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Rejoice with the Menya and pray for us!

May 23, 2018

//If you’re interested in watching a video version of this update click here// News about our family, what we’ve been up to and what we’re praying about doing this summer. Let’s start somewhere else though… On the other side of the world in Papua New Guinea, the Menya people live. They’ve had a team of […]

What’s the Lord’s Supper look like for a tribal church?

October 27, 2017

We know that what it looks like now for us in the developed world looks way different than it did when Jesus instituted it. So it’s inevitable that it looks ‘local’ for the Church in the Simbari people group. This video shows you how different and yet, the joy of communion is evident! The Blood […]

On the brink of something HUGE!

June 30, 2015

Imagine that your family lives in one of the world’s toughest environments and has lived and died for centuries, worshipping and yet fearing the physical objects around you, eking out a barely livable existence with little hope to ever experience anything else. Imagine you’re given the chance to hear the absolute TRUTH of God’s word […]

What comes to mind? Eggs or Truth?

April 8, 2015

Despite the picture above this past Easter was a quiet one for us. And though we celebrated the truth and impact of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead to give us new and eternal life, it was still a quiet day. I couldn’t help but notice though as we stopped at the grocery store, the night […]

The Path to Death…Can be Paved with Hope!

July 28, 2014

The following happened in Mexico and underscores why Bethany and I are serving our God with NTM. It’s adapted from “A Path We All Must Walk” – NTM.org Dark is the path that leads past the little Nahuatl village to the cemetery. “It’s a path we all must walk,” said the father of a little boy […]

Thanksgiving, a few weeks late…

January 3, 2013

[singlepic id=63 w=320 h=240 float=left]You heard our call for help, and acted! Your prayers on our behalf and sacrificial giving when we made our needs known this past October was so effective that God blessed us so far beyond the scope of what we were asking for! THANK YOU. As you prayed and gave, we […]

Awakening…

August 22, 2012

It’s a term used often to create mystery, to form a mental image of something not yet realized. It’s also the name of the most recent video that our communications team has put together and it’s title perfectly describes the content. Imagine the little shoot of a baby Oak tree just pushing through the ground.That little […]

Happy Holidays?

December 30, 2011

In my son Jack’s 1st grade class, the students are intentionally exposed to a host of various significant holidays that take place roughly around this time of the year. Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa… It’s an attempt to teach the children that there are other things happening at this time of the year besides the pervasive […]