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Jack, Lael, Nora & Rynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We believe God desires for people from every tribe, tongue and nation to hear<\/strong> the good news of Jesus and be able to read<\/strong> God’s Word in their own language. In order to play our part in this, God has called us to be global workers with New Tribes Mission- an organization which focuses on unreached tribal groups who lack written languages. In 2014 our family will move to Papua New Guinea to plant a mature church and translate the Bible among a remote tribal group.<\/p>\n

We recently graduated from NTM’s\u00a0 Missionary Training Center in Roach, MO, and Lael is finishing up the additional advanced linguistics course. \u00a0Our time in Missouri has been incredibly helpful! Check out our blog for more details!<\/p>\n

Lael and I moved to Waukesha,Wisconsin in the fall of 2009 to begin the first half of our four-year training process with NTM at their Bible Institute.\u00a0These first two years of training consisted of in-depth Bible classes to give us a foundation for teaching the Word of God and ultimately translating it. I can’t imagine planting a church with my knowledge of the Bible before those two years. There would have been a lot of heresy! We graduated from the Bible Institute in May of 2011.<\/p>\n

Jack’s Testimony:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I remember riding next to my mom in our maroon Dodge Caravan, as she drove us to church. My 5-year-old brain thought, \u201cI need to accept Jesus as my savior, but how?\u201d Sitting in the parking lot, I asked my mom, and she led me to Christ.<\/p>\n

In high school, I became bitter, because I couldn\u2019t reconcile the legalism I had witnessed in the church. Rather than seek wisdom, I gave up. I still believed everything, but I had no heart. I carried a heart full of bitterness with me to college at the University of Arkansas. Lael and I began dating during our sophomore year, and she asked how I was growing in my faith. \u201cHonestly, I haven\u2019t grown in three or four years,\u201d I said. We took a break, and I asked God for a desire to grow, because I didn’t have it. Lael and I met up again and for the first time, I was able to get my bitterness out. A light bulb went on, and suddenly, I couldn\u2019t get enough of God\u2019s word. Thanks for asking the tough questions, Lael!<\/p>\n

Several months later…<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Sunday morning. The pastor is preaching a generic message on obedience, when this voice in my head says, \u201cYou\u2019re going to be a missionary.\u201d It\u2019s so distinct that I literally take the bulletin and write, \u201cI\u2019m going to be a missionary?\u201d After the service, I call my mom and she says, \u201cI remember when you were six, you stood in the church pew and said, \u2018I\u2019m going to be a missionary, when I grow up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

While that was great confirmation, I still had no clue what \u201cbeing a missionary\u201d looked like. A good friend urged Lael and me to take a class called Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. This semester-long course infected us with God\u2019s heart for the nations! We went through the biblical basis for missions, the history of missions in the church, the major cultural blocs that are still without the gospel, and strategic ways to reach them.<\/p>\n

We had our first exposure to tribal people. If every tribal person on the planet held hands, they would stretch around the globe more than nine times! Clearer vision: we want to plant churches among an unreached people group. We still had some fears about reaching tribal people, though. How could we live out in the jungle for 15 years? Are they just going to kick us out of a plane over the jungle? How could we ever be Bible translators?<\/p>\n

Ultimately, I was challenged by Brad Buser with, \u201cWhy wouldn\u2019t you go tribal?\u201d Good question. I didn\u2019t have an answer, so I prayed, \u201cGod, I don\u2019t really have a desire to do tribal missions, but if it\u2019s what you have for us, give us that desire.\u201d During the next few months, God placed people in our path who answered tons of our questions. Then we toured the Missionary Training Center in Missouri, and we were sold! New Tribes had the most extensive pre-field training we had ever seen! Plus they had an amazing longterm strategy for seeing indigenous churches planted and Scriptures translated. We are so excited to be going tribal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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