Category: Prayer Requests

Milestones: Teaching for the First Time

Milestones: Teaching for the First Time

Have Amy or I ever mentioned that learning a foreign language and culture is hard? Our primary job these days is just that: Culture and Language Acquisition, or CLA for short. It’s a long-term project aimed at preparing us to clearly communicate the Gospel into another language and worldview… with as close to native proficiency […]
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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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Here Comes the Summer!

Here Comes the Summer!

Summer heat in Chihuahua is almost legendary! Since arriving last August, any conversation around heat or cold has usually ended in a warning: just wait until it starts getting hot in May! (And don’t even mention the humidity of summer’s wet season…) Well those daily highs are regularly hitting the 90s, cloudless days are the […]
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Sundays in Spanish

Sundays in Spanish

Coming from a typical small-town country church in the United States, Amy and I knew we were in for some changes when going to church in Mexico. Between differences in language and culture, it seemed obvious that our definition of a ‘typical’ Sunday morning service would change somewhat! While some of the specific adjustments in […]
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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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6 months, and then some!

6 months, and then some!

It occurred to Amy and I a few days back that we’ve been in Mexico for half a year. Believe it or not, we’re actually closer to the seven-month mark now than six! And crazy as it seems that so much time has passed, it’s pretty cool to look back and see how God blessed […]
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Worship Beyond Language

Worship Beyond Language

Driving down the road a few weeks ago, I had the radio playing. On this particular day, a familiar song (‘Tu Nombre es Sobre Todo‘ by Gerry Márquez) began to play. I’d heard this song before, but this time something changed. Listening carefully, I found myself actually understanding nearly every word! (Granted, it helped that […]
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October ’14 Newsletter!

October ’14 Newsletter!

You may have heard about some pretty big (yet still quite small!) news in the Husband family these past few days… well, this newsletter is about everything but that! In all seriousness, we had this newsletter ready to send to you Monday before we were so unexpectedly ‘interrupted’ – and there’s a lot in here […]
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Husbands in the ‘hood

Husbands in the ‘hood

Since entering Mexico almost one month ago, life has changed dramatically! On the surface, things often appear similar… we go to classes, check out local food, visit with friends and neighbors (albeit in another language!), and have normal family life in our home. Yet so much of that sense of ‘normal’ is merely a first […]
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