We have officially graduated from New Tribes Bible Institute!
So, what’s next?… Check out our Spring 2012 Newsletter HERE!
MK College Winter Retreat ’12
Bree and I had the opportunity to go with 28 other MKs from NTBI- Waukesha to an MK Winter Retreat in northern Indiana. It was quite the adventure as it started off with a BANG! We found ourselves in the middle of a mighty Midwest winter storm during our travels… it turned a 5 hour trip into a 12 hour trip!!! However, against the odds, we didn’t end up having to turn back and made it to the camp safe and sound at 3am!
The retreat focused on fellowship, fun, re-connection (with old friends from childhood), and rejuvenation. We had the chance to connect with 173 MKs from 18 colleges and representing 77 different countries! What a Blessing!
We played all kinds of games, gorged on GREAT food, celebrated what seemed like a never-ending collection of cultures, and were challenged by a great speaker named Toby Locke. However, if you were to ask most of us… what took the cake was the HUGE game of snow futbol in the foot-and-a-half feet of snow.
We loved getting to know so many great students from our school and hope to get to know them even better this year!
Pete’n’Bree Newsletter – Winter 2012
Mentors…
Pete here…
This morning I woke up at 5:45am to skype with a mentor/friend of mine who serves in the Philippines. Since our chat I have been thinking about how important solid male mentors have been in my life.
Through the years I have been incredibly blessed with men who have taken me under their wing. They took the time to invest into me and help guide me. Some went out of their ways to meet with me regularly, some coached me in sports, and some just led me through example. My goal is not to get gushy here…… I mean we are talking about MEN after all…… but I can’t help but realize that I have had some great guys around me encouraging me in my successes and encouraging me in my failures. Theses guys are far from perfect… and some of them may not even know that they have been instrumental in my life. Some just lived their lives around me in such a way that impacted me for the better.
This reminiscing has me really thinking about my own footprints and has got me asking questions: who am I having an impact on? Am I intentionally pursuing younger guys which I can mentor? Am I leading by example? …You just never know who is watching and learning from you.
Who are your mentors?
Who are you mentoring?
Operation Capture Sean
This holiday season Bree and I got a special gift! Bree’s little brother Sean has decided to attend the New Tribes Bible Institute with us this coming semester! What was even better was that he wanted to come early and hang with us for Christmas and New Years! Since it’s a long and boring drive from California… plans were made for Pete to fly out and join Sean for the road trip to Wisconsin.
First, Pete flew to Northern California for a few days to visit his family and friends as well as a chance to update our supporters. Then, Pete flew to San Diego where Sean and he started the trek. They traveled the southern-most route through AZ, NM, TX, OK, MO, IL, and finally into WI and made it just in time for Christmas Eve!
Check out their pictures!
Pulse Movement – Milwaukee
This last week I had the opportunity to check out a PULSE Event in Milwaukee. Pulse is the fastest student-led movement sweeping the nation. It focuses on reaching the college generation for Christ.
It was an Evangelic outreach concert with bands such as Lecrae, Tedashii, KB, Family Force 5, and Flatfoot 56. It was incredible. We at New Tribes Bible Institute have been gearing up for it and inviting students in the local colleges/universities, and had an amazing turn-out. The Bands where top-notch and the music was BLASTING. However, the message was CLEAR. The gospel was given thoroughly. Not only did Nick Hall illuminate the gospel clearly, but most the bands took time to clearly give the reason they live for God’s glory. It would be easy to hold an event like this and share the gospel as a “tack on”… but this was not the case. The gospel was front-and-center from start to finish. Check out this video!
I was excited to be a part of this night and am thankful that Pulse knows this is not a one-time deal. They had great tools setup for next steps and continued discipleship in place. They partner with countless churches so these college students can get plugged-in and find a local church body to call their own right away.
From what little I have experienced of this ministry, I thought it was great. Check out this little snapshot of Pulse and see how you can get involved.
Check out pulsemovement.com to learn more about Pulse and how you can get involved.
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