Jono Miller

ONE SMALL WORLD – ONE BIG FAMILY

I’m writing this on the plane to Kyiv returning from 4 days in Norway at a conference on Tentmaking Missions. I have been amazingly blessed, encouraged, motivated, challenged and overloaded with information and ideas which I now need to process with someone. I encourage anyone interested in missions to start looking here and have a read and maybe attend a course if you possibly can. One cool thing was to discover one of the couples who were sharing at the course were colleagues of another missionary family from my church, West Penno; and had worked in Senegal with a girl from NZ who had previously worked for my parents. It is an amazingly small world and a pleasure to find ‘members of the family’ wherever we go.

UTSIM

We have just two weeks left until the end of this school year. And what a full two weeks they will be! Please pray for energy and good time management for the next two weeks. Please also pray that in the busy-ness of work we don’t lose the focus of loving and caring for our students.

A big thanks to Zhenya, Sveta, Masha and Simbo who together covered my lessons last week so I could attend the TENT conference. Many thanks for going above and beyond the call of duty.

Last week I had a real encouragement from one of my students. For her homework she had to research and answer a few questions about Sir Edmund Hilary. She reminded me of the story I told about him at our end of year celebration last year. I told the story of Hilary’s failed attempt on Everest and his statement to the mountain, ‘You’re as big as you’re ever going to be, but I’m still growing.” She shared that this really touched her and is now the motto of her life whenever she faces an obstacle and she has recalled these words numerous times in the last year. Wow! I was reminded that teachers really do touch lives forever. Who we are and what we say is noticed and remembered.

BITS AND PIECES

This coming weekend Matt and Anya are getting married in Kaharlyk. Matt lived in my house in Rzh for a few months many years ago. Pray for them as they adjust to a new life together.

The town of Bergen in Norway is a very picturesque town built on a harbour and steep hills. It reminded me of my birthplace, Dunedin. Norway is a country with a great heritage – a strong evangelical Lutheran influence from the time of the Reformation. The country enjoys safety, low crime, clean cities, and a high standard of living. The power of the Gospel transforms lives, communities and nations. But never become complacent. And remember, to whom much is given, much is required.

PRAYER AND PRAISE

TENT Conference in Norway

Matt and Anya

UTSIM staff and students

Teachers touching lives forever

THANKS TO

Steiner, his family and everyone who made TENT such an awesome 4 days.

Love Jono

Keep Looking Up

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