Tag: New Tribes Mission

Budik New Testament Dedication We told you the Budik New Testament dedication was about to happen, and we’ve just received some very colorful pictures we thought you might enjoy seeing. Just a little taste of the joy in heaven we’ll experience when we all gather as the Bride of Christ. CLICK HERE to see ALL […]

Faithful messengers We have great respect and admiration for our good friends, Luis and Elizabeth Trujillo. When we were training missionary candidates in Colombia, they were attending a little church plant that our team had started in the town of Fusa. Soon, they also wanted to have a part in sharing the gospel with those […]

Cana-days Forgive me for the cheesey title. Don’t blame Eida, it’s all my fault — just couldn’t pass it up. 🙂 WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO GOD for making it possible for us to visit Esther & Curtis and our Canadian grandkids in Nova Scotia during the last two weeks of August. It was a […]

Meeting Kaylene Over Memorial Day weekend, we finally got to meet a very special person, the newest member of our family, little Kaylene Joy. Isn’t she a doll? Look at those eyelashes! Although she was born in March, we weren’t able to get over to Art and Lenn’s place near Austin for a couple of […]

Amelia’s story Amelia was 14 when she lost her mother, she had an absent father and two younger siblings to take care of. Yet, for some reason, God touched her heart with the spiritual needs of tribal people who had never heard the Good News and He miraculously made it possible for her to receive […]

Hortas’ Visit In September of 1982, we arrived in Colombia, a couple of green young missionaries with toddler Art and baby Esther, to join the staff of the newly formed Instituto Misionero. Here’s a little “throwback Thursday” for you… Juan Horta was one of the three young men who made up that first class of […]

Literacy Manual in Action Happy Resurrection Day! Our church worship team and choir will be doing a special musical program called “Tenebrae” on Thursday night, remembering the Last Supper and Jesus’ crucifixion. Then on Sunday morning, we’ll be singing songs of celebration, rejoicing in His victory over death, which is ours as well by faith […]

Kaylene Joy has arrived! Here’s the birth announcement and news from Art and Lenn: “Kaylene Joy Irwin was born at 3:18 PM on March 19, 2015. She measured 7 lb 8 oz and 21 inches. Marlene got her wish of giving birth without any medications, and we are very thankful that there were no complications! […]

Better news about Consuelo We just received the following information from Colombia:      Thank you for your prayers for Consuelo. The good news is that she does not have terminal cancer, meaning that she is not expected to die within a year, she could live for five to ten more years. Also she does not […]

Thank you for praying for Consuelo We received this update yesterday: “Consuelo has cancer on the outer edges of both sides of her hip. She only feels pain in the right side. She also had five suspicious spots on her spine they suspect are cancerous but won’t know until biopsy results in two weeks. “After […]