Funnels and Stones

June 20, 2010

“He’s got the wind and the rain, in His hands…He’s got the wind and the rain, in His hands”… We had music on for the kiddos. Little did we know how appropriate the song was for the day. “Look at that cloud!” Jevon burst out excitedly. “It’s cone shaped. I wonder…” “It’s not a funnel,” […]

Did you know?

May 15, 2010

Our website is here to connect you with more than just us. You can explore NTM.org and find lots of cool stories from our co-workers worldwide, about stuff that God is doing. If you scroll down and look to the right of your screen, you’ll see the title “Latest NTM News”. Underneath it there are […]

What’s an Ebenezer anyhoo?!

May 9, 2010

Our Cali is extremely angry and defiant these days, and we’re not sure if it’s because we’re leaving “home” again soon and she’s an emotional mess, or if it’s just because she’s a stubborn child of Adam. Either way, it’s pretty much consuming our days. There’s nothing like a ballistic 2 year old to put […]

Summer at our Heels

April 29, 2010

A Word on Motivation 9:40 am, Thursday. Culture and Language Aquisition Methodology Class. Our instructor was running us through our upcoming homework assignments. “Oh,” he added, “and there’s a checksheet to mark off your reading assignments when you finish them. So,” he said wryly, “if you don’t care if people hear the gospel, you can […]

Easter Reflections from a Semi-Nomadic Desk

April 9, 2010

We hope you all had a sweet Easter celebrating Jesus. I have to admit I was feeling a wee bit sorry for us that we couldn’t be with our Salem family on Ressurection Sunday. Then, on Sunday morning, God changed my mind. I was reading 1 Corinthians 15 and remembered that Easter Sunday isn’t about […]

Goldfish, balloons, and Jesus

March 24, 2010

“I need more goldfish!” “I need to go potty!” “Where’s my balloon?” Jevon and I glanced at each other over the 3 foot high clamor. “Can you take her potty?” “Sure. Can you get him goldfish?” A couple times a month we have the privilege of teaching the 2 and 3 year olds at our […]

Who Gives Us Pigs?

March 10, 2010

I leaned closer to catch every word the missionary was saying. “This was the reason we came to missionary training,” I thought as he continued the story of Hadebo, a young Bisorio believer in Papua New Guinea. The missionary had asked Hadebo to explain who had provided the tasty pigs he hunted before he was […]

Why should we learn the ways of water?

January 29, 2010

“Okay,” our teacher pointed to the water reservoir on the powerpoint diagram, “in this situation, how many of you think you would want to place your pipe in the bottom of the tank?” We kept our hands down. The scenario was a gravity feed water system, but there was a huge rock in front of […]

January 19, 2010

HI! This blog is still under construction. Don’t worry, there will be pictures as soon as we figure out what we are doing here. 🙂 In the meantime…what is going on with the Rich family? We had a very smooth trip back to New Tribes’ Missionary Training Center in Missouri. Cali and Karina were very […]