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The Hartmans served the Lord with NTM in western Brazil for forty two years. Throughout their time they did language study, tribal contact, initial relationships, beginning language development, Bible stories and translation to administration.  However, their hearts were in tribal work with the Yanomam.   They retired in 2001.  Bruce was born in Washington State in […]

Joe and Jana served the Lord with NTM for forty seven years, six spent on staff at Waukesha where Jana taught literacy and Joe worked in maintenance, and thirty three plus in Venezuela doing literacy and Bible translation in the Panare tribe.  Jana translated and Joe did community development and some Bible teaching and literacy.  […]

The Palmers have served the Lord with NTM in PNG for over one hundred years between them. Single at the time he arrived in PNG in the early fifties, Tom lived in villages to learn languages.  Corrine came in 1954, and was in charge of linguistics, in the formation of an alphabet.  They served in […]

The Goddards spent forty three years serving the Lord with NTM in Paraguay, from 1966 to 2009, when they retired.  Dean focused on church planting and lesson preparation, while Nellie worked with the medical team, prepared documents, and wrote songs for believers in the tribes.  Dean was born in Montana in 1941 and Nellie in […]