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!

Chow Time!

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.

Snow Soccer!We loved getting to know so many great students from our school and hope to get to know them even better this year!

MK Winter Retreat 2012 – Please Pray

This weekend Bree and I have the awesome opportunity to go with about 30 MKs from NTBI to a College MK Retreat in Indiana!  It will be a great event in which we will get to connect with 200 MKs from all around the Midwest.

Please pray specifically for:

  • Travels back and forth from WI to IN.
    • It looks like there could be some snow activity on our travel days.  Pray it changes and we have good travel conditions! 🙂
  • The fellowship.
  • The message that will be brought by Toby Locke.
  • Deepened relationships with the Lord for all.
  • Networking opportunities with others involved in ministry to MKs.

NTBI Represent Event

New Tribes Mission is involved in many countries around the world to expand the reach of the gospel. Here at New Tribes Bible Institute, we are uniquely situated to have an incredible wealth of these countries and cultures represented embodied the students and staff.    Bree and I were able to be a part of the team to host an event here called “Represent Event!”  Represent Event is to highlight these countries and celebrate them through food and dress.  Students and staff brought food dishes and dressed up from cultures they grew up in.  Whether hailing from Brazil or full blood southerner; countless countries and cultures were represented.  We have students from across the country, over 70 MKs from across the word, and a staff who have all spent years serving overseas.

The dishes were everything from West African Hibiscus Tea (served in bags that you bite the corner off of to drink), to Wisconsin Cheese Curds!

Many dressed up, from Tribal Papua New Guinea to NFL jerseys.

We had every continent covered except Antarctica.

This unique quality of our school that is worth celebrating!  The purpose of “Represent Event” is to celebrate these cultures, grow a better appreciation for the students that attend NTBI, and appreciate the incredible diversity that we have here which serves to enrich our time at NTBI.

Truth and Lies

Great post on ntbi.org by one of the MKs here with us at New Tribes Bible Institute.

Truth and lies – by Angie Holmgren
As a missionary kid growing up in a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea, God blessed me so much with being able to see clearly the difference between God’s truths and the world’s lies. Coming back to the USA was a huge shock for me — seeing how mixed up everything is.

As I have spent the last four years in America, I have grown to understand more and more the importance of truth. I have learned that wisdom can not only be gained by my experience, but other’s experiences.

In order to gain more wisdom, I plan on attending New Tribes Bible School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. There I can learn not only deep wisdom from the Bible, but also facts and truths that can help me battle the lies of this world…… Read the rest at http://bit.ly/lLB0VK