sharpening the axe

October 4, 2011

Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” There is great value in taking time to be sharpened, equipped, and refocused for the tasks God has called us to do. This guards us from becoming dull and ineffective. […]

Kuna missionaries

August 3, 2011

We have such a great respect for so many of our Kuna brothers and sisters in Panama! Anelio & Silverixia are a young couple that were sent out as missionaries by their church to a village upriver. You may remember that in 2009, while returning to the village where they minister, they lost their 3 year old son […]

may God’s name be made great in our pain

June 18, 2011

Hello from Panama! The checking of the Kuna literacy materials has gone very well. The Lord’s timing is so perfect! The Kuna Bible translation team has recently made some significant changes in the spelling of certain words and hyphenation. Since the literacy program’s main focus is to equip people to read the Kuna Bible, we […]

how does grammar fit into literacy?

April 8, 2011

We trust this finds you well and enjoying Spring! There’s just something about being able to open up the windows and let in the sunshine. Our jasmine is blooming on the fence and it smells incredible. (And for you poor souls who are still up in the cold, hang on it shouldn’t be much longer!) […]

flood update

February 15, 2011

We wanted to give an update on the devastation from the flooding of many Kuna villages in Panama. A big “thank you” to all who responded in such a generous way, contributing to the flood relief fund. To give you a glimpse of the caliber of our Kuna friends, we recently heard from one of the small churches. […]

Kuna flood relief

January 20, 2011

…a practical way for you to help Recently Panama experienced some of the heaviest rains and flooding on record. Many Kuna villages were affected, including the village where we lived and served for many years. The believers report that 41 homes suffered damage and most of the villagers’ gardens were washed away. This was the food for […]

Dangerous Curves Ahead

December 6, 2010

Thank you so much for standing with us in prayer while we were in Bolivia! We had a wonderful time getting to know the missionary candidates who are preparing for service. They learned about literacy’s importance in church planting and discipleship and practiced writing primers and teaching them. After class was done we traveled to […]

God with us

September 17, 2010

“All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on God being with them.” by Hudson Taylor (1821-1905) What could God do through us if we lived each moment of today really believing that He was with us…in all His power, wisdom, purity and love?

Preparing for Bolivia

September 10, 2010

Bolivia, one of the first countries that New Tribes Mission opened up in the 1940’s, is the location of our next trip! Even though it’s an older mission field, there’s still plenty of work for tribal missionaries. Several groups in Bolivia have yet to hear the Gospel even once! And to finish up well, there is […]

unwritten languages

August 20, 2010

Did you know that there are over 6,000 spoken languages in the world today, and only about half exist in written form? That means there are over 450 million people who still do not have a way to write their own language. This impacts the work of the Church because without writing, these groups do […]