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Tag: Papua New Guinea

It’s getting exciting!

It’s getting exciting!

March 13, 2020

Momentum is Building These past few weeks, the word “momentum” has been on our minds. Depending on your point of view, the events taking place and gaining momentum in our world could be seen as good or just plain bad (a certain virus out there…).  As we think about it, we realize some things don’t […]
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Rejoice with the Menya and pray for us!

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

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 […]
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Snorkeling or Suffocating (Guest Post)

Snorkeling or Suffocating (Guest Post)

June 23, 2017

This is a guest post by Matt and Karissa Long. The difference between the two is just a little plastic tube.  Recently I (Karissa) got the opportunity to go snorkeling in the ocean.  I got to see beautiful coral reefs and fish I’d only seen in aquariums.  It was an experience, but I can’t say […]
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On it’s way…

On it’s way…

June 12, 2015

Post brought to you by NTM Aviation One year and four days ago, Kodiak 110KQ first landed at the NTM Aviation hangar in Arizona. This morning at 7:00, this very same aircraft started its long anticipated journey to Papua New Guinea. An enthusiastic group of NTM Aviation staff surrounded the Kodiak to pray for its flight […]
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What comes to mind? Eggs or Truth?

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 […]
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What’s Your Sunday Morning Sound Like?

What’s Your Sunday Morning Sound Like?

February 21, 2013

It's too easy for many of us who have grown up saturated in the common expressions of worshiping God to quickly focus on whether an expression or style of worship is serving our "needs."
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A “Painstaking Labor of Love”

A “Painstaking Labor of Love”

October 26, 2012

God's Word will radically change lives. The process of translating it for a people group is a painstaking labor of love.
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Happy Holidays?

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 […]
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The sun might have risen, but the garden is yet to grow…

The sun might have risen, but the garden is yet to grow…

September 30, 2011

It’s almost midnight in Papua New Guinea, the sun is hours away from rising but when it does, it will shine on gardens that are newly planted. And while the people that plant those gardens, hope that the sun will nourish the seeds planted, those people know that it takes time for a seed to […]
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are missionaries helping every people group around the world have the chance to understand the gospel and have access to a thriving church. We are serving with the International Ministries Office as it assists Ethnos360 and its Global Partners.

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Today saw a long due day date with my three girls. Today saw a long due day date with my three girls...

A Trader Joe’s run (will they ever build out in a shopping center with enough parking?!) followed by dinner at The Glass Knife. Gotta love some blue birthday cake macaron action!

Also, found a little #accidentallywesanderson vignette as well. 

Central Florida people: have you been to @theglassknifewp ? If not you’re missing out big time!
If the needs are greater there, should we stay her If the needs are greater there, should we stay here?⁠⁠
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This one is about a church-planter who felt like the pond he was fishing in, was crowded and over-fished. ⁠⁠
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Imagine you’re the lead pastor of a numerically successful but also vibrant and mature church body. That body was not only those things but also responsible for starting new local churches and getting behind reaching unreached people groups. ⁠⁠
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The problem was that the body of water, the lake, the pond, the shoreline, was crowded with others like them or even aspiring to reach that same level of growth. The pastor also knew that there were other bodies of water full of “fish” that were hardly touched. Very little was being done to “fish for men and women” in those areas while on his shores, church-leaders seemed to be clamoring to try out new techniques in the same waters.⁠⁠
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That didn’t sit well with him. He felt a tug on his heart to leave the crowded shores. He knew his local body was in a healthy place and capable of leading itself. So, he moved his family to the other side of the world to begin to serve another community. ⁠⁠
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He left one crowded shore for an almost empty one.⁠⁠
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The lesson in this story is that we need to be careful to not focus our efforts on areas where much work is being done, when there are huge pockets of people, WHOLE people groups, millions of people in fact, who don’t have access to God’s Word, in their languages. ⁠⁠
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If the needs are greater there, should we continue to stay here? ⁠⁠
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The answer to that isn’t a foregone conclusion, just an honest challenge to answer for yourself.⁠⁠
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For more on who I’m referring to in this post, please send me a personal message.⁠⁠
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#thepottermission #equippingthechurch #trainingforministry #foundationalbibleteaching
Heading in the right direction⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ [4 min Heading in the right direction⁠⠀
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So, guess what?! We got some great news the other night.⁠⠀
When our six-month partnership and community development time finished in August, we knew that we probably wouldn’t reach the goal we set for 2020: to see an additional $2020 of monthly sustaining support committed. But, we were still SUPER encouraged with what God did on our behalf through you all, especially considering the insanely unexpected circumstances that we all faced this year.⁠⠀
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We just didn’t realize exactly how he had answered our prayer until we looked at our numbers for the whole year.⁠⠀
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Guys, the numbers are just numbers, but they represent for us the ability to continue serving full-time in this important ministry. At a quick glance, we are so happy to say that the numbers are going in the right direction! When it’s all averaged out (combining regular promised support with other one time gifts), here’s where we started the year: we were at 51% of what is recommended. Now, here’s where we are at as we finish out 2020: 64% of what is recommended! That’s a 13% increase and that is AMAZING!⁠⠀
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Overall, we’re really encouraged by the blessing behind these numbers. We had new families join our community of sustaining supporters and we’ve had others who have increased their support amounts.⁠⠀
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Now, because we need to be transparent, we’re still ending up this year at just 64% of what Ethnos360 asks us to raise, to do our ministry well, and take care of the needs of our family. And that’s why we’re going to keep working at this effort in 2021.⁠⠀
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God is ALWAYS FAITHFUL. So we won’t say the cliché “God’s been faithful”. We realize that by saying that, it makes it sound like that if we don’t have a certain amount of support, then He’s not being true to His Word and character. What is right to say is that whether in abundance or need, we’ve learned how to be content in His faithfulness.⁠⠀
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#thepottermission #equippingthechurch #trainingforministry #foundationalbibleteaching
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