Jason and Angie Bechtel Bringing Hope to Unreached People Groups Here is the latest NTM@work magazine. I have gotten piles of very encouraging feedback about the articles in this NTM@work. Just to be up front, if you enjoyed anything in the NTM@work, it had nothing to do with me. NTM-USA does the magazine for themselves, and generously allows NTM Canada to reprint it. I take the liberty to substitute in Canadian specific information in the place of USA specific information (such as featured missionaries, State-side giving opportunities, etc.), but the field-related content is identical.
Posts Tagged ‘New Tribes Mission’
NTM@work August 2011
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, September 5th, 2011Yagaria People: New Testament Dedication
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Thursday, July 21st, 2011A lengthy procession of more than 3,000 people sang praises to God as they made their way to the area where they would sit through a sun-scorched, five-hour ceremony.
Jungle Camp 2011
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Saturday, June 18th, 2011Jungle Camp was the highlight of our two years of tribal missionary training with New Tribes Mission. So it is with fond memories we look forward to each summer when a new class of missionaries-in-training move into the bush for 4 weeks.
As staff at the home office for NTM in Canada, we got a sneak peak at how the students are doing. The actual open house isn’t until July 2-3. I encourage everyone to plan a day trip and see for yourself how resourceful and creative the students are.
Here are some photos from the current class:
Here are some posts from our summer of 2007 in Jungle Camp
Round 1 of Questions about Jungle Camp
Hot Water Plumbed into our Jungle Camp Home
Here are some photos from our summer in Jungle Camp:
NTM@work for Canadians
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, May 16th, 2011That first week after my trip to Indonesia was a killer. Not only was I battling jet lag, but I was working hard to get the May 2011 edition of the NTM@work magazine “Canadianized” and to the printer. Well, with the help of Peter and Elaine Yoon, the magazine did get out the door that first week back. And today they are being mailed.
Can’t wait to get your copy? Well you can read it here!
Along with the magazine, Elaine wrote up a fantastic article to introduce the new Leadership Team for NTM Canada.
Old Man’s First Time on Escalator
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, May 16th, 2011New Tribes Mission is working with many different people groups in Papua New Guinea. Many of the people we work with have never been into town, so riding and escalator for the first time can be quite entertaining, if not for this grandfather, then for those of us watching.
Jet Lag
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, May 9th, 2011
I am not sure about this jet lag thing. Last Saturday morning I woke up in Korea about 5:30am, slept about an hour on the plane, then another hour in Durham, and went to bed at 11pm EST. 5:30am-11pm is 17.5 hours, right? wrong. Add in the 13 hours in the plane, and I was up for more than 30 hours with only a couple of naps.
So let’s just say that I slept well Saturday night, from 11 till 6:30am. Then on Sunday, I did have a hour long nap, and stayed up till 11pm. But Lorelei had trouble sleeping, so I was up a couple of time with her till she finally settled at 3am. I on the other hand was wide a wake, so got up at 4:30, and got some work done.
This pattern of one good night followed by one bad night repeated itself a couple of times. So maybe the jet lag will hit me later. As it is, I don’t mind that my body seems to have flipped the nights and days really quickly. So will I have to endure the “one day for every hour of time-change”?
How do you get over jet lag?
Inspiring Advocacy with a Cause
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
This week I was reading. Yes, I can do that. I finished reading the book Talkable by Guy Richards. One of the ideas Richards shared, which got me thinking was, and I paraphrase, “To inspire advocacy, cause should not be replaced by profit.”
Here’s the actual quote:
“Money is not a solution, nor does it inspire belief. Money is a by-product of a great cause. If you are solely driven by profit, you will most likely succeed, but you will have a disengaged staff and a lethargic, transient client base.
I am not saying profitability isn’t important. Planning your organization for sustainability insures your cause. But the cause should not be replaced by profit … if you want to inspire advocacy.”
p. 27, Guy Richards, Talkable
So I was thinking (yes, I can do that too), if this is true (and I wholeheartedly believe that it is) then Partnership Development (aka deputation) is not, or should not, be about getting funded. It should be about inspiring and gaining partners in our cause of tribal evangelism. Partners who yes, are investing in our ministry through prayer and finances, but who are also advocates for our ministry.
So what is our vision that inspires partnership? The hardest-to-reach people coming to know God on a deeply personal level. These people don’t have a grandmother praying for them. They are steeped in endless generations of Satanic deception and miss-aimed worship.
Yes, the inner-city is home to countless gang members who are hardened criminals, murderous to the core. The people Angie and I are helping to reach with the gospel are in many ways similar to these. Tribal people have been calloused by incredible hardships. Rape and revenge killings are a way of life.
But the difference I see is that those in the inner city are physically within reach of God’s love. There are billboards proclaiming God’s love. There are prison ministries. There are radio stations and tele-evangelists who are targeting these very needy people, and in their heart language. The tribal people Angie and I are helping to reach with the gospel are NOT similar in this way. For many reasons, remoteness and language barriers being just two of the bigger ones, these people have never heard the name of Jesus Christ, not even as a cuss word. Tribal people will NEVER hear about the God who loved them enough to send his only begotten Son to die in their place, they will NEVER hear unless we tell them.
Romans 10:13-15
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent?
As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
The heart and soul of New Tribes Mission
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Saturday, March 26th, 2011Larry Brown is the President of NTM-USA and passionately shares the purpose and vision of New Tribes Mission.
Indonesia Trip Details
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Monday, March 14th, 2011
one of the 10 pre-release copies of the new Lauje New Testament Bibles
There are two questions I am hearing a lot of right now.
First off, the baby’s due date is March 31st. We will be letting everyone know as soon as Angie has the baby. Right now she is doing fantastic. Sill going for a jog 3 mornings a week, but has cut back on her responsibilities. She isn’t helping with childcare at NTM anymore, and isn’t tutoring Thursday nights anymore.
The second question (or set of questions) surrounds my upcoming trip to Indonesia.
The original February itinerary was postponed because the Lauje NT wasn’t going to be ready in time. The Bible dedication ceremony is now scheduled for late April.
I will be leaving Canada the first week of April and returning three weeks later. I will be traveling with a Korean “exposure team” for the first two weeks, visiting 3 different tribes. After sending the team back to Korea without us, their team leader and myself will be making a trip to Laujeland for the Bible dedication there.
I never dreamed of having such a full and eye-opening trip. It is only possible because Angie and her parents thought that if I was going to spend the $1700 to get to Indonesia and back, I might as well stay longer and make the trip more worth-while. Their encouragement, along with this opportunity to join the Korean team came together to make this a better, but more costly trip. I was originally forecasting $2500 in expenses. Now I expect to need $3000 to cover all my expenses. I am excited to say that God has already provided over $1000. Please join me in prayer for the remaining support needed.
PS. Angie and the THREE kids will be living with her parents while I am gone.
Indonesia Trip Rescheduled
Posted by Jason and Angie Bechtel on Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Traditional Lauje Home
God promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against the advance of His Church. And God keeps His promises. In 2011, God is calling sinners to Himself, and saving them by His matchless grace. And He is extending His hand of opportunity, to you and to me, to join Him.
My trip to Indonesia has been rescheduled for the end of April. Since 2008, I have been helping to prepare the New Testament for the Lauje people. Being at the Bible dedication in the tribe is an exciting dream come true.
At this point, I need much prayer as there is much planning to do, funding for God to provide, and logistics to figure out. Instead of going just before our 3rd child is born, I plan on going a month after. Angie and the three kids will be staying with family, so that is taken care of. What I don’t know yet is who will travel with me. I REALLY want someone to go with me.
Salvation is free, but bringing the message to the unreached can be very expensive, especially when the people who need to hear live in hard-to-reach places. This trip into the Lauje tribe will cost each person more than $2,500. It is exciting to see how God has already started to provide the funds for my expenses!
It is a privilege to see God at work and to join Him as His message of salvation is brought to all Nations, Tribes and Tongues! Above all, I really need prayer support for this fast approaching trip! There is much to do. As I join God in His work, I am eternally thankful for all those that partner with me, however God leads!
If you are able to commit to prayer support, or if you feel called to help with the needed finances, please let me know. Angie and I want to keep you updated on how God provides!
