BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS
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February 15, 2006
by Ian Fallis
Missionaries Barry Wingo and Andrew Ferguson have their work cut out for them as they begin a ministry among the Tepehuan people of Lajas, Mexico. The people distrust and even fear outsiders.
How do you convey Christ's love when there's a language barrier and a cultural gap so large that an innocent gesture might be misinterpreted? Now add mistrust and fear.
It takes time, patience, cultural sensitivity and insight. It takes the kind of specialized training in cross-cultural church planting that continues to improve at NTM's new Missionary Training Center under construction in Missouri.
Your prayers are vital as we build this center for equipping more missionaries to reach every tribe with the Gospel.
Please pray for housing! NTM would like to train 180 to 200 students beginning in August, so the housing must be funded and built.
* Thank the Lord with us for one recent sizeable gift equal to the cost of one month of construction. But funding -- and thus building -- are a couple of months behind.
* Footings are being poured for the next student four-plex.
* Preparations are being made to start another staff duplex.
Please keep praying for the sale of NTM properties in Durant, Mississippi, and Baker City, Oregon. The facilities were used for missionary training, and are no longer needed with the construction of the Missionary Training Center. These sales would significantly help fund the construction.
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