Dear Family and Friends,

Attack of the Ants!  That is what we have had to deal with over the last few months.   When we came back from Christmas break they had overrun the whole kitchen.   Jasson finally found poison strong enough to kill them.  We had been free of the pests for a few weeks now.  Maybe this is God’s way of getting us ready for life in the jungle!

 

STUDYING HARD OR HARDLY STUDYING?

 We have just started our second semester at New Tribes Mission Institute in Baker City, Oregon.   We have learned so many things in our classes.  We could not have imagined going to the field without knowing all this information.  We have learned how to develop relationships with the tribal people, how to cross cultural barriers for presenting the Gospel, and how our cultural differences may be a barrier in understanding and communicating the Bible in their culture.   We have just finished scratch cooking week where we are not able to use pre-packaged or pre-made items.  Cooking from scratch will help prepare us for life on the field.

 

 

“By God’s strength we take the challenge.                                 

            By unflinching determination we hazard our all

                        give until we have reached the last tribe.”

 

--Paul Fleming, NTM’s founder, 1945

 

 

JUNGLE CAMP

            Last semester we spent three days out in the woods building a pole barn style house frame out of tree logs trunks.   We will cover the walls with plastic, and even have electricity and running water.   Quite modern accommodation!   We are looking forward to the last few weeks in May when we will finish our jungle camp experience.

 FUTURE PLANS

We will graduate from Mission Institute June 7^th, and then we will be moving to Colorado for the summer.  We will be doing an internship at Grace Bible Church in Parachute for six weeks.   In the middle of August we will be moving again to Camdenton, Missouri in order to go to New Tribes Language Institute.   There we will learn phonetics and the methods of how to learn a language.  This will be our last leg of missionary training, and then we will finally be “official missionaries” with New Tribes Mission!

 Praise & Prayer:

• Last semester we were able to move into another apartment that has running water!

• God has provided for our need to put new tires on our truck and a topper for our truck, and He also provided a scanner.

• We need to purchase a new laptop before going to Language School.

• Pray for our housing situation for the summer-we have no clue where we will live.

• Pray for our safety up at jungle camp

• Pray that God will continue to give us a learner’s heart, as there are many more things for us to learn.

 

       Over Christmas we were able to visit many dear friends and several churches that are very special to us.   Praise the Lord for all the encouragement you gave us.   We are grateful for all of your prayers.   They have been greatly needed and appreciated.  We thank the Lord for you all.

 

IN HIS SERVICE,                                   

Jasson and Kimberly Farmer

 

“How shall they hear

without a preacher?”

 Romans 10:14

 

 

We would love to hear from you!

Through May 2003

3100 H St.

Baker City, OR 97814

541-523-2877

 

July 2003-May2004

Box 1200

Camdenton, MO 65121

 

Anytime

kimandjasson@juno.com