NTM - New Tribes Mission | Planting Tribal Churches

Please pray for my upcoming trip to Ohio to see my family and friends.  I will be at my home church area for a few days and then on to visit family about three hours away.  Can’t wait to see everyone!

I want to thank you for praying for my search for a local church.  I have gotten involved in the 1st Baptist Church in town and found a Sunday School class for single women of all ages.  I finally feel like it’s where God wants me to be!

On a nice Saturday afternoon in March, I was invited by Jackie and Joe to join them and three student couples to visit the Mennonite/Amish stores in a neighboring community for shopping.  Two of the couples are in their first semester of training here at the MTC and the third is in the second semester.  Unfortuantely, Sarah’s husband was ill and could not go with us, so you’ll see Sarah in the photo album by herself. 

We had a great time shopping for bulk food products and trying out the handmade lawn furniture.  We tried new foods, like veggie chips and good old fashioned ice cream.  We found some really great deals and now we all know where to go back to when we run out of bulk foods, etc.

It was a fun day of traveling the hills, spending time together, and making friends.  I feel very close to all the young couples.  Two of the women are expecting, Sarah and Bethany, and Abbey is hoping to be soon.  All are quite serious about their desire to go to tribal locations.  These kids are all devoted to serving and are learning about church planting! 

Jackie and Joe are their advisors for the 18 months they will be here in the training.  Needless to say, I get invited to some of their activities, and I have enjoyed getting to know all of them.  I will keep you informed of their progress through the next year. 

We are all learning to make those dollars stretch, so carpooling and shopping at the bulk foods stores helped! 

Click on the photos button above to see pictures of our fun day!

In January of 2009, I moved to this beautiful lakeside campus in Camdenton, MO, to work in the Administratives Offices as an Assistant to the Registrar.  I am a part of the training being done here to send missionaries to unreached tribal people groups.  Here is the goal!

Millions of tribal men, women and children are isolated from the Gospel by a variety of barriers, including:

• Geography: Many live in remote, isolated parts of the world. 
• Culture: Their worldviews, ways of life and ways of thinking are very different. 
• Language: Many tribal people speak only their own language; most are fluent only in their own language.

Missionary training at NTM’s Missionary Training Center equips missionaries to be a part of the team that overcomes these barriers in order to plant a church.