(Don’t) Think Before You Speak

January 21, 2018

Have you ever been told to “think before you speak?” Just hearing this phrase can easily bring back memories of embarrassing reasons for which we’ve heard it before! This oft-repeated idiom, so foundational that we consider it common sense, echoes recurring themes in Biblical teaching – such as Solomon’s counsel in Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NKJV) “[to] […]

We Have A Truck!

November 5, 2017

We have been praying for over a year, expecting God would provide the right truck… and now it’s here! After a dealer who had been helping us found the truck, we waited until he said it was ready to be picked up. Jordan got the call while we were in El Paso, ready to return […]

A Man’s Heart Plans … but the Lord Directs

August 30, 2017

Before my language evaluation in late June, Amy and I prayed together several times regarding the results. We had a lot of questions about the new testing standard I was pioneering for NTM Mexico, and I felt a lot of pressure to test out and be done! With Amy’s formal studies completed, my own goal […]

One Body, Many Members

July 12, 2017

Several years ago, I worked for a small company specializing in online event registration. My job was to design and manage websites – ranging from those providing information for single large events, to others serving as permanent homepages for summer camps and sports leagues. As a one-man division I created themes for each event, trained […]

Language Tests and Bible Teaching

June 23, 2017

I (Amy) woke up that morning excited and a little nervous. The day of my Spanish evaluation had finally arrived. Was I sufficiently prepared? Would I test out?

Finally Back to Normal

May 27, 2017

I (Amy) forgot what it was like to feel normal. After the birth of Lily, our fourth precious child, I began a time of postpartum depression that lasted for about five months. This came on the heels of my third trimester of pregnancy, already much harder than with our previous children. Looking back, it’s as […]

Firm Foundations

April 15, 2017

When ‘foundations’ come up in conversation with a New Tribes missionary, often the subject is an evangelism tool by Trevor McIlwain called Building on Firm Foundations. One of NTM’s primary church-planting methods is chronological Bible teaching – introducing people to their Creator in the Old Testament, and building a foundation for understanding Jesus’ death and […]

Returning to Las Moras

September 25, 2016

In late August, my friend Sergio and I rode 17 hours on an overnight bus trip. After three more hours on a second bus line we spent the night with a UIM pilot, then flew to our destination in a small mission aircraft. Around 42 hours after leaving Chihuahua we finally arrived in Las Moras: […]

Carrying a Full Load

July 6, 2016

AMY: Sitting in our first Spanish language classes almost two years ago, I was very pregnant with Joel. It was so exciting to be in Mexico, beginning to catch bits of the language and expecting our third child! Little did I know that less than eighteen months later I would be pregnant once more and […]

A Team, a Tribe, and a Truck

May 24, 2016

Over the past few months, our family has prayerfully considered where God would have us go after Chihuahua. We have examined the options before us, sought counsel from incredible brothers and sisters in Christ, and ultimately waited on God to make this clear in His timing. All this taught us much about trusting our loving […]