NTM Towers Update Jan., 2013

January 25, 2013

The mission still doesn’t have the needed permits to start on the Tower Building, so we may start remodeling one of the buildings we are going to keep into apartments. Four of the office spaces are now empty, so the plan is to eventually make five small apartments for mission couples or singles who cannot […]

Kodiak Airplane Update – July, 2012

October 28, 2012

For those of you keeping up on the Kodiak airplane: NTM Aviation’s first Kodiak airplane has arrived safely overseas. Maybe we’ll tell you more about it in our next Prayer Letter. Meanwhile you can check it out at this link online: www.facebook.com/newtribes and also watch the video below that tells about New Tribes Aviation Program […]

Gracia Burnham Visits our Mission School

March 25, 2012

Our mission school just had Gracia Burnham speak in a chapel for the school kids. You may remember that in May of 2001 Martin and Gracia were kidnapped from an island in the Philippines. They had served as missionaries with New Tribes in the Philippines for 17 years. Martin was a missionary pilot, flying missionaries, […]

Mid-June News

June 23, 2011

Wed. June 22, 2011 Just wanted to send a short note to let you guys know what our plans are. We are rushing around trying to get things done so we can leave Florida this Saturday, June 25th. I am helping with VBS this week and trying to finish up last minute things that need […]

A New Year to Serve!

January 13, 2011

Dear Praying Friends, January, 2011 It’s Exciting!! Another tribe hears the Bible taught for the first time! Bible teaching began this week among the Akolet people of Papua New Guinea. “Adults and children gathered together under the shade of the large blue tarp as we prepared for the lesson to begin,” wrote missionaries Adam and […]

Merry Christmas to You All!!

January 7, 2011

Christmas Greetings! Dec., 2010 It is hard to believe another year is fast grinding itself into the dust called history. As we look back on the past 11 months we see times when we doubted God, or our trust wavered, but in every case God was faithful, and He has brought us through another year. […]

News Flash!

August 3, 2010

We recently enjoyed a visit from the pastor of one of our supporting churches in Grants Pass, Oregon. Pastor Guy Shields and his family spent a day boating with us on the St. John’s River. We enjoyed having them in our home and just getting to know them a little better. I think the boys […]

June News from Us Burns

June 30, 2010

It’s already the end of June and we are already wondering where the summer has gone! I am sure you agree that time just flies by too quickly! Phil is keeping busy in the carpenter shop making window trim for some of the mission apartments. He built some kitchen cabinets on the side for an […]

Burns May Update

June 3, 2010

Dear Folks, May 30, 2010 Greetings. It is hot here and already feels like summertime. It makes me think that our snowbird volunteers are on to something. They come down here when the weather up north is cold and the weather here is, at last, pleasant, then they go home when northern temperatures are […]

Our Colorado Visit to See Our Grandson – October, 2009

October 27, 2009

We feel so blessed that an anonymous person offered to give us their air miles so we could fly out and see our grandson, Jaxon. Well, here we are in Colorado having a great time with Jaxon (with Jason and Tiffany, too) and of course taking lots of pictures. Just thought we’d share a few […]