Pick-a-Field

March 19, 2013

A day or two before the official missions conference started, our small group jokingly contemplated putting up a “Fortunes Told Here” booth to help students decide where they should go overseas. Even jokingly, the whole idea may seem a bit offensive, but I will tell you after spending two days hearing from representatives from all […]

“Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner… or not” (a remedy)

February 8, 2013

Our scheduled outreach for today got canceled because the boys were getting rowdy at the detention center, so I figured I’d take the time to write the second part of a post that was written over a year ago. For the back story, you may read the original post, which sheds light on the original […]

MTC – Our First Few Days

August 21, 2012

All of our earthly possessions arrived Thursday night via our friends the Millers and Cizdziels, for which we were utterly thankful! We were excited to know that our use of camping sporks was almost over. It was great to see familiar faces again and enjoy catching up. We explored the campus and met new people. They […]

Catch Up: Wayumi

May 26, 2012

Wow, I’m behind! I’ve let a month go by and not typed a thing. Let me go back to the beginning of May… The entire NTBI senior class went to Jersey Shore, PA for a week of Wayumi. We got a sample platter of our future classes at the MTC in Missouri, ranging from Animism to […]

Missionary Conversations

April 5, 2012

One of my favorite things about school is the chance to hear from the people that have gone before us. It’s utterly enthralling to hear their stories and how the world of an entire ethnic group has been forever changed because of the gospel. We do all we can to absorb the lessons they’ve learned […]

Something to Chew On

November 17, 2011

So what do Juniors at NTBI do in Block 4? Well, this is what our kitchen table/office space looks like every day in between meals and sometimes during meals: These were some quotes that I’ve written down over the course of the last few weeks, mostly from our Hebrews professor–some made me think, some ruffled […]

Never too busy to be clutzy

October 27, 2011

Yikes! It’s almost been a month since our last post! We’ve both been busy–specifically, I’ve been clutzy. Payton called it my personal “Series of Unfortunate Events.” Since last time we posted, I’ve exploded a pyrex dish and broke a glass–in the same day, mind you–, set off the smoke alarm 2x and then actually burn […]

Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner… or not

September 23, 2011

September 23, 2011 by Payton Here at school we have the privilege of hearing from different missionaries serving in a variety of different countries. Just recently the Wild family (Seriously, that’s their last name. Fitting, eh?) came to visit our school and encouraged the students in their pursuit of missions. As one of those students, […]