Marshall and Linda Campbell Connecting You to Tribal Missions March 2012 – Family Update
Linda has a new ministry. Linda and her friend, Heather,will take over the leadership of the childcare program at the Missionary Training Center, beginning in June. They have already begun developing the program that they would like to have in place when the semester begins in August. Much of their time is in reviewing, revising and creating policies and structure for the program, as well as finding ladies to staff the department.
Linda and I continue to work in the student mentoring program and really look forward to the time we have with our student group. We find that we are encouraged and energized through these times together and pray that, in some way we can be an encouragement to those that are in our group.
New IT Office
Marshall continues in the IT Department, with several projects happening in the next several months. Later this month, we will be moving into new offices. Our new offices will be out of the main administration building. We are also starting afternoon office hours (rather than all day availability) to resolve non-urgent day to day issues. We are finding that we need to have some blocks of time with minimal interruption to complete important projects. One of those projects is a new Intranet (private website) for the Training Center. Our Intranet is used to display MTC calendars, course information, homework assignment turn-in & return, MTC classifieds and much more. We are also looking to upgrade our internet connection. The rural location of the Training Center presents some challenges when it comes to getting high-speed internet at an affordable price.
Multi-Purpose Building
Construction continues on the multi-purpose building and we are working to finalize details on network infrastructure and design and building security. We would appreciate your prayers on these and other projects. We want to provide quality technology solutions and be good stewards of our resources, including people and finances.
Olivia is 16!
Olivia has reached a milestone in her life. She celebrated her 16th birthday on March 5th. We just can’t believe that she is 16 already. What’s that phrase? It seems like only yesterday… Some of you have been here with your own children. It really is true that they grow up fast!
Olivia's Emergency Room Bandage
Olivia has had an eventful year so far. She has a part time job, working several hours a week, helping a Mary Kay representative with her business and other things around the house. Several weeks ago, Olivia broke the little finger on her right hand at school when she opened the door for someone and found her finger caught between the handle and the wall. Ouch! So, after a trip to the ER, some ibuprofen, x-rays and a splint, she was as good as new. Well not quite… Her broken finger interrupted driving lessons, made playing more than 7 notes on her clarinet impossible and got in the way of good penmanship. She needs to wear the splint for another week and then keep her fingers taped for another 2 weeks. Olivia is ready to get back to driving, playing all the notes on her clarinet and not having her hand wrapped in a ace bandage.
Pasta Alfredo at Olive Garden
In spite of her injury, we were still able to enjoy a day in Springfield for her birthday. Our day included a trip to Bass Pro to see the alligator, huge alligator gar and lots of other bass and trout swimming in their tanks. From there we went to one of her favorite restaurants, Olive Garden, to enjoy one of her favorite foods, Pasta Alfredo. After a delicious meal, we enjoyed the movie “The Adventures of Tin Tin” at the $3 theatre. We all enjoyed just being together, thankful for God’s blessings and each other.
The Patpatar are hearing Firm Foundations Bible Teaching…
Tati, an older Patpatar man, is listening to the Firm Foundations Bible Teaching and is thinking about dying. He knows that he is getting older and knows the importance of the message that NTM missionaries are bringing to his people. Tati thought that his good works made God happy with him. Now, he is realizing that he is not enough, that he cannot do enough. He wants to “understand the road that God has made so that I can be accepted by Him.”
Please pray for the Patpatar people as they learn truths about God through foundational Bible teaching. Pray for clear understanding and belief in the finished work of Christ as they hear the teaching, culminating in the Gospel presentation around Easter.
Read more about Tati and the Patpatar teaching HERE…
February 2011 Newsletter
Sorry that it has been so long since our last newsletter. Here it is!
Thank you for all of your prayers and support!
Iron Chef in Roach, Missouri…?
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If you have ever seen the television show Iron Chef, you know that it is filmed far from Missouri. But, a family at the MTC thought it would be fun to get together once in a while to fellowship and enjoy great food. Here’s the idea… On Iron Chef (the television show) 2 chefs meet for battle in ‘kitchen stadium’, preparing a 5 course meal for a panel of judges. We do a twist on that idea. Once a month we get together for our Iron Chef night
AWAYO
AWAYO – See how the Lord worked in the heart of one man from the Moi tribe of Indonesia, leading him from fear to faith…
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Welcome to our new Website!
After a long wait, we are finally updating our website. The new look is cleaner and brighter and it is a blog. Because it is a blog we can post stories or photos and you can comment on them. You can also sign up to receive email updates.
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