When God Pushes the Pause Button

July 25, 2016

The last few months, everything seemed to be going well, very well. Friend Sunday in May was a success with over 50 visitors to church; Sports Bible Camp reached almost 50 teens; weekly attendance in Youth Group is averaging over 30; the new Kids’ Bible Club started with an attendance of 47 kids; the Luke […]

Yes, God Has Wondrously Provided!

July 12, 2016

God just gave NTM Aviation an R66 helicopter for the Philippines! You prayed, you gave, and God supplied. On July 7, generous donors provided a highly capable R66 helicopter for the southern islands region of the Philippines. It’s hard to believe it really happened! Once again, God is showing His relentless pursuit of lost people […]

I’m not afraid to die

July 6, 2016

For several weeks now, one of our believers, Hesus, hasn’t been able to attend church services on Sunday. So, this past Sunday, after the morning service, Ginger and I took a short walk over to Hesus’ house. A short walk it was but something Hesus can’t do anymore; he can’t even get out of bed. […]

Full Circle

June 25, 2016

Another Palawano Translation? Yes. Did you know there are THREE Palawano people groups on Palawan? Three related-but-distinct Palawano languages? It’s true. For security reasons, let’s call them Palawano 1, Palawano 2, and Palawano 3. We did the translation for Palawano 1. Some friends with Wycliffe Bible Translators did a translation for Palawano 2. But Palawano 3 needs […]

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 […]

Will It Fly Again?

April 19, 2016

Just two months ago, you started praying for the R44 helicopter as it began its sea voyage to the Philippines – in pieces, stuffed into a shipping container. You might have had serious doubts that a shrink-wrapped helicopter could ever be put back together and fly again. Well, you can put your doubts to rest. […]

Good happenings

April 17, 2016

Thank you for praying for us as we checked Leviticus translation. We finished in eight days and it went smoother than we expected. We gave our translation assistants a few days break before we start again. Tomorrow morning (Monday, April 18) we will start checking the book of Numbers. Again we ask that you please pray for […]

Missionary Kids’ Partnership

April 9, 2016

As missionaries, we often encourage our kids to get involved in the ministry, however they can and however they want. Their main ministry, of course, is with the village kids and building relationships. For Luke and Jonathan, this often comes in the form of sports: basketball and soccer. For Rebekah and Abigail, this comes in […]

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 […]

Pray for Uno

April 1, 2016

This coming Sunday a Manubu’ Bible teacher will begin to teach the 40 lesson evangelistic phase of the chronological teaching program at a large village we’ll call Uno. There are a number of good-works-for-eternal-salvation churches there including ones that emphasis experience over biblical truth. Mahan tried to start teaching the evangelistic phase there a few […]