Tim and Jennifer Abbott Connecting YOU to tribal missions 
We are still in Camdenton, Missouri at the New Tribes Missionary Training Center. School has just begun with 61 new students enrolled with 156 total candidates in training.
The first few weeks of summer was spent with Enrichment (formerly known as Refresher Course) which is where furloughing NTM missionaries from all over the world come for approximately a week and hear how God is reaching new tribes for Himself. This time is also famous for people getting together who haven’t seen one another possibly since they went through training together or were on the mission field themselves as playmates in school. Kids also enjoy this time as there is plenty of water and sunshine to play in. The children have classes as well (like VBS) where they memorize verses and learn more about God and His Word.
Immediately following Enrichment we were a part of entertaining about 15 dear brothers and sisters from a supporting church in Virginia who were here for the better part of a week. They helped the work here by putting together a mobile temporary classroom building and landscaping the surrounding area. It was very hot during the time they were here so they beat the heat by getting up around 5:00am and quitting before noon. We so appreciate the time with them as it had been 2 years since we had been together.
Jenn decided to get diverticulitis the following Sunday after the Virginia team left and that took her out (literally in bed) for about two weeks. She was on a couple of strong antibiotics that wiped her body clean of the evil bacteria –but also took with it the good bacteria. While she will still have diverticulosis for life the doctor feels she is doing great – confirmed by a recent colonoscopy – and probably won’t need to see her about it until she is fifty years old. She has to watch out for certain foods and eat fiber, fiber, fiber!
Because the antibiotics took everything out of her body, she wasn’t left with anything to fight sickness. The result, a staph infection (which we think she’s had for quite some time). As she was on the mend from the bout with diverticulitis she got an abscess – caused by the staff infection – that needed immediate attention…and more antibiotics. Praise God the staph infection was sensitive to this antibiotic and we were careful to give her body things she needed to balance the antibiotics this time. Also we are praising the Lord that we were in Arkansas with family at the time as we were able to get help talking care of the boys and having someone for them to play with. Tim got to know his boys very well and did much of the cooking and house cleaning during the better part of three weeks to a month. I (Tim) appreciate so much what Jenn does on a regular basis. I do have to say in my defense that I am not a husband that just sits around and lets her do all the work around the house. Do I, Jenn?
We so appreciate you all as you continue to pray and give toward our ministry that we partner together with you all in reaching the unreached for the gospel. Please feel free to drop us a line whether by phone or by email and we would love to hear what is going on in your lives as well.
In Christ, Tim, Jenn and the boys
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