Jason and Angie Bechtel Bringing Hope to Unreached People Groups 
Lorelei has been doing a lot of teething the past little while. I’ve been meaning to take a picture of her top teeth because they showed up in an unusual order. Her bottom teeth were straightforward. The bottom middle and then one on either side. On the top, she first got one eye tooth and then the other. It looked like two little fangs and, unfortunately, I never was able to capture it on camera. Now the middle two are finally coming in. I had her laughing at lunch a couple days ago, and decided to grab the camera. This is what I managed to capture (excuse the food!):
Posts Tagged ‘Lorelei’
Lorelei’s Teeth
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Thursday, September 16th, 2010Surprise visit from Nova Scotia
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Yesterday we had surprise visitors from Nova Scotia! A lady who has been a friend of my grandma’s for years was visiting my grandma, along with her friend. Mom called me in the morning to see if I wanted company for supper and the gang all showed up in the afternoon. It was fun to catch up and show them around the NTMC property as they had never been here before. It was nice to introduce them to Lorelei and for them to see how much Delena has grown in the past 2 years! 
—Angie
August Email Update
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Thursday, August 5th, 2010This summer has been filled with activities. To kick off the summer we took a day trip, as a family to Storybook Park in Owen Sound. We went with the Moms ‘n’ Tots group that I have been attending, from the Hanover Missionary church. Delena spent most of the day on rides with her friend, Caleb.
Vacation Bible School
The next big event was Avalanche Ranch VBS. Jason and I were both on the planning committee once again, so we’d been building up to this event for months. It finally came the week of July 12-16th. We had a profitable week with 39 kids registering and our highest day being 35 kids. I played the roll of the behind-the-scenes director and Jason was a group co-leader for the Gr. 5/6 group. We were quite pleased with the turn-out and everything ran very smoothly. One of the highlights of the week was the Thursday night family night. There was only one family missing from the group of kids attending for the week and some great conversations were had with unchurched families.
Home Project of the Summer
This month has been characterized by a deck for Jason. He is putting a deck on the back of our house from the second story (main level from the front). He’s never done something like this before, so it’s been weeks of planning and calculating and now, building. I’m so proud of him for sticking it out even when mistakes happened! It’s still not done, but it looks great so far!
Learning to Swim
Another fun thing this month has been taking Delena to swimming lessons. It’s her first time and there are 5 kids in her little class with 2 instructors. The lessons are at the Durham wading pool, which is up to Delena’s chest almost, in the deep end. She’s done very well. She didn’t want to put her head under the water at all on the second day (which was their first time) but now she’s the only one who will do it without the instructor’s ‘help’. She’s good at floating on her back and will attempt to swim forward, but hasn’t quite figured out how to kick your legs, move your arms AND put your face in the water! Thursday and Friday of this past week she told the instructors that she “was tired of yessons”. Today she was wanting to do them again, so hopefully this long weekend was a long enough break for her and she can finish off this last week of lessons with a bang.
Lorelei Turns 1
Uncle Sean Bechtel sharing his birthday with Lorelei
Lorelei is so much fun these days. She celebrated her 1st birthday on July 4th with celebrations on the 1st and 4th of July. She is now walking everywhere and falling lots too. She has two teeth on the bottom (old news) and her two eye teeth on the top so it looks like little fangs. She enjoys playing with her big sister and especially with whatever big sister DOESN’T want her to play with!
Thanks again for all your prayers and a BIG thank you for everyone who financially helped us out this last month.
—Angie for the 4 of us
Family Outing to Storybook Park
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010After Jason got back from his conference in Indiana, we had the opportunity to go to Storybook Park. I’ve been going to a Moms and Tots group for the last couple of months and as our last “hurrah” before the summer we all went to the park for the day. Jason was able to join us, so it was a nice family outing. Lorelei went on a few rides, but mostly enjoyed the swings. Delena went on EVERY ride and enjoyed each one. We also had a tag-along for the day — Delena’s friend, Caleb. It was nice for Delena to have someone with whom to go on all the rides. Of course, us parents supervised! It was a good day because it was overcast. It only rained a little around 2 and we didn’t even feel the earthquake!
June’s Email Update
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010Sweat glistening on his face, his feet heavily powdered in the dry dirt of the road, he knocked at the door. His request wasn’t unusual, the fact he had walked 22 miles was. For 22 miles he had carried a note, a list. A list of 41 names. 41 names representing 41 people who wanted to hear God’s Word.
Read the rest of the story.
Jason’s New Ministry
Of all thats new for us this spring, probably the biggest change is Jason’s ministry! Jason is now working in the Communications and Media Department. He enjoyed working in his book-keeping ministry, but graphic design has always been his passion. He is super excited to be spending all his time in this new ministry. For more details, read here: http://blogs.ntm.org/jason-bechtel/
New Leadership
Another change has been the new leadership here at New Tribes Mission of Canada. Ray Jones has been with the mission for over 35 years and has been the chairman of the leadership team for a number of years. With Ray’s retirement, my cousin’s husband, Tim Whatley, has assumed the reins. It has been nice to have them around, although we’ll miss Ray.
Barry Challinor, who also served on the leadership team and as a trainer in the Missionary Training Centre, along with his wife, Christine, will be heading back to England as their Visas were not renewed this year. It is sad to see them go, but we know it is the Lord’s timing. So yes, lots of changes.
Missionaries to the Field
As far as the students, another class has graduated and have headed out their various ways to serve the Lord. It’s so neat to watch them and see where the Lord takes them. The first year class is in their first week of Jungle Camp (here’s pictures from our month in the bush). They have two pregnant ladies amongst them, for whom you can be praying. One of them will be induced on Thursday if she hasn’t had her baby and the other is due in two weeks! In case you’re worried, yes, they’re allowed to come out of the bush to have their babies!
Angie’s New Job
On the home front, I’ve started a tutoring job in town. I started with two students and now I am up to four! It’s still only one evening a week though, which is great! I have three highschool math students and a grade three student. My grade three student is in French Immersion, so I do all her subjects with her—mostly in English, but I do some French work as well.
Delena and Lorelei
The girls continue to grow and amaze me with the things they say and do. Delena still enjoys visiting the ladies at the retirement home. On the weekend, we were out for a walk and she wanted to visit ‘Grandma Szabo.’ I told her that Grandma Szabo probably had family visiting so we wouldn’t visit her today. She was quick to reply, “Let’s go and visit with them then because we’re family too!”
Lorelei turns 1 on July 4th and is starting to show her fun and mischievous side. She can climb up the stairs now and thinks she’s quite clever. She’ll start to climb them and then turn to make sure you’re watching. If you are and you come to get her, she’ll giggle and take off faster. Too cute!
We really appreciate all your prayers for us as a family. Finding (and keeping) a balance takes constant attention. Between personal time with the Lord, quality time as a couple and with our girls, our multi-faceted ministry with New Tribes Mission, staying connected with family, friends and a number of churches, life is always full of excitement. The more we think about these responsibitilities, the more we are reminded to let go and let God. Only God can bring any good out of our lives.
Not only can we do nothing without Christ, but we can’t do this without your prayers and support. Each one on our team has a vital role in seeing the good news about Jesus Christ brought to tribal people around the world.
Millions unreached, none unreachable.
Angie for the Bechtel’s
Jason Survives Weekend With Girls Without Angie
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Thursday, March 4th, 2010Jason’s Facebook status read, “It wasn’t even 24 hours since Angie left me with the girls, and I was taking not one, but both girls into the Emerg! I am a terrific dad!”
Two weekends ago, I once again had the privilege of taking our church ladies group to “the big house” in Kitchener for our own little ladies retreat. It was great fun, as usual, but it was extra special for me because two of my very good friends from our time in training at NTMC were able to join us. One of the girls is on staff at our sister school in Missouri. She was able to come as our guest speaker and did a great job of getting us into the Word and opening up to each other. The second friend attended our church when she was in the training so I snuck her in! It was a bittersweet time as I had a fun time with her, but I’m going to miss her as her and her family head off to the Philippines this month! Her whole family actually came down for the weekend, so Jason and the girls were with the rest of her family.
Jason did well managing the whole weekend. He only had to go to ER once! The girls both got eye infections while I was gone, but Jason took it all in stride. They even had supper ready for us when we got home from the retreat!
“Laugh Your Way through Marriage” Retreat
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
This past weekend, Jason and I had the privilege of going to a couples retreat at Joy Bible Camp, just outside of Bancroft, ON. Lorelei was able to come along too since her milk machine was going.
Friday, at noon, we loaded the girls up and took Delena to her Nana’s (1.5 hours). We then joined up with my parents for the next 5 hours. Once at the retreat, we met up with my sister and her husband. Not only was it a couples retreat, but a family affair as well!
The couples retreat was called “Laugh Your Way through Marriage”. It was a video series by Mark Gungor. And laugh we did. We thoroughly enjoyed the series. He was very frank and we learned lots, but as Jason said, “It was hard to tell if he was doing a marriage seminar or just stand up comedy.” We would highly recommend him. If you’re interested in seeing what he’s like, just search “Mark Gungor” on YouTube!
We had a great time getting to know the other couples, plus a friend of mine from the area was able to come over Saturday afternoon for a visit. The staff at the camp were great too. They were totally accommodating for us bringing Lorelei along. I wouldn’t be surprised if we find ourselves making another trip up to Joy Camp sometime, but maybe not for awhile because it is a LONG drive!
Bechtel Christmas Update 2009
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, January 4th, 2010NEW PRAYER CARD, 2 OPTIONS
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Saturday, November 28th, 2009Angie and I just finished designing a new prayer card. Actually two. We can’t decide which one is better. Which one do you want to get in the mail this Christmas? (we can only mail it to you if we know your address, hint hint (jason_bechtel@ntm.org))
Do you like option 1 better?
Or do you like option 2 better?
Highlights from last week!
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Sunday, November 15th, 2009Last Friday, even though I was watching three kids from NTM for the morning, I still managed to clean AND I made 2 pies and lemon squares in the morning before our friend, Annette, came in the afternoon for a visit. Annette arrived with some gifts for the girls and food for the adults. She played with the girls and chatted with me while I made supper. My brother Sean arrived in time for supper. We had chicken enchiladas with sweet potatoes in them…a new experience for Annette and Sean!
After supper we played Killer Bunnies with Delena (she mostly watched). Then we played until 9 when Jason went to bed. After that Annette and I pulled out the Christmas decorations. We managed to get lights and garland on the banister and the tree up before going to bed.
After a pancake breakfast, Annette and I went shopping for more Christmas lights, and of course got additional goodies.
Jason has been working diligently on the crawlspace and was able to finish it Saturday night. YEAH!!! He has pretty sore knees though!
Dennis and Valerie are coming overnight on Tuesday night YEAH!
