¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
Hope your New Year got off to a good start. We found really cheap tickets for the Sun Bowl on New Year’s Eve (great weather, not-so-great game) and spent New Year’s Day morning watching the Rose Parade and eating Eida’s delicious cinnamon rolls!
I must confess that when I think about the political situation in the world, I find it hard to face the next 350 days with bubbling optimism, but I remind myself that God is sovereign and all-powerful. He is working everything together for our good and for His glory.
The economic news is bleak, it’s true, but it helps me to look back at 1980 when our missionary career began. Remember the Carter administration? Remember lines at gas stations and odd-and-even license plates? Then there was 12% inflation and unemployment near 10%… God brought us through all that, and He’ll see us through these times, too. Threre’s no need to despair; we have our forever HOME to look forward to!
Missions Videos
NTM missionary videos are valuable tools used on our Latin American fields to educate churches about pioneer cross-cultural church planting and to inspire Spanish-speaking Christians to get involved in missions.
Here’s an example of how they are being used in Paraguay.
One of the projects we have in the oven right now is the Spanish dubbing of a 10-minute condensation of the Ee-Taow story. Our representatives have been asking for shorter videos to show in churches because often they don’t have enough time in a church service to show a 35-minute movie.
After overcoming many obstacles (like finding the elusive international master), we were encouraged to receive word today that the “first draft” of the Spanish condensed version is being sent to us from Chihuahua for checking and editing. Pray, too, that we can find a suitable Spanish recording of the closing song. That will take some searching and negotiating of rights, etc. –- it’s all part of the process of producing these missionary challenge materials.
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May this be a year in which many people around the world and in our own neighborhoods have their first opportunity to hear of God’s provision of eternal life through Christ.
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