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We made it to MTC!

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We Made It to MTC!

Wow… we are amazed by God once again.  We have officially started classes at the New Tribes Missionary Training Center in Missouri and we could not be more excited. This has been a “next step” for some time and it has finally begun.  What really amazes us is how God provided for us to get here.  Last May, we looked at the increasingly intimidating mountain of financial support that would be needed and… we shook in our boots. All we knew was this was the next step and if He wanted us there, He would have to get us there.  Well, we watched as God used many of YOU to partner with us to send us to Papua New Guinea this last October and now here to the training.  We wanted to thank all of you who prayed for us and came behind us financially these last few months.  We are here in class because of what God did through you and we are cannot wait to dive in.  This is some of best missionary training in the world and we are humbled to be apart of it.

classThe incoming spring semester classes are typically on the smaller side and our class is no exception.  There are nine of us in our class, but boy are we diverse!  We have three married couples and three single ladies.  We have Germany, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, New Jersey, Illinois, and California all represented in our small class! We all take the same subjects together and get to join in with the other classes on campus a few times a week for chapel and other events. 

Though small, our apartment is great! Plenty of room for us to live, study, and have folks over.  The campus is situated on a cove of the Lake of the Ozark and is beautiful.  Lots of places to enjoy the outdoors once it gets a bit warmer! 😉

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Thanks again for sending us to training! We are confident in the Lord that we are in the right place and look forward to learn all He has for us here. 

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We Need Your Help!

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We are so thankful for God’s journey these last few years and cannot believe where He has taken us.  We are now  excited for our next step which is to complete our training with New Tribes Mission (NTM).  To do so, we must complete our training at the Missionary Training Center in Missouri which will take one year. There is so much to learn there and it builds upon the biblical education we had a New Tribes Bible Institute these last two years.  Once we finish the training we will be officially eligible to become members of New Tribes Mission who’s heartbeat is to reach the remaining 2000+ unreached people groups around the world for Christ.

 

WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Our prayer is that we would be aligning our lives to God’s will which is to reach the lost and make disciples of every tribe, tongue, and nation. We believe God has been preparing us to be apart of this by reaching out to the Missionary Kids (MKs).  Successful ministry to MKs would be to help reinforce them while on the mission field spiritually, socially and emotionally, reintegrate them smoothly through cross-cultural transition into their “passport” culture, and help reestablish their foundation of faith. We feel strongly that this ministry is vital to reaching the nations as it helps missionary families remain healthy and able to stay on the mission field. God’s plan truly takes a team effort. Behind the missionaries working directly in remote tribes, it takes countless other missionaries who are supporting that work. It takes pilots, supply buyers, accountants, IT, school teachers, etc. Together they work with the goal of reaching the unreached in this world.  However, this “team” does not end there. It takes you, the church body to join the team in prayer and financial partnership.

 

A good question you may be asking is why the need for more training. Through prayer, guidance from NTM leadership, and our mentors, we truly believe this is our next step.  If you are interested in hearing more about how we came to this decision, please check out our recent blog post “Why MTC” and if you are interested in learning more about ministry to MKs check out http://www.petenbree.com. 

 

THE NEED
1. Can you help us get to class this January?  We have already been accepted into the program but need to raise the $10,000 needed for tuition cost.  Every little bit helps.

 

2. As we get going on this journey, we need to build our monthly financially support team. This allows us to operate to our fullest potential. Please consider joining the team.  

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Trip of a Lifetime! – PNG ’12

We just returned safely from an unforgettable trip to Papua New Guinea! We were a part of the Hume Lake International team that went over to put together a summer camp for the New Tribes Mission’s missionary kids.

(check out our pictures here – and the videos  below)

This amazing opportunity allowed me a chance to finally see where Bree spent her childhood, and this was the first time Bree has been back after almost 8 years. This trip  also gave us a chance to do the kind of support ministry to MK’s that we are looking to do long-term.  Camp was incredible! These kids brought so much energy (which is important for a Hume Lake camp) but also brought a sincere openness to seek the Lord and hear the message.  Since most of these Missionary Kids understand the gospel already, our message was centered around making the faith their own, a personal faith.  What an encouragement it was to hang out with these kids and get a chance to challenge to personal faiths in Christ.  Could not have asked for a better experience.

Here is the Recap Video from camp!!!

2012 Hume Lake Papua New Guinea – Spiritual Emphasis Week from Hume Lake on Vimeo.

After camp ended, we had the opportunity to fly into a small remote tribe in the PNG highlands called Simbari.  This will stand as one of the most incredible days of my life.  We flew little Cessna 206’s into a remote airstrip in the middle of mountains and canyons and then spent the entire day rubbing shoulders with the believers in the village alongside the New Tribes missionaries currently living there.  We learned about their lives, played sports, sang songs and listened to them sing, heard some of their testimonies, and fellowshipped by the fire.  Leaving and saying goodbye was the hardest part.

Lastly, Bree and I got to stick around an extra week in the capital city, Port Moresby with Bree’s parents.  They currently serve with New Tribes Mission there as the mission’s Government Representatives.  They showed us all around their home area and what they do day-to-day.  They also had an anniversary that week and we celebrated by taking a boat to a local resort island just outside Port Moresby for the day.  It was a fast but awesome week.

This truly was one of those milestone experiences in life that we will remember forever.  For many reasons, this trip was a trip of a lifetime.  Thanks to all who came behind us and made it possible.

  • Check out the trip pictures HERE!
  • Here is a GREAT video of our trip made by Eryn our teammate!

Papua New Guinea 2012 from Eryn Holm on Vimeo.

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Headed to PNG!!!

A dream is being realized as we are making our way to Bree’s childhood home of Papua New Guinea.  We cannot believe the opportunity that God has given us as we partner with Hume Lake International Ministries (www.humelake.org) and New Tribes Mission (www.ntm.org) to run Hume Lake style camp for Missionary Kids living in PNG.  We will be gone from October 7th – 29th.

Keep up with our trip on Facebook and Instagram! (we’ll post as much as we can)

TRIP DETAILS:

  • Our team will be running spiritual emphases week for High School Missionary kids at a New Tribes conference center in the Highlands of PNG.  We will be using the same theme/curriculum used by Hume Lake this last summer – The Phantastical Journey of the Wandering Lites.
  • Bree and I have also been given the opportunity to head over to the separate Jr. High Camp on one of the days as the camp speakers.  We will be tag-team teaching on “OWNING your faith.”
  • After the camps are done, our team will get to spend a few days at Numonohi Christian Academy. This is where Bree went to school – elementary through High School!  We will be able to hang with the students and continue to build relationships with them.
  • New Tribes is planning to fly our team into a tribal work for a few days to see and experience the work of church-planting first hand.
  • Lastly, Bree and I will be spending an extra week in PNG with Bree’s parents whom are New Tribes Missionaries.  They live in the capital and serve as the government representatives for New Tribes.

PLEASE PRAY FOR:

  • Travel mercies.
  • Successful and impactful ministry to the Missionary Kids.
  • Great team dynamics.
  • Health for our team throughout the trip.
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Papua New Guinea Update!

We are VERY excited to announce that God has provided for Bree and I to go to Papua New Guinea (PNG) for three weeks this October!  We will be apart of a Hume Lake Christian Camp team that will be bringing Hume Lake style camp to the Missionary Kids there.  It’s called SEW (Spiritual Emphases Weekend) and the purpose is to give Missionary Kids the opportunity to have camp much like american kids have here in the states.  Bree and I will primarily be focused on being Lead counselors however, we will be sharing many other hats as well.  Along with the camp, we also get a chance to go into a tribe and experience Tribal Missions in person.  Lastly, we will spend time with Bree’s parents in Port Moresby, PNG’s capitol, to be a fly-on-the-wall in their ministry as New Tribes government representatives.

So thankful that God has made this trip a reality for us.  It will be a very valuable experience in our future career and an amazing opportunity to finally see Bree’s childhood home.