Classes have begun for my final, Spring semester. I am already learning a ton. I have never DC-soldered before this week,
for example. I will be finishing here at
the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in May, and then in August I head over to
New Tribes Mission Aviation (NTMA) in
Arizona. I will spend 9 months there,
honing my pilot skills, mechanic skills, and character development. After that, I will leave for overseas
(probably Brazil), after I am fully supported.
Please be praying even now for financial supporters to rise up.
Here is a description of some of my classes this final semester:
·
Animisim—I will learn about how many tribal people
perceive their world, in terms of spiritual things. They often believe in spirits (good and bad),
ancestor spirits, and everything sick-related or bad-events related are because
the spirits are unhappy or have not been appeased enough.
·
Biblical Parenting—How to raise children well, to
become heart-focused people who honor God with their lives, words, and actions.
·
Biblical Peacemaking
·
E-linc—This continues from last semester, and I
call it a discipleship group, or growth group.
Some classmates and I are paired up with experiences missionaries and we
go through life together.
·
Families in Ministry—We will consider many
aspects of a whole family in ministry, and develop a family mission statement.
·
Field Health—How to stay healthy overseas, how
to recognize and treat sicknesses, and how to administer medication (including needle
injections!).
·
Folk Catholicism
·
Folk Islam
·
Grammar—related to phonetics and learning another
language. This will be useful for me to
learn the national language of the country I will serve in.
·
Ministry Partnership Development—Developing partners
in ministry (aka supporters) and keeping them informed of how I see God working
in my ministry.
·
Ministry Practical—This also continues from last
semester. This is the academic side of
the local ministry I am involved in, putting what I am learning of missions
into practice.
·
Missionary Technology—I love this class! I have been playing with wires, lights, and
switches most of my life. In this class,
I will learn how to properly select and install a solar panel system for my
tribal/overseas house, as well as surge suppression, to ensure my appliances
last as long as possible.
·
New Testament Church Principles—Foundational principles
for planting New Testament churches in any cultural context
·
Romans—We are going through Romans, chapter by
chapter,
·
Student Teaching—Improving my ability to
communicate verbally to a group.
