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After 25 years…timber!

After 25 years…timber!

    After over 25 years, the” Big Fort” that has been the home of 100’s of kids’ summer fun on the playground at NTBI Jackson is history. It took a complete morning for our group of 8 PPD guys to demolish this relic, as well as 4 trips with the dump trailer. The back yard is […]
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Hundreds visit tribal village

Hundreds visit tribal village

Remember the first time you ever told someone about Jesus? Excitement, anticipating their response, praying for the right words and understanding, hoping they would believe and be born again. It is a privilege isn’t it? Well this week, NTBI sent a team of incredible staff and students to The Big Ticket Music Festival to represent NTM […]
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66 Graduates Face the Real Test

66 Graduates Face the Real Test

What do you get if you combine sunshine, 612 people, some special speakers, special music and 66 really special students who have completed two yeaars of studying God’s Word? A really great graduation day at New Tribes Bible Institute in Jackson MI. Over 275 family members attended the senior class brunch, after which guests moved […]
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Into the Amazon

Into the Amazon

Strange sights, smells, people, surroundings…and especially sounds…languages only spoken by a few hundred people in two different remote villages along the biggest river in South America are the order of the day this week; we are “visiting” the Yanomami and the Hoti tribes. It is my privilege to accompany the NTBI senior class of Spring 2011, 67 […]
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Visiting the Kaulong in PNG

Visiting the Kaulong in PNG

Last Friday night we were blessed to host about 35 people who came to visit with the Peter VanderDecker family from Papua New Guinea. They have been working with the Kaulong people for several years and finally taught them the Gospel in 2005. What a joy to hear their story and see so many of our […]
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Another language group hears the Gospel!

Another language group hears the Gospel!

Some excerpts from the first report from Adam and Julie since the Gospel presentation yesterday…  You asked, God Answered:  Today, light again penetrated centuries-old darkness, and the Akolet people were brought to a saving knowledge of Christ!   [Julie reports that] many of the people who were named in yesterday’s email have given clear testimony of […]
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Grand Trip to the GC!

Grand Trip to the GC!

How many places can you walk up to and sense the presence and power of God? What an amazing stimulus to our senses! I often think about kind of thing when in the air, flying at 35,000 feet, marveling at the earth, the sky and the heavens. Back on earth one of the most magnificent […]
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