Ed and Debbie Jurimas » New Tribes Mission

Mission teams, visitors and construction

Ed and Debbie Jurimas — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:51:46 +0000

Ed & Nick taking the team on a local tour

Mission Teams, veteran missionaries, new missionaries, pastors, teachers, evangelists, seminar leaders, families, just to name a few have all kept the Martin Burnham Mission Center buzzing with activity almost nonstop. One of those mission teams was a group of law enforcement officers from mostly California who came and ministered to the National & local law enforcement officials here in Manila. Ed and Nick were able to take them on a tour around some of the poor sections surrounding the Mission Center. It was a great opportunity to meet some of our local officials.
Along with all the guests and teams coming through we have had some bigger projects to coordinate in the midst of the exciting ministry activity. One of the projects that we have just completed was connecting our two buildings with a hallway. Lucas and his father-in-law, Roy, did most of the work on this wonderful new addition.
Another big and ongoing project is the re-surfacing of the older Guesthome building. The building has a cement and pebble finish (about 30 years old) which is coming off the face of the building and some chunks have already fallen, so we are removing the bad areas and replacing it with new.
Of course there is always the need for the general maintenance, like washing machine repairs, fixing emergency lights, the water filter system, and ice machine repair(just to name a few)
Please pray for safety for the workers we have here to do the re-facing of the older building.
Debbie’s mom needs to wait for more tests since she is having other physical issues before they can take care of the heart valve. This is stressful for all of us. Pray for peace and calmness as she awaits more tests and then the results.
Please continue to pray for the mission center, we are here to assist missionaries as they continue to evangelize, disciple and plant churches. Praise the Lord another people group is currently being taught God’s Word in their heart language – The Brook’s Point Palawanos.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being a part of the ministry with us!

Hard to tell time according to the seasons

Blog Admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:41:35 +0000

a night out with Dave (in red) from NJ

It is hard for us as North Americans to tell time according to the seasons here in the Philippines. There are no leaves changing color and the weather stays quite warm year round. We do however associate time on who has been at the Mission Center or what events have taken place such as seminars and training gatherings. We have been jam packed with lots of events and mission teams coming and going. There has been about one seminar per week with most having over 150 participants in attendance.

Women in Ministry

These conferences have all been for training of local Christian workers, pastors, etc. Just this past Sunday morning we had two mission teams depart for their places of ministry, one was from Australia and the other from Hawaii. We are amazed at all the various ministries we get to support through the Mission Center and because YOU are willing to support us we can continue to serve over here in the Philippines.

Our daughter Ashley recently arrived here in the Philippines and is now with the mission team from Hawaii continuing on a building project and serving the local people (mostly children) in a different part of the Philippines. Ashley is so happy to be back in the Philippines, not only because we are here but because she loves the Philippines and the people over here.

Dana is our new partner in ministry at the Mission Center

Brianna is recovering nicely from the surgery she had on September 11th. We praise the Lord for the wonderful medical care she received here and we want you all to know that the hospital, the doctors and all the medical staff were top notch. Thank you for praying!

Please pray for us as we have the constant pressures of keeping this wonderful facility the Lord has allowed us to care for running smoothly.

Pray for Ashley and the mission team she is with to have many opportunities to serve others and share the Gospel.

Pray for Brianna as she is really working hard in school, this is her senior year and also pray for her as she takes the SAT on Saturday Oct. 9^th.

Thank you so very much for the huge part you play in all that God is doing throughout the Philippines, you really encourage us through your love, prayers and support!

Somewhat back to normal

Blog Admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:38:05 +0000

ahh yes a job well done

Things are somewhat back to normal after the flood, especially for us here at the Mission Center. We still have many guests coming & going all the time which keeps us busy.

We have completed 7 queen size bedspreads and 13 twins size out of all that fabric we showed in a previous update. We are also working on reupholstering furniture. With 34 guest rooms there is lots of furniture to make, refinish, recover, etc.

What in the world does this have to do with Church planting, the Gospel and Bible translation? It shows that we are all part of the team. There are missionaries, language consultants, mission teams, family members of missionaries, pastors, doctors, training personnel, all staying with us at the Martin Burnham Mission Center for various reasons such as medical, dental, travel, some may be here for training seminars, well you get the idea all kinds of people using the Center. Yes, we are all part of the team planting churches among unreached people groups.

Taltak & his mom Kilsit - Taltak needs surgery on his face

For example the picture attached of the boy Tatak and his mom are from a village where the missionaries will begin teaching God’s Word early next year, in the tribal language. He was here for 6 weeks trying to get medical attention for the growth on his face (actually to find out the source of the growth). He will be back in January to have this taken care of.

Thank you for being a part of God’s team with us in reaching the lost.

Nick (works with Ed), had the radio playing in the workshop and a song came on in English which sang about being “blue” and he asked “what mean blue, the color blue?” and Ed told him malungkot (sad) and proceeded to tell Nick that is how we are feeling now as Thanksgiving and Christmas approach because we miss our friends and family back in America. So please pray for us as we do MISS YOU!

People in the village soon to hear the gospel!

Prayer Requests:

Please pray for Tatak, his and the many others in his village that God would continue to prepare their hearts and minds to understand and receive the Gospel.

Pray that we can encourage those the Lord brings through the Mission Center to continue on serving as we do not know how long we will have the freedom to spread the Gospel in this or any other country.

Pray for Debbie as she will be having some major dental work done Thursday night your time (4 old crowns redone) they are decaying underneath.

We do Praise the Lord for the health and strength He gives us to serve Him.

Thank you for praying!

May God richley bless you!

AWAYO From Fear To Faith

Ed and Debbie Jurimas — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:24:51 +0000

In the remote corners of the world, people groups have existed for generations.
They live in fear of the spirits.
They die without hope.
This is Awayo’s story.