Travis and Renee Whitman Taking God's Good News to Paraguay, South America
In the month of June we…
Watched God grow the corn in our garden really tall!
Got to speak at Community Brethren Homes, where Renee’s Grandma lives!
Made a camping memory with Renee’s family!
Our increasing support level blows us away! Thank you!! It encourages us to give thanks to the Lord and praise Him for “His wondrous works”!! It also encourages us to be accountable for how we use our time, even here in the states!
New Information!!
We were recently informed of a U.S. Policy that states that after we return from Mexico next summer we must be on our way to Paraguay within 30 days. This was a surprise to us!
What’s the Big Deal?
“I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Psalm 34:1
We’ve been enjoying this verse recently. There are so many reasons to praise the Lord… and the spring season is definitely one of those reasons!
Another reason for us (personally) to praise Him is our past trip to Virginia, Washington DC and Pennsylvania!
Some of you have shown interest in partnering with us through prayer – thank you!! Prayer is vital to this ministry, we need people to go with us to Paraguay on their knees!!
Our goal is to have at least one person talking to the Father on our family’s behalf and the unsaved Paraguayans behalf each day of the month!
Sound like something you’d like to do? Pick a day of the month that is open (below) and e-mail us!!
Praises
Family: Our marriage is doing well! Our boys are happy and healthy!
God protected us from a potential accident on I-75!
Ministry: Our monthly support continues to rise – 35%!!! Great trip to Tennessee!
Speaking opportunities we did not plan for and the Lord helping Travis through those!
Prayer Requests
Family: That we would be able to spend daily time with the Lord, even when we are not at home. Canaan and Isaiah as we continue to travel to “strange” places and visit people they do not know – and that we would be sensitive to their needs.
Ministry: We need to go to Mexico for a year to study Spanish and they would like us to begin in July instead of August. In order to do this, our support needs to be at 60% by June!
Paraguay: They need rain…bad.
3 couples in Paraguay have been hearing the Bible taught to them, beginning with Creation. They will soon be hearing about Christ’s death and resurrection – pray that they will understand and believe the Truth!
Prayer Request: We are off to Wisconsin starting Valentine’s Day to approx. Feb. 25. Please pray that we would be a blessing to our friends and church family there! Pray that we would trust the Lord and not focus on raising monthly support. Thank you!
Praise: The Lord has provided an awesome basement apartment for us to stay in while we are in WI!
Praise: Our current monthly support is at 20%!
Happy Winter!!!
(That is how most of you feel about winter, right?!!)
Family Update
We are well settled into the same Ohio farmhouse that we stayed in this past summer! That was a huge blessing! Travis has been helping out by feeding the cows that live in the barn here!
We recently received 13 inches of snow!! It went up to the boys’ knees! Below, Isaiah is measuring it and Canaan is climbing through his snow tunnell!
How much snow do you have?
Ministry Update
We did it! On December 19, we, along with 95 other sudents, graduated from New Tribes’ Missionary Training Center!! We spent a year and a half with this class, growing close to many of them, and now we are heading out to the far corners of the USA and eventually around the world! Some of our good friends will be in Brazil, Papua New Guinea, and Cambodia!! Bitter Sweet!
We are so thankful for the other families that the Lord is leading to Paraguay and look forward to serving with them (see below)!!
Not many people know that there are still 2500 language groups without the Gospel. We are compelled to share this need with others. Please pray for open doors – opportunities to expose people to this need. Pray that we would have boldness and make the most of every opportunity and that people would respond as the Holy Spirit leads.
Some of you are already supporting us financially (thank you!) and some of you have had questions about our finances. Here are some basic financial questions and answers.
How are NTM missionaries paid?
NTM missionaries are not paid a salary. They receive funds for ministry from their sending churches and other churches and individuals.
How much support is recommended for an NTM missionary?