays using a graphic novel called Good and Evil, and we had already made it to the Israelite’s captivity in Egypt.  The plan for this camping trip, was to […]
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Learning to think tribal…

Learning to think tribal…

For a girl who was raised in America, I’ve always thought of myself as someone who could think outside my American box. I’m not one of those sheep who’ve just been completely influenced by their culture. I’m not that moldable am I? Wrong. Baa! Just call me a sheep! I am so Western/American, it’s not […]
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