Reaching the Ethnos?

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NTMPI SYMC 2011 - Staff
NTMPI SYMC 2011 - Staff

What a privilege it was recently to join our NTMPI co-workers at the New Tribes School of Missions (NTSM) for their Summer Youth Missions Camp.  Along with just one other NCLA student, we travelled to the NTSM training center in Bataan about 3 hours NW of Manila where we joined our Filipino ka misyenero (co-missionaries) as counsellors for the four day camp.  With anticipation that we would somehow be a blessing and an encouragement to sa mga kabataan (Filipino Youth), it was quickly made evident that we would be equally blessed and encouraged by the passion and ferver they bring to Christendom.

Ethnos (5)Despite a late summer typhoon that brought more than two straight days of hard rain, our spirits were not dampened as we joined together to consider what the Lord has for each of us in regards to building His kingdom.  The theme of this years camp in just it’s third year of existence was “ETHNOS: Isang Hamon sa Kabataan” (a challenge to the youth).  As it were though, this was just as much of a challenge for those of us already in missions to consider where and how the Lord would continue to use us.

Family time at the SYMC
Family time at the SYMC
During the week we were blessed with great times of worship (nearly all of which was led by the youth in attendance), challenging messages and testimonies of God’s faithfulness from various speakers, and wonderful times of fellowship.  On day two of the missions camp we were joined by most of our fellow NCLA students which included my wife and daughter.   Specifically they came to observe a cultural demonstration from Igorot believers in the northern part of the Philippines.  Later in the afternoon we obersved two other people groups.  It was a demonstration of believers who have gone from darkness to light.  And yet with all the work that has already been done, there are still many who have yet to hear.  The challenge is great, What shall we do to reach the unreached Ethnos?
 
Mark 16:15 “He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.“” (NIV)
 
NTM Philippines Summer Youth Missions Camp - Staff & Students
NTM Philippines Summer Youth Missions Camp - Staff & Students
 

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