The Lord was so gracious to allow our family to get together over the holidays. Christmas Eve found Shirley and me flying to Los Angeles to spend a week with Rico, Megan and Olivia. What a neat week we had with them, marveling over our 4 month old granddaughter. Within a day or two we saw her roll over for the very first time. Interaction with her was so much fun. Shirley had her laughing so hard it we were all busting our guts.
Later in the week Aaron and Megan and Mike and Rachel were able to join us for a New Years celebration. We had several days together, walking the beach, fishing, playing ping pong, visiting Santa Monica, Laguna Beach, San Diego…our first time to see much of that area. What beautiful scenery! No wonder people like southern California so much. And the weather…just gorgeous with highs in the lower 80’s and lows in the 40’s and sunny every day. Thank you Lord!
So now we are back at NTBI and ready for a new semester. 140+ students will soon arrive and be back studying full time. We were privileged to be able to see some alumni last weekend at church who are getting ready to leave for the field in a couple of weeks. What a blessing to catch up just before they leave. In addition, we know of two other couples and some single gals who will also be leaving for Thailand within a few weeks. Sharing this news at the staff meeting on Monday helped us kick off the semester focused again on why we do what we do at New Tribes Bible Institute. Within just a few years, a people group who today have no knowledge of Jesus, may hear about his offer of forgiveness of sins and eternal life as a result of these alumni going to live with them. Just like the people in North Wahgi are hearing now…within just a few weeks they should hear about the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. Lord willing a new church will be born. Please pray it is so!
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