NTM - New Tribes Mission | Planting Tribal Churches

We are headed to CT to spend Christmas with Jeord, Jill & their children (Joel’s older brother’s family.)  We would appericate your prayers for safe travel, good health & good fellowship.

We will be returning to MO by Jan. 5, 2009.  We begin classes the 19th and would just ask that you pray that we’ll get back into the routine of things well.  We want to learn all that we can while we are here!

We also need to begin the process of filling out forigen paperwork and buying airline tickets.  There a lot of details to be mindful of and we just ask that you pray that we’ll have wisdom in the decisons we make.

We often find ourselves facing ‘the unknown’ in life….where will I go to college, who will I marry, what job will I have, and so on.  It is no different for us.  Although we are in training to be missionaries, we still face a number of unknowns as well….how are we going to pay for tution, when should we leave for Brazil, what will it be like living there as a family, and so much more! 

Tribal people around the world face very different unknowns…when will I eat again, are the spirits going to kill me because I made them mad, will my husband beat me today, should I pick up the baby I just had or leave it in the jungle to die…I don’t know if we can care for the child….these are just a few examples of the unknowns of a tribal person.

The thing is, as a christian we can face these ‘unknowns’ with boldness!  We have Christ on our side!  We want to live each day with the intent to bring glory to Him.  And weather or not the rest of it works out, we know that He is in control & that He will NOT forget us!  This true for ALL of us…tribal, Brasilian, American, whoever!  WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!!!