Ronda Schmidt Just another weblog 
If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36
These days we think about freedom as July 4 is just a few days away. We celebrate the freedom that so many have given their lives for so we can live in a country where we enjoy many freedoms that people in other nations can only dream about.
There is another freedom that comes to my mind as well these days and that is the freedom we have in Christ. For those of us who know Christ as our Savior we now have the freedom to choose between obedience to God’s Word or to sin – to follow our fleshy desires. Before our salvation we were like the people who live in countries that can only dream of a free democracy, we were enslaved to sin because that was all we knew. Jesus promised “If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free”. John 8:31-32.
On May 19, 67 students received their degrees here at the New Tribes Missionary Training Center. As brand new missionaries they look ahead, trusting God to work out every detail so they may serve Him wherever He leads. There are more than 3,000 tribal groups still without the Gospel in their own language. These people live in fear of Satan’s bonds and the control he has over them, not having ever realized that they can be set free. These new missionaries will be scattering all over the world in the next few months to 2 years, desiring to share with tribal people how they can experience true freedom that is only found in Jesus Christ. Please pray for them that God will raise up folks to partner with them in prayer and finances as soon as possible so they can be on their way to where God would have them serve. Some of them have medical issues that need to be resolved and others left MTC with a school debt.
My mom fell about a month ago so I will be home for most of July, helping my parents with things around the house. While home I will need to do some preparation for a class that I will help teach in the fall as well as visit supporters in my home area. I also have a trip planned to Illinois and Michigan to visit friends and supporters. I will return to MTC at the end of July to get ready for a trip to Mexico August 1 – 9. Several of us will be going to finalize our plans for the Language Practicum in the fall. Our main goals for the trip are to find language helpers that speak some English, make contact with the local pastors and make sure that things are in order at the camp where we will be staying.
Thank you for partnering with me as I serve here at the Missionary Training Center, preparing people for the task of telling unreached people groups of the freedom that they can have in Jesus Christ.
