What if you knew you probably had some good advice to offer, but didn’t even know what the questions were going to be?
…then you would be going on a missionary consultant trip!
What Are We Doing?
Next week Bill flies halfway around the globe to a country in the Asia Pacific region on just such a trip. He will visit three remote tribal locations, accessible only by helicopter, a first for him. (note: we are using generic terms like “Asia Pacific” online for the security of the missionaries there.)
The three missionary teams are just about done with tribal language study, just about done with culture study, and right on the cusp of being able to begin teaching God’s Word and presenting the gospel to three different Unreached People Groups.
Why Are We Doing This?
We do all this so Unreached People Groups can hear a clear presentation of the Gospel.
Missionary work is challenging and missionaries need help every step of the way: they need good prefield training; then on the field, they need help with language learning and cultural adjustments, help with planning the best way to communicate the gospel to a people group with no previous concept of the true God…
Just imagine if you had to learn an unknown, unwritten language well enough to present the gospel and teach your way through 2 Corinthians. Hard? You bet. You will need help.
Why were we able to minister effectively in the Philippines for all those years and produce a good New Testament translation? You guessed it… we had lots of help from consultants and missionaries who had “been there done that.”
Now it is our privilege to take our experience and provide necessary help for missionaries who are taking the gospel to places where Christ has not yet been named.
On this trip, Bill has been invited to travel with NTM consultants in the Asia Pacific region, helping them and working together with them to help three different missionary teams.
Why Are We Excited?
Three people groups are getting closer to hearing the gospel. That should excite anyone!
But on top of this, most of these missionaries are non-Western. Yes, in addition to two Americans and three Germans, 12 of the missionaries are from the Asia Pacific region, reaching Unreached People Groups right in their own country!
That’s not all… some of the consultants who will be traveling with Bill are actually TRIBAL men from the same Asia Pacific country. We met these men last March in Manila at our Asian Training Forum. They were brought to Christ and discipled by missionaries, and now they are involved in training others from their country.
We’re excited to see missionaries and being raised up from countries which were mission fields not that long ago. It’s our passion to help them preach Christ in the Heart Language of Unreached People Groups. And discipling some of them as leaders and consultants and missionary trainers is even better.
We hope you are excited, too. You are a part of this ministry as you partner with us!
Pray with us:
- Bill will face a lot of travel (international and in-country flights, helicopter, motorcycle, hiking…) and some of this will be physically challenging
- The climate may be a problem for Bill’s asthma, especially with the smoke from extensive fires in the region
- Wisdom in the consultant work, especially since much of it will be done through interpreters
- Donna will be holding down the fort alone while Bill is gone