Stories

Jim and Dene Wood served the Lord on the banks of the Paraguay River with the Angaite people group in the Paraguayan Chaco for twenty-one years.  Then, for five more years they worked at NTM Homes in Sanford, Florida, where Jim surveyed the streets and laid out the houses for the retirement community and Dene chauffeured retirees to doctors.  In 1997, they retired at NTM Homes but continue to volunteer when needed. Both were born in Pennsylvania, Jim in […]

So how did God bring together and use for His service a gal from Chicago, Illinois, and a young man from Southgate, California? It was the summer of 1953. Duane’s first wife Ladene, had been killed, about 6 months before, in a car accident. He survived and yet was left with with three young daughters (one […]

Connie and Mary Cain served with New Tribes Mission for 36 years – seven years in Venezuela and twenty-nine in Colombia. Connie wasn’t saved until he was 21 years old. Immediately he wanted to “do something for the Lord.” He wondered what he could do. Being a pastor or missionary meant he needed a college education. He had […]

Ron and Avis Bodin served with NTM for thirty nine years – three years in Venezuela and the rest at the US headquarters. Both are children of New Tribes missionaries and both were raised in a boarding school. In fact, they actually met in Bolivia when Avis was three. Avis’ father, Dave Bacon, was one […]

Joe and Elna served the Lord with NTM for fifty one years in Bolivia. Joe did evangelism throughout his time there; seven years while still single, and the same work after marrying Elna. After their children were older, Elna taught Sunday school, a ladies’ class and VBS. The majority of their time on the field […]

It was in 1943, while students at Moody Bible Institute, David’s parents heard about the death of five NTM missionaries, at the hands of wild Indians in Bolivia.  Interestingly, although the newspapers announced that this tragedy would result in the demise of this fledgling mission society, the Lord used the news to challenge David’s parents, […]

The Ellsworths have been serving the Lord with NTM for thirty seven years at NTBI schools as cooks and Rachel as receptionist.  From 1979 to 1986, they were assigned to Waukesha; from 1987-1998, Jackson; followed in 1993 by three years at the Latham Center at NTM Retirement Homes where Forrest retired.  Rachel continued as receptionist […]

Linda has served the Lord with NTM for twenty nine years in translation and linguistic work in PNG with the Siawi tribe.  She was born in 1945 and raised in Missouri. She was saved at age thirteen.  While her parents were not church-goers, through a relative who loved the Lord she attended church and eventually […]