NTM - New Tribes Mission | Planting Tribal Churches

In my t-shirt and sandals, the warm sun beating down on my face, a fresh breeze in the air, I breathed deeply and thought immediately of Angie, cold as an icecube back in Canada. Florida certainly agreed with me last month.

Trip to Florida

I know it wasn’t fair to leave Angie back in Canada with the kids while I gallivanted down to warmer weather, but at least I thought of her, right?

My trip to Florida wasn’t entirely for pleasure. Well, it wasn’t for pleasure at all really. I don’t think many people find pleasure in driving two days to Florida only to turn around a couple days later and drive 22 hours straight, straight back to the frozen north!

I went to Florida with two other guys from the NTMC home office for a week of meetings. My head hurt so much from all the thinking, planning, talking, strategizing, philosophizing… But do you know the real benefit of our trip? The relationships. I have been working long-distance with a number of co-workers in the NTM USA home office, but had never met them. This trip took our relationships to a whole new level—friendship.

I got to see how my counter-parts in the US office do what I do in Canada, only on a much larger scale. I got to sit in on planning meetings for a new website. I got to talk about how to use Facebook and Twitter for the furtherance of the Gospel to places it has never been before. Exciting things, at least to me!

Thanks for your prayers for safety. And our meetings wouldn’t have been the success they were without your prayers. Thank you!

Teaching in the Missionary Training Centre

I could really use your prayers this week. On top of maintaining my responsibilities in the office this week, I am teaching 3 mornings in the Missionary Training Centre. I am going to be talking about “Partnership Development”, also known as “deputation”, “home assignment” or “support raising”.

There are a lot of great tools out there for staying in touch with supporters. So many in fact, that all of us missionaries that have to raise our own support can forget about the greatest tool of all—prayer!

Please pray that I keep everything in balance. It is really easy to focus on our part and forget about God’s part in providing for us.

Thanks again for your part in our ministry. We couldn’t be a part of the team reaching lost tribal people with the Gospel without your prayers, support and encouragement!

PRAY WITH US:

• That all 4 of us would stay healthy
  
• For Jason as he continues to work on the Lauje New Testament
  
• For Angie who now has to cook gluten free meals for Jason
• For Jason as he drives to Owen Sound each week for a night class
  
• For Angie as she helps plan a ladies retreat
• For Jason as he teaches about “Partnership Development” aka “support raising”
• That we as a couple would be a God-honouring example to our girls and others in our circles

Jason for the 4 of us.