Archive for November, 2009

What a great time of year to be Thankful…

Posted by Justin and Shelbi Brammer on Monday, November 23rd, 2009

…but wait shouldn’t we always be thankful?

We are going to leave this question as a rhetorical one, and I’m hoping we all know the true answer to it.  As the Holiday season is upon us though, I can’t help but think, SCHOOL IS ALMOST DONE!!!  Did I overdue it there with all caps and exclamation points?  Oh well I tend to get a little excited of thinking of the days when I am no longer spending hours in a classroom.  Although the training has been extremely valuable, and much needed, I prefer getting my hands dirty (bring it Mike Rowe).

Yet as I think back on the past two semesters of training, my heart is absolutely softened, and I am totally humbled.  You see, I have been blessed to sit back and watch God do things in our lives that I at times didn’t think possible and at times have never before seen God work in this magnitude in my life.  You see on December 18th, when Shelbi and I graduate from here, we will be debt free.  And, I know that we will all agree that the glory ultimately goes to God, yet I have never forgotten the individuals that have allowed God to work through them and be a blessing in our lives.  As some months were tougher than others, we always had food on the table, and as I sit in awe of our Father in Heaven I truly thank every one of you, who have tangibly shown us what the body of Christ looks like and acts like.

I close with two simple words that don’t quite convey how I truly do appreciate and love all of you, THANK YOU!!!IMG_5240 (Medium)

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A Journey Not Soon Forgotten

Posted by Justin and Shelbi Brammer on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

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A Challenge to March On.

It’s been a week since we returned from Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, and our minds are still whirling from all we saw and experienced.  You may be wondering what some place in Pennsylvania has to do with tribal missions.  In this unlikely place we gained the best information we could have ever gotten in preparation for creating the program here in Missouri to challenge people to get involved in tribal missions.  After experiencing it for ourselves, we knew this group of NTM missionaries have their finger on the pulse of what it looks like to really show people the challenges and joy of reaching a group of tribal people with the gospel.

Hugely important was the fact that we were able to go out a few days early to spend some time with the leadership to talk through how they built and structure their program and their philosophy behind what they do.

Over the course of the weekend, we watched the 70 other people who had come to participate in the program from all over the Northeastern U.S. absolutely amazed at what it takes to see the gospel presented and a solid mature church established amongst a group of tribal people.  Many walked away challenged in their own walks with the Lord as they were faced with statistics like there are still over 4000 language groups with no part of God’s Word written in their language, when we have over 200 different versions of the Bible in English.  We saw them enter the indoor, authentic, Yanomami tribal setting and come face to face with the difficulty of living in a place where the language and culture are totally different from their own.

Seeing the impact of the weekend in those people did one thing ESPECIALLY for us, we are even more convinced that the ministry the Lord has laid on our hearts in exposing and challenging people to get involved in reaching the unreached is something we are pumped about doing, AND it confirmed the fact that we need to start this here in the Midwest as well.

Check out the video below to get a taste of our weekend and what we hope to recreate in Missouri.

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