April 8, 2008 Phone: 407-547-2337 / 407-547-2437
New Tribes Mission 1000 E. First St. Sanford, FL 32771
Hello dear ones,
First of all, Tim is in Colombia, and would sure appreciate your prayer for wisdom, strength and a sense of God’s presence and working these days as he and fellow laborers there meet. He returns home to attend the yearly team meetings of our Spanish translation team who work on resource materials for our Hispanic coworkers working in tribal church planting. There we will hear what has been accomplished, the needs, and plan priorities for the coming year.
The same week he will take in a bit of the Translation Workshop for training Bible Translation consultants and checkers, then, next he will be at the gathering of some the worldwide staff who train new NTM cross cultural missionaries in so many places, including 5 countries in Central and South America, trusting to keep the different locations working together and learning from each other and keeping abreast of all that is being developed in this area.
So you can be sure as you pray for us that we really need it! We are either with our fellow missionaries on the fields, preparing for those trips, or in workshops which we sometimes host here at Sanford. However, coming up in May we will be doing just that on one of the fields, with our dear fellow leaders from the fields in the South American region as we learn things pertinent to the ministry and are encouraged in the Lord. Thanks for praying that our hearts will be strengthened as we are united in glorifying God and trusting Him to complete the work He has given us to do, reaching those who have no other chance to hear outside of someone going to where they are and relating in a deep and meaningful way in their own language God’s provision for us all in Christ.
There are many works in the continuing church phase in Bolivia, where the missionaries are still preparing materials and working in the background as the believers and church leaders lead the way. Yet there are still several places where the work needs to be started. A plan is in place to evaluate this all in a very detailed way in order to prioritize resources. Speaking of resources, we enjoyed visiting a couple of days with the students and staff in the missionary institute there near Santa Cruz. Praise Him for all the laborers he is raising up around the world!
Thanks so much for being partners in this tremendous work! We love and appreciate you!
Tim & Betty Wyma
New Tribes Mission Field Ministries / Latin America www.ntm.org/timandbetty_wyma
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