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The 4 C’s Nov 7 Update

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Family News

Cody began this school year at a local Christian School. He quickly adjusted to the social aspects with no language barrier at all. He loved it! After 9 weeks or so it became evident that Cody was not learning as he should. This was according to his own admission as well as our observations. As the principle so aptly put it, “The atmosphere of the school is not condusive for Cody to learn.” Because of this Cheryl has started homeschooling him again, along with Cheyenne. He is happy and we are glad to have him home again. We are thankful that his 8th grade books never sold. God knew we would still need them. He sure looked handsome in his uniform though!

Ministry at MTC- Missionary Training Center

This week marks 16 years of ministry for us here in Indonesia. November 3rd, 1993 we arrived in the capital city, Jakarta. After a few days of adjusting and meeting various people we flew to our next destination. On November 7th we landed at our present location, which has become our “home” away from home for all these years.

We are full swing into the 2nd 9 week session of the “Autumn” semester. This time I (Craig) am teaching the Gospel of John to our 1st year students, James to our 3rd semester students and NT Church Principles to our 1st year Missions class. This is a total of 42 students, each at different levels of the training.

Each Wednesday Cheryl and I lead a small group of students in our discipleship class. On Fridays one of our staff guys is teaching on the family. All 42 students and 21 staff attend. On Wednesdays we go over the same lesson to help cement it. This give folks more opportunities for input and feedback.

Sports

Sports are a regular part of our week. Most times its an “internal’ thing with staff and students playing together. From time to time the teams don uniforms and play against outside teams in “friendly matches”. The ladies play soccer on Wednesdays and volleyball on Monday and Friday. This gives everyone some stress relief and just some good ole sweat and excersise.

Thank you for partnering with us in expanding the reach of the gospel. We are a team working together.

Craig for…

The 4 C’s

Craig, Cheryl, Cody & Cheyenne

Cheryl and the Ladies dressed to play!

Cheryl and the Ladies dressed to play!

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Day of Prayer

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Each 1st Saturday of the month is Day of Prayer at our Missionary Training Center. Normally on Saturdays the students are doing physical work around the campus. On this day staff and students gather together for the morning. Time is spent in 4 different sessions praying for various ministries throughout Indonesia and beyond. Today the 1st hour was spent listening to a short devotional by one of our final year students. After this we prayed as a large group. In the 2nd session much time was spent praying for various countries with little or  no Gospel witness. In the 3rd session we split up into small groups praying for needs of the students and staff of our missionary training center. In our 4th and final session one of our staff men shared on the meaning of communion or the Lord’s Supper. After some teaching and demonstrations we remembered our Lord’s death, burial and resurrection for our sins.  We did this through song and partaking of the bread and drink representing Jesus’ body and blood.  If you have a special prayer request you want us to pray for, just send us an email and let us know. We as a family would count it a privilege to take your need before the thrown of grace.

Praying together for the needs of Indonesia

Praying together for the needs of Indonesia

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Mid September Update

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Students getting a brush up course in Indonesian

Students getting a brush up course in Indonesian

Dear Ministry Partners,

Mid September is here and we only have two weeks left in the first half of the semester. In our last several updates we were able to share our student body with you. We are excited what the Lord is going to do in and through them over the next several years. Recently in our 1 John class we looked at what it means to “walk even has He walked” (1 John 2:6). The “He” is speaking of Jesus. What a challenge, to walk even as Jesus walked. As the Lord reminds you, we ask that you continue to pray for them and us.

We also asked you to pray for our financial needs concerning the visas needed for Cheryl and the kids. Well, God is answering and we had a gift of $750 come in August specifically for this need. Thank you for praying and don’t stop now. We know the Lord will answer as we all pray together.

We were also blessed with several days of house sitting again during our school break. This house is equipped with an in ground pool and great scenery. Tomorrow it will be time to come back to reality. Starting at 1 PM I (Craig) will be involved in 3 days of area leadership meetings. Pray as our team discuss church planting strategy for our area as well as a few administrative things.

Cheryl, Cody and Cheyenne will all be back to school after this weeks break. Pray for Cody as he deals with the challenges of being in an Indonesian Jr. High School. Pray for Cheryl as she continues to teach Cheyenne 3rd grade.

We will send out another update after our area leadership meetings are finished.

Craig for the ….

4 C’s
Craig, Cheryl, Cody and Cheyenne.

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NEWS FLASH

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Dear Ministry Partners,

NEWS FLASH and thank you for praying. We asked you a few post ago to be praying for the Lord’s provision for Cheryl and the kids’ visas. We mentioned that the need would be about $7500.  The Lord has answered your prayers. The answer has come in a different form than what we were thinking. He did not provide the funds for this need. You ask “Then how can it be answered”? Well, things in governments often change. In order to get all immigrations offices on the same page, they have decided to enforce the regulations on the books. Cheryl and kids will not be eligible for this 5 year visa until next year. So we have to do one more 1 year visa for them before they are eligible. Most likely we will not apply for a 5 year visa for them until mine runs out and needs to be renewed. That will be 2013. We hope to be able to save up for that over the next 4 years. Again thank you for praying. Now we just need the regular $1500 for this years visa. Pray that the Lord will provide for this as well.

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Our Students Part 3

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Our 3rd semester Firm Foundations class is made up of one family, Hengky and Meidy, four single men (Jackson, Leo, Mattias, and Lorens), and two single ladies (Ratna and Mini). Two other single men that started with this class are taking a semester to be discipled in the context of their local church.

Frim Foundation 3rd semester studying 1 John

Frim Foundation 3rd semester studying 1 John

Our remaining students are in their first semester of Firm Foundations. These are the new students that the Lord has entrusted to us this year. There are five families, six single men , and one single lady.

All totaled we have 42 students in 4 different classes. They are from 7 different islands and various language groups. Pray as we teach, study and learn together.

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Our Students Part 2

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Dear Ministry Partners,

As I mentioned in Part 1, we want to spread this out over several days this week.  Today’s installment is about our 1st year missions class.

Our first year missions students have completed the three-semester “Firm Foundations” course, followed by six months of ministry within their local church. All but two of their original Firm Foundations classmates have returned to continue their training. This class is made up of three single men (Brilly, Anskar, and Witro), and two single ladies (Rofina and Stelda). It has been exciting to hear about their experiences over this last semester as they were ministering in their churches.

Besides these five singles who started their training together, there is a family that has joined the class. Nomad and Fanty have just finished NTM’s flight training program in the U.S. They had begun training here at PPMMP several years ago, but were given permission to step out of the training temporarily to pursue the flight program. We are glad to have them back.

1st year missions class studying around the table

1st year missions class studying around the table

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Our Students Part one

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Dear Ministry Partners.

This week we want to give you a glimpse of our student body. We will give you three installments this week so the updates won’t seem too long.

About our Students

Three families, two single men and two single ladies make up our Missions 2 class this year. They are actually transitioning from learners into missionaries! Pray that not one of them will be deterred from this goal. Right now they are learning how to use a computer before they begin studying culture and language acquisition. The Lord continually shows Himself faithful – for the last two years He has provided computers for our students to use. Last year the Lord provided just the right amount to purchase computers for the number of students in our class, and this year we have seen the same thing happen – seven computers provided. We will keep looking to the Lord and His faithfulness in the coming years to continue providing for this need. What a blessing these computers are! You can see them in the photos below:

The 3 families are 1. Rilly and Vonny 2. Niko and Jararing 3. Jerry and Femy and our two single guys are Sekry and Jessie and our two single gals are Deice and Elly

God provided these new small laptop computers

God provided these new small laptop computers

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New Look For our NTM Website

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Recently NTM has upgraded our NTM website. Our personal website is now a blog site. We are new at this Blogging stuff so  please be patient with us. We do hope it will keep us better connected to you and you to us. This first entry is just short and sweet with a new picture of  us.

Here we are

Here we are. God is Great, Cheyenne turned 8. Teenager in the house (Cody turned 13)

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