{"id":15,"date":"2007-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-10-18T14:36:40","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T18:36:40","slug":"the-ntma-pilotmechanic-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/2007\/10\/18\/the-ntma-pilotmechanic-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"The NTMA Pilot\/Mechanic Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartImportPhoto--><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/files\/2007\/10\/219_25471.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;margin-bottom: 5px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/files\/2007\/10\/219_25471.jpg\" alt=\"The Class of 2007\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><!--EndImportPhoto--><\/p>\n<p>Twenty five years ago Phil and I met Monty and Kathie Rasmussen on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.&nbsp; Monty was our NTMA pilot, and he and Kathie worked together as a team serving our NTM missionaries in the bush.&nbsp; Kathie has became a big sister to me over the years, and we often consider ourselves part of the Rasmussen family.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After serving together&nbsp;for several years in the Philippines, we have worked&nbsp;with Rasmussens here in McNeal since 1992.<\/p>\n<p><!--StartImportThumbnail--><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/files\/2007\/10\/219_25472.jpg\" rel=\"thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104\" style=\"float:left; margin-right:5px; border: 0.5pt solid #BCC4C8;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/files\/2007\/10\/219_25472.jpg\" alt=\"Kathie and Monty\" width=\"150\" title=\"Kathie and Monty\" \/><\/a><!--EndImportThumbnail--><\/p>\n<p>Our NTMA class of 2007 arrived in August of this year.&nbsp; We have six couples&nbsp;preparing to serve in the Philippines and Indonesia.&nbsp;&nbsp; The men are working all day receiving technical training on the aircraft they will be flying and servicing on the field.&nbsp; <span class=\"boldText-blue\">What kind of training do their wives receive?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In September Kathie and I began a Monday morning class with the student wives at the Koop house.&nbsp; Having served with Monty since 1970, Kathie brings to the class a wealth of knowledge, experience, and years of walking with the Lord.&nbsp; Together Kathie and I&nbsp;are editing the teaching outline she has used for years.&nbsp; The topics we cover include the NTMA Wife and: Her Rights Before God, Her Walk with the Lord, Her Relationship with her Husband, Balancing Her Home and Her Work, Her Children, and Her Relationships with Her Co-workers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All of these topics have&nbsp;already been covered before&nbsp;in&nbsp;the training these ladies have received.&nbsp;&nbsp;What makes our times together&nbsp;different is that&nbsp;we cover&nbsp;many of the unique challenges that will be faced by these ladies as they serve with their husbands in&nbsp;an aviation ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Please pray for Kathie and I as we teach these wonderful ladies in preparation for their ministries abroad.&nbsp; In addition, pray for these six, Bailey, Kelly, Jane, Melissa, Candy, and Missy, as well as Jonie, Kari, and Gloria&nbsp;as we spend time together every Monday morning.&nbsp; Praise the Lord for a couple of staff ladies and one homeschooled teen&nbsp;who babysit&nbsp; the nine children under 5 years old so that the mothers can participate in the class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NTMA Pilot\/Mechanic Wife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/phil-koop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}