Category: From the Field

Here We Go!

Here We Go!

Hey all – Jordan here. This thing is really happening, so buckle up! On Sunday, I headed down from El Paso to Chihuahua. Saying goodbye to Amy and the kids for nearly seven weeks was hard for us all… and after a week together at that future point, we’ll do it again for another four. […]
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Furlough in Full Swing

Furlough in Full Swing

 April has come and gone… and with it, that nasty flu which started off our time in Spokane! Despite our best efforts, it doggedly trailed us for several days in Western Washington – but the lousy bug finally moved on and left us in peace, for which we are grateful. Despite all that, we greatly […]
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The End of an Era

The End of an Era

 We have some pretty exciting news to share! As January gave way to February, it seemed clear I’d taken large strides since my previous language evaluation. Our consultants scheduled an assessment of my Spanish speaking abilities… and I passed! The same day I was evaluated, we learned I had graduated “with flying colors” from our […]
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A Man’s Heart Plans … but the Lord Directs

A Man’s Heart Plans … but the Lord Directs

 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 […]
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Hearing the Word

Hearing the Word

Our recent visits to the Nahuatl and Tepehuan church plants were primarily intended to help us understand what it would look like to join one of those teams. But we had other goals as well! One of these was to practically assist each team – in some way, however small – with making Christ known […]
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Tribal Visit: BG

Tribal Visit: BG

By way of review: our family has begun prayerfully considering with which people group we will work in the years to come. In November, we wrote of plans to begin visiting church plant locations in Mexico – the shortage of workers right now makes opening a new work highly unlikely, so we have focused on […]
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Tribal Visit: Las Moras

Tribal Visit: Las Moras

In our November update, we shared our plans to begin visiting church plant locations here in Mexico. This is something that we’ve looked forward to greatly, working hard in Spanish that we might be ready to start work in one such location! Our first visit came in mid-December, permitting us a week with the missionary […]
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A Glimpse of the Future

A Glimpse of the Future

Last week, our family traveled a couple hours from home to attend NTM Mexico’s biannual field conference. This was a time we’d eagerly anticipated since before our arrival in Chihuahua… yet it always seemed so far away, separated from us by months of hard work and study. Well, the time was finally upon us – […]
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A Trip to Tepehuán Country

A Trip to Tepehuán Country

Two weeks ago, I had the privilege to travel with a work team to one of NTM Mexico’s church plant locations. Our primary job was to fix up Matt and Starr Arnolds’ house in the town of ‘BG’ – roof leaks under prior ownership had led to a major infestation of black mold, which caused […]
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