When Plans Change

August 7, 2018

Have you ever made plans and then changed them and changed them again? Been there. Done that. More times than I’d like to admit. And it reminds me of Proverbs 16:9, where it reads: A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. I love how God is the Director of my […]

Africa, Here I Come!

February 7, 2018

I’ve never been to Africa. I’ve seen a lot of pictures. I’ve heard a lot of stories. And I’ve always thought that would be the extent of my knowledge of that vast continent. But that’s about to change. I’m about to find out what Africa is like! Vaccinations have been updated, malaria prophylaxis is in […]

God Plus Nothing

February 14, 2017

NTM Founder, Paul Fleming, in Malaya. God Plus Nothing World War II had not yet begun, but the threat of it was already being felt. And in the Malayan jungle a different kind of war was waging, and a tall, young missionary was rapidly becoming a casualty. For three years, Paul Fleming had fought an […]

Colombia and Beyond

June 16, 2016

A Desperate Need As I shared in my last update, a young Nukak man died the day we arrived in the village there in Colombia. It brought to the forefront the sobering reality of the fragility of life and how desperately the Nukak people need the hope of the gospel. Pray for the missionaries to […]

Some Things Are Just Hard

May 23, 2016

A Life Saved On my recent trip to Colombia, on the day I arrived in the village, a young Nukak man died. But there was a lot more behind that story. Jack Foster, a missionary working with the Nukak people wrote more about it. The story began back in the 1990s. Derrek* was two […]

A Trip to Colombia

March 23, 2016

A Poisoned Dart It was back in the early ’70s. The initial contact with the Nukak didn’t go as planned. Though Danny Germann was pleased at the seemingly smooth exchange of gifts — the accompanying poisoned dart in his neck wasn’t quite so pleasing. It took time to earn the trust of this remote tribal […]

Celebrating Christmas Along with Us

December 15, 2015

The Greatest Gift of All Christmas is just around the corner. The time of year when we give gifts in remembrance and honor of the greatest gift of all — the gift of salvation that came through God sending His only Son. They didn’t know Him. Last year the Tangguat people of Papua New Guinea […]

Teachers Needed!

April 6, 2015

As a staff writer here at NTM, I read a lot of blogs and letters as I research for articles. One stood out to me today. It was a letter from yet another missionary in Papua New Guinea expressing the need for teachers for this coming school year at Numonohi Christian Academy, their school for missionary children. This has […]

Overwhelmed

March 19, 2015

Here at NTM Communications, our theme this year is: “Meet the needs you see in faith.” The lead article of the March issue of the NTM@work magazine highlights this so well. “Overwhelmed” paints a clear picture of the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the Philippines last year. Facing such devastation, missionary pilot Brian Pruett felt overwhelmed. […]

What’s in a Job Description?

March 5, 2015

With nearly a year working here at NTM’s USA headquarters in Florida, I must say it’s quite different from working in a tribal setting. I’m not studying language or culture, and there’s not a steady stream of tribal people stopping by to chat. I’m not stitching up cuts on the feet, the face — or […]