Jason and Angie Bechtel Bringing Hope to Unreached People Groups What makes tribal church planting different than regular ol’ church planting?
This video created by some friends and co-workers of ours gives a fantastic explanation.
Archive for February, 2012
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Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012Delena Turns 5-years-old
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, February 27th, 2012
This Sunday, our little girl turned 5! It’s hard to believe we have a 5 year old in the house! It was a pretty quiet day since most of us were sick, but we still had pancakes for breakfast. Jason was also able to take Delena on her first date to McDonald’s for lunch. She was quite thrilled about this. Not just because she got to have a cheeseburger and pop and get a fun little toy, but because she ‘loves Daddy the best’! Next week you’ll hear more about her birthday since she’s having her family party next weekend.
Toronto Youth Group Retreat
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, February 27th, 2012
On the long weekend in February, after a lot of preparation, Jason, along with co-workers, hosted a Chinese youth group from Toronto. The group arrived late Saturday night and stayed until Sunday after lunch. Everyone had a great time.
Friday night they did some role-playing where they ate some things they didn’t recognize. Then Saturday morning they talked about the importance of communicating clearly across cultures. After a few brave souls went tobogganing Saturday afternoon, everyone spent the evening in a tribal hut around a fire talking with Pete Humphreys, a veteran missionary, about the challenges to planting a church in an isolated tribal group. The Sunday morning, Angie’s brother, Sean, wrapped up the weekend with a challenge out of Habakkuk.
All weekend long, the youth were exposed to NTM and tribal church planting!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Last night we had a Ladies Valentine’s Bingo Extravaganza at our church. A friend and I organized it. Don’t worry, we didn’t do any gambling. There were lots of prizes to be won though, including the best red/pink outfit. 
I must admit that I was nervous about being the ‘caller’, but once I got into it, I had a lot of fun with it.
Here are a few pictures of the evening:
The caller, aka, me!
One of the ladies shared her testimony.
We, of course, had lots of good food…
And good conversation!
2012 Milestones So Far
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012One month down in the year 2012! Wow! I think it’s true that time goes by faster the older you get and I should know since I’ve just hit the milestone of turning 30! Jason likes to remind me quite frequently that he’s younger than me, but I like to remind him to respect his elders!
Jason is still up in the air with his health. He has a Dr.’s appointment on February 17, so please pray that we would get some direction from the doctor. In the meantime, we suspect that Jason has Crohn’s on top of the Celiac Disease, so we’re trying to limit his fibre and his stress. He’s been doing very well at not opening his laptop at home to do office work and is taking time to read for enjoyment and I think it is helping some.
Delena recently brought home a certificate saying that she knows all her letters – upper and lower case. The teacher has also started sending home little readers. It’s so fun to see her recognize words!
Lorelei is at the age of potty-training. She’s very consistent at telling me when she has to go, but she doesn’t like to tell anyone else if I’m not around, so we’re working on that!
Myelle is SO close to walking! Just yesterday, she took her first steps!
Here she is on her way down – if you didn’t know better, you might think she knew how to dance already!
