When It Doesn’t FEEL Like Christmas

December 25, 2017

Over the past few weeks, as we have been getting ready for Christmas, several times I have thought and my kids have said, “It doesn’t feel like Christmas.” And it got me thinking- what is it that makes it FEEL like Christmas? I asked my kids this and we all talked about it and this […]

Filling a Supply Order Ends with a Surprise

August 9, 2016

After a Monday morning that started at 3:45 AM, I thought we would have a couple low-key days. When I opened my email, everything changed.

How NTM Aviation Helped Us

July 14, 2016

I would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for our NTM pilots who were willing to risk their lives for us in the years we worked with possible threats of kidnapping from the enemies of the Gospel here in Colombia. We knew that all it would take was a radio call to ask for our […]

Travel in PNG

July 5, 2016

As with all of us, the simple things that goes on day to day as we live life often gets overlooked. One thing we have often said is we wished so many of you could see the life we lived just so you could experience it for a day. So we wanted to write about […]

Riding the Wind

July 5, 2016

Sitting on our porch in Papua New Guinea looking out over the Bismarck Sea one could hear and see airplanes of all kinds lifting from the airstrip along the coast below. We would awake to the sun rising, blowing us away with pictures only God could provide. Many planes would come and go, but the […]

We won’t ‘fly you to the moon…’

July 4, 2016

The Old Days I recall hearing horror stories of missionaries traveling to destinations by ship. They certainly were not the cruise lines of today. –Some journeys took as long as two months; some of those journeys were taken on vessels that called in question their sea-worthiness; and some of those missionaries who journeyed on questionable […]

From Headhunters to Soul Hunters

June 8, 2016

“From headhunters, they are now soul hunters.” That’s how Filipino missionary Rene Tanjusay characterizes the Ilongot tribal people of the Philippines. Before NTM sent its first missionary to them, the Ilongot were well-known killers. But in 1954, a Filipino missionary went to work among them, followed by an American. From that small beginning, 23 groups […]

It’s Here!

May 26, 2016

Almost exactly a month ago, we submitted our application for registration, and we fully expected It to be released a week ago, so Brian and I drove to the city last week and spent three days prepping the helicopter for it’s test flight, and packing all of our tools and support equipment and shipping it […]

Celebration of a Promise Kept

May 9, 2016

You know that wonderful feeling of a promise kept? Then celebrate with us! The arrival of Kodiak #3 — the third and final one — in Papua New Guinea marks the fulfillment of a plan NTM Aviation set in motion three years ago. But first, give thanks to God, because without His faithfulness, none of […]

The Helicopter Arrives This Week!

April 4, 2016

We returned to the Philippines on New Year’s Eve after being away from our regular ministry for a year of training. That was just three very short months ago. We have been getting things ready for the arrival of the new helicopter. This has been more challenging than we thought. Of the 90 days that […]