{"id":2,"date":"2009-08-14T16:05:39","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-10-15T11:57:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T15:57:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0WHY WOULD WE SAY THAT BEING A PART OF NTM AVIATION IS REALLY BIG? <\/span><\/p>\n

Because being a part of this ministry has eternal value, it\u00a0has an impact around the world, and we can truly say…there is never a dull moment!<\/p>\n

\"[MyIt may be a bit deceiving, but this photo\u00a0doesn’t really depict what Tim does on a day to day basis.\u00a0 In fact, his log book isn’t getting filled any too fast these days!\u00a0 He is qualified to fly with NTMA and he is also a qualified mechanic, but the Lord has seen fit to use these abilities differently.<\/p>\n

Because of our years in Canada with NTMC and because of the technical qualifications Tim has in aviation, we were asked to help lead NTMA through some world wide organizational and philosophy\u00a0changes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This ministry involves much travel to various countries around the world.\u00a0 These are pictures of Tim in one of the countries we work in with some of the aviation team members there.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> He often spends many of his working hours in meetings so it is great when he gets to be a part of helping out the pilots.\u00a0 His ministry involves strategizing, planning ahead, working with other aviation organizations, and\u00a0working through\u00a0various issues.\u00a0 Issues that are both organizational and relational.\u00a0 They\u00a0involve many people, with different personalities, ideas and different cultures.\u00a0\u00a0Tim is the chairman of a team of men who all work together and seek the Lord’s Wisdom in all that they are responsible for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sue’s responsibilities <\/span>include, eating “bon bons”, reading\u00a0Good Housekeeping, shopping, getting manicures & pedicures…oh, sorry, am I dreaming again?\u00a0 Actually, my responsibilities cover a wide range of territory.\u00a0 As far as my NTMA responsibilities, I am helping Tim in the office, helping out on the social committee, organizing\u00a0various mission functions, providing ideas to better NTMA :),\u00a0discipling others and working through relationships along side of Tim,\u00a0or also by myself with ladies, and serving wherever the Lord sees fit to use me.<\/p>\n

I also enjoy all of the responsibilities of being a wife and mother.\u00a0 I get to go on field trips, cook for the football and basketball teams, throw birthday parties, and so many other normal household responsibilities.\u00a0 I also get\u00a0to spend\u00a0many hours counseling our children who are in various stages of life and helping them develop in their walk with God.\u00a0 That is one of\u00a0the most rewarding ministries I have right now.<\/p>\n

A LITTLE ABOUT OUR FAMILY…<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\"[Tim\/Sue]Tim & I (Sue) met at New Tribes Mission Bible school in 1985.\u00a0\u00a0Tim took one look at me and knew he wanted to marry me…O.K., not really, but since I am doing this I can make up whatever I want, can’t I?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Actually,\u00a0it took a few months to get noticed, but\u00a0by 1986 we\u00a0were married.\u00a0 Whoo Hoo!!\u00a0<\/p>\n

We started\u00a0preparing to\u00a0go overseas with NTM as a missionary pilot\/mechanic family.\u00a0 \u00a0By 1991, we were finished with all of our training and were headed to the Philippines with NTM Aviation, then known as TAC.\u00a0 The Lord had other plans and through various circumstances\u00a0He led us to\u00a0serve at the missionary training center in Durham, Ontario.\u00a0\u00a0Tim has always had a desire to teach Spiritual truths and this gave us a great opportunity for the Lord to use that gift\u00a0He has given Tim.\u00a0\u00a0We were also blessed with a wonderful team there who helped us continue to grow Spiritually and in the area of leadership.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2001,\u00a0we felt the Lord was directing us back into the aviation ministry.\u00a0 We\u00a0left NTM of Canada with many tears but looked forward to where God was taking us.\u00a0 We moved to McNeal, AZ\u00a0and completed the needed “re-currency”\u00a0flight\/mechanics training.\u00a0 But again, after packing and preparing to leave to go overseas to fly for NTMA in 2002, the Lord had other plans, and we were asked to stay here in McNeal, AZ to provide leadership to NTMA as an organization and to the missionaries.<\/p>\n

Through these years God has blessed us with four awesome children who all have tender hearts for God.\u00a0 They have moved many times during their lives and had much change over the years.\u00a0 But they have remained “on team” with us in all that God has desired for us to do and they are a vital part of our ministry.<\/p>\n

\"JessieJessie & Randy, are now married and enjoying living in Jackson\u00a0near New Tribes Bible school.\u00a0\u00a0 They are working this year and getting involved in their church in preperation for going to NTM’s MissionsTraining Center in Durham, ONT in the Fall.<\/p>\n

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\"241_37845\"Drew attended a year of New Tribes Bible college and is now home working and hoping to get into the EMT course at the local college.\u00a0 He wants to be a paramedic and go everseas with NTM.<\/p>\n

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\"[photosMarie is a junior in high school.\u00a0\u00a0She plays Volleyball and Tennis. \u00a0She is also in the high school choir and sings, and plays bass guitar,\u00a0with the praise team at church.\u00a0 She works baking bread once a week to pay for her cell phone.<\/p>\n

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\"[photosBen is in 8th grade.\u00a0\u00a0He is back in the public school this year and is\u00a0doing great.\u00a0 He plays\u00a03 seasons of sports for the Jr. high\u00a0school and\u00a0plays drums in the high school band.\u00a0 He still plays drums in the praise band at church and is learning to play guitar too.\u00a0 We are thankful for the opportunity the kids have to be involved at church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0WHY WOULD WE SAY THAT BEING A PART OF NTM AVIATION IS REALLY BIG? Because being a part of this ministry has eternal value, it\u00a0has an impact around the world, and we can truly say…there is never a dull moment! It may be a bit deceiving, but this photo\u00a0doesn’t really depict what Tim does on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/tim-sanford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}