Phil and Jackie Burns Connecting You to Tribal Missions
May 11, 2011
We have exciting news from our son, Jason and his wife, Tiffany. Mason John, their second child and our second grandchild was born on May 9 in Grand Junction, Colorado. Mason weighed in at 7 lbs. 6.5 ounces and was 20 ½ inches. Mother and baby are doing fine. We would appreciate your prayers for them that they would have wisdom as they raise their children. 
| Dear Praying Friends, January, 2011
It’s Exciting!! Another tribe hears the Bible taught for the first time! Bible teaching began this week among the Akolet people of Papua New Guinea. “Adults and children gathered together under the shade of the large blue tarp as we prepared for the lesson to begin,” wrote missionaries Adam and Julie Martin. “Adam’s ‘podium’ was an empty 55-gallon drum. The seating was planks or mats the people brought with them. The ‘sound system’ was as loud as Adam could talk.”
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Christmas Greetings! Dec., 2010
It is hard to believe another year is fast grinding itself into the dust called history. As we look back on the past 11 months we see times when we doubted God, or our trust wavered, but in every case God was faithful, and He has brought us through another year. We do want to express our thankfulness to you, also, for standing with us by your prayers and through your sacrificial support to our lives and ministry. May God bless you richly this Christmas season!
Remembering Christ’s birthday at this time of year is so important – where would we be without the grace and salvation that He brought! However, all that food and all those sweets from the parties make it very hard to maintain healthy eating habits. We skipped our mission party a few days ago, choosing instead to spend those hours freezing in a cold wind as we watched our daughter, Haley, playing soccer. (more…)
Sept./Oct., 2010
Dear Friends,
We send you warm greetings from Florida, once again. We are enjoying the weather here for the time being. Our highs are in the mid eighties and our lows in the low sixties, and the humidity has dropped way down. It’s great! It is supposed to stay nice like this through Friday, so we shall see which way it goes after that.
We went to our mission’s beach retreat last weekend. It was a good time for all who attended, with a pizza night and an ice cream social the next. However, it ended with sadness. (more…)
We recently enjoyed a visit from the pastor of one
of our supporting churches in Grants Pass, Oregon. Pastor Guy Shields and his family spent a day boating with us on the St. John’s River. We enjoyed having them in our home and just getting to know them a little better. I think the boys especially enjoyed playing with Cody’s snake!
It’s already the end of June and we are already wondering where the summer has gone! I am sure you agree that time just flies by too quickly!
Phil is keeping busy in the carpenter shop making window trim for some of the mission apartments. He built some kitchen cabinets on the side for an acquaintance and hopes to make another set in a couple of months – these extra jobs always help out with monthly expenses!
Of course, Jackie is out of school now but still works some in the NTM office. She recently spent a few weeks helping with the U.S. census but that work is over now. She, also, just finished helping with Vacation Bible School a
t our church. We had a fun week with about 50-60 kids. Jackie helped teach the Bible lessons to all the different age groups who rotated through the Bible class. We had a Montana cowboy theme, so that was a lot of fun! There were several unchurched kids attending so we pray that they will trust Christ if they didn’t during their time in VBS. (more…)
Dear Folks, May 30, 2010
Greetings. It is hot here and already feels like summertime. It makes me think that our snowbird volunteers are on to something. They come down here when the weather up north is cold and the weather here is, at last, pleasant, then they go home when northern temperatures are warming up to escape the heat that is quickly arriving here.
I am slowly catching up with my work- I’ve installed some utility cabinets in a staff apartment, finished six tables for the Executive Committee conference room, made beds for the guest facility and made window trim- we are replacing 106 windows this year. They are old and don’t keep the water out when it rains. Our son, Cody has been hired as a part time worker to help with that. I have enjoyed having him work with us and it lets him earn some experience and some cash for college and other needs. I recently finished a counter in our media room where visitors to our USA headquarters are taken for a video tour of the mission’s work around the world. New projects never seem to be lacking around here. (more…)
Well, our news for this newsletter is: our grandbaby is here!! What else is there to talk about, right? We don’t like to brag or anything but I think you’ll agree he is about the cutest little kid you’ve ever seen! We are glad to have Jason & Tiffany here, too, of course, but they aren’t nearly as much fun as Jaxon! We’ve been to the park, fed the ducks and even the alligators, played at Chuckie Cheese, went on a canoe trip down a scenic Florida river, and tomorrow we are headed for the beach. The weather has been beautiful – mostly in the 70s & 80s, so we are thankful for that! The only bad news is that they leave this Saturday!
Late February News from the Burns:
Greetings from Florida. It has been so cold this year with temperatures below normal. We are still having lows in the thirties. Our snowbirds have to remember that, yes, this is cold for Florida, but it is still a lot warmer than where they come from.
It has been great having our volunteers here again this winter. The time has gone quickly and in a month all will be headed north, usually around the first of April. I was pleased that Doc Wally was able to be here again. He is 88 years old, but was stronger this year than last. I had a lot of wood ready for him and he has already turned most of it into beautiful cabinets. The kitchen we are working on right now is that of our main tax man and his wife. Brain and his crew are very busy this time of year filling out 1040 forms and filing them for many of our missionaries, both here and abroad. You can imagine what a blessing this service is to our tribal missionaries who already have much to trust the Lord for without
having the IRS being another worry.
Thank you for all of your prayers while Phil was sick. He spent five days in the hospital, and at last the chills stopped. He had a serious infection that went to the blood. He just completed two weeks of antibiotic and is again at work, full time. God is good! (more…)
Phil continues to recover at home. He has felt pretty tired and weak this week but seems to be improving. He still has one more week of antibiotics and he says he will be really glad when he is finished with the medicine.
Thank you all so much for your prayers. It was a little scary when I realized how serious his infection was. I am so thankful that the Lord gave the doctors wisdom to find the right antibiotic to quickly get the infection under control. God is good!
The first lessons are introductory. Adam started by explaining that this teaching is different from anything they’ve ever heard. “It is God’s message for all mankind and each and every one of us needs to hear and understand it,” the Martins wrote. A large inflatable globe helped Adam explain where the people of Israel lived and how God’s message spread.