SO proud of my girls!

(This picture WILL NOT straiten for some reason!)

Today has been A BIG day around the Kane household! Chloe has been LOVING perlerbeads and she is showing you her new turtle (and the best part is we already have it potty trained!), Gwen went to bed last night in her 'underwear' for the first time and woke up DRY, and Addie rolled over for the FIRST time today! Wow, gotta love these moments!

Thought we would share,
Kane's

Do you have days like this? What happened?

Practical Needs List

Practical Needs List

As we prepare to fly back to Indonesia soon we had began to realize there were a few items that would be really 'helpful' to have (and you can't 'buy' these things in Indo.) while living in Indonesia and soon to be in a 'remote tribal group'. With that in mind Ruth and I wanted to post this list for someone or a church that might consider helping us with the following 'Needs List'.

Thank You!

$536.00 THREE STAGE WATER PURIFIER (we buy this through NTM ourselves)

STAGE #1 is a fine (150 mesh per inch) washable screen which removes much of the silt and organic matter. The screen is housed in an opaque housing to reduce algae and bacteria growth in the screen. It is equipped with a manually operated flush valve at the bottom which uses source water to flush out the collected debris. The screen can be removed for more thorough cleaning.

STAGE #2 is a standard 7" British Berkefeld silver impregnated ceramic element inside an opaque housing to remove bacteria and micro-organisms such as amoeba. The housing can easily be drained and opened for cleaning. There element can be cleaned and rinsed in place.

STAGE #3 is the ultraviolet light water purifier by Pura as described above.

$350.00 http://www.fuzzibunzstore.com

Fuzzi Bunz Cloth Diapers!

We are not going to be able to ‘buy’ and ‘dispose’ throw away diapers in the tribe!

We need about 12 small and 12 mediums of these FuzziBunz cloth diaper!

$69.99 www.amazon.com Frieling Stainless-Steel 35-Ounce French Press
We had brought a 'glass' french press last time but realized that if it broke (and they often do!) that we would be out of luck! So with that in mind we are looking to upgrade to a stainless steel one.
Gotta have our coffee! :)

$296.45 www.amazong.com Garmin GPS 60CSx Handheld GPS Navigator
As we minister on the many island of Indonesia a trusty ‘easy to use’ GPS is always appreciated!

Camcorder: We’re not sure ‘which kind’ to buy. We would really like a camcorder that has a ‘internal hard drive/memory. This could be important because mold has a way of ‘getting inside’ things living in Indonesia! The other option that I like is the mini DV but again, we’re just not really sure. Do you have a camcorder that is still ‘kinda nice’ that you’re not using or you want to upgrade? Maybe that could work for us!

Pack N Play!
Does anyone have a Pack N Play that they are no longer using (still in good shape) and wouldn’t mind donating it to us? If so, we sure would appreciate it for baby Addie!

Johnny Jumper! Does anyone have a Johnny Jumper that they are no longer using (still in good shape) and wouldn’t mind donating it to us?

Table Booster Seat Does anyone have one of these that breaks down or travels small that they are no longer using (still in good shape) and wouldn’t mind donating it to us?

NTM Aviation

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How does aviation play a part in global missions you might be thinking? Well, we had the overwhelming pleasure of getting to visit NTMA (New Tribes Mission Aviation) this past week and found out a little more for ourselves!

Let’s back up for a moment and tell you of our trip into the Taliabo people.

If you were to be living in the Taliabo tribe of Indonesia (which is our intent) and needed groceries or supplies you would have to do this:

1) Hike 2 ½ hrs to the beach. 2) Hire a driver for a 40ft.-hollowed tree (canoe) with an outboard motor for 3 hrs. 3) Get on a cargo ship for 22hrs to another island with a city. 4) Do this all over again to get back to your house in Taliabo but this time you have ALL your supplies with you for the next month or two depending on what you can hold/bring and depending on ‘how often’ you want to make this 55hr round trip excursion!

And our story is just one of MANY like this! That is without NTMA!

NTMA has planes & helicopters in the main regions of countries that we work in. It’s because of these pilots and aircraft tools that make stories like ours a thing of the past! For instance, NTMA has a base on the island region of Sulawesi with a Jet Ranger helicopter that can get us and/or our supplies to our tribal location is about 3 hrs. And you know what the best part of it is?! There is also support missionaries living in that area that do ‘supply buying’ for the tribal missionaries. What this means is we can email a list of supplies that we need, a support missionary then goes out and buy’s all those items (bills us), and then puts them on the helicopter for us. The reason why all this is SO great is because we belong to ‘a body’. A functioning body that when correctly used get’s things done faster & better! This frees up the tribal missionary’s to study language, teach, translate & disciple w/o needing to worry about a 55hr round trip excursion for Tylenol or salt!

This leads us into our next point! Helicopters are GREAT for when a remote tribal location can’t have an airstrip but when an airstrip is possible a plane is the best. They can carry more and fly a lot faster! But right now there is a problem especially in Indonesia. Aviation gasoline is in increasingly short supply at steadily higher prices as refineries are cutting back and even eliminating this product! The days for being able to fly aircraft on this kind of fuel in Indonesia are numbered.

This is where the “Kodiak” comes in!!!! Can you tell we’re excited! :) The Kodiak airplane is a special airplane that can fly faster, carry more, and runs on Jet Fuel instead of aviation gas! And jet fuel is less expensive and more readily available! But as you can imagine these airplanes with cost of buying, flying & insuring are not cheap! NTM has one of these planes (going to our area of Indonesia) and has on order 13 more for around the world. NTM is intrusting the Lord that they finances will come. Would you ask the Lord if he would have you financially help in this ministry? If you would like to give you can go to this NTM website to find out how
http://www.ntm.org/news/srkodiak01.php

**Also a special thanks to our friends the Glidewell family who invited and hosted us at NTMA. We had a GREAT time! You can check out their website here http://glidewells.blogspot.com/

Also to our new friend Ben. It was cool getting to meet you at church this last Sunday. And for those of you who go to Sunridge church we'll see ya there this Sunday!

More Family Time!

As we get ready to head back to Indonesia in March our time with family (and friends) is sweet honey! In this picture is my middle brother Chuck (I'm the youngest of 3 boys) and my Dad & step Mom. My Dad just got back from a fishing trip so we got to enjoy some fresh tuna for dinner. Thx guy's, sure had a good time last night!

My Dad & step Mom also got to visit us in New Hampshire during Chloe's birthday this last December. Sure do appreciate them coming all the way out to see us.
*Note the jackets and hat's in this photo! Sure is nice to be visiting in California!

In-N-Out - Quality you can taste :)

This is the picture I've been waiting for! In-N-Out is a burger joint here on the west cost that I LOVE! Many of you might not know that I had the privilege of working at this food establishment for a few year in high school. What's all the fuss about you ask? I'll tell you! The whole company doesn't own a freezer nor do they use any heat lamps to keep your food warm. Which means everything is fresh and made to order! They only make burgers, fries & shakes and they do it well!

This is my order when I go in: A double-double (double meat, double cheese) no tomato, but add whole grilled onion, ketchup and well done please, fries (also well done), drink and chocolate shake!

Just remember, jealousy is a sin!
Love ya,
Ben

P.S. here is a website for the company http://www.in-n-out.com/

Saying "Good Byes"

Hope this letter finds you well, and you are having a fantastic week! We had a really nice time this last week visiting with my Mom, her church (freedom Fellowship), & the Eversons (Ruth’s sister Beth and her husband Jeremy and there 3 kids) also came up from Mexico to visit for the week. While we were there we had an awesome time! :) We just took the week to enjoy family. We ate all our meals together, played games, went to the park, and even went to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum! Ruth was also super excited because we still had a pile of gifts to give to my Mom & Ruth’s sister and family. Sure is fun to enjoy Christmas twice! : )



But honestly I think the reason our time together was SO sweet is because we knew this was our last time together for possibly a really LONG time… We just knew that we had to make the most of all the time we could and enjoy each other for what we had. On a brighter note, my Mom’s church “Freedom Fellowship” (GREAT to see you all!) has decided to join our ministry in Indonesia by becoming monthly givers! We’ve been seeing God move in new ways the past few weeks with some new supporters and having one of our church partners increase our support. We’re not sure how much this will add up to yet but this might raise our support by about 5%! Our NTM leadership goal for us is to reach at least at 65% support before we leave to funtion in a tribal ministry and now we only need 20% more to see that goal met! Isn’t that exciting?!

P.S. We also got to go to New Tribes Mission Aviation (NTMA) base our last day in AZ and..... Well, we will tell you about it later! :- )

Meet Baby Addie _ Video

We've been wanting to post a video of 'baby Addie' for a few weeks now, so this week We've been compiling some video clips and put them together to make this little video. The video is about 3min. long and complied with 4 or 5 different clips.Enjoy! : - )

Addie 3 months old'ish

We made it!

more pictures to come!

Travel, travel, travel

I know when we hear the words "travel, travel, travel" it kinda sounds glamorous and fun! But how come non of those words really come to mind when 'we' travel?! :- )

As we prepare to head back to Indonesia we must go through the sadness of closing doors, but then there’s happiness of opening new ones. After God allowing us to spend 10 months in New Hampshire and working through the experience of seeing Joanna graduate to a much better place it is time for us to continue to move on in what the Lord has for us. We have said our good byes to family & friends in NH and arrived here to California last Thursday. We’ll be here in the Temecula area until late March when we fly back to Indonesia to finish our nation language study and then (Lord willing) we’ll be moving into the Taliabu tribe.

As we spend our last few months here in the United States, we’ll be filling our time with family & friends, and speaking/sharing about missions in Indonesia with churches, youth groups, small groups, & home meetings. If you’re in the Southern California area and have a possible speaking opportunity or maybe you’d just like to hang out or just enjoy a meal together, just drop us a line if you haven't already! ; - )

As for this week, we’re excited to be driving (not excited about the driving part!) to Arizona to visit my Mom and her church while also having the added blessing of Ruth’s sister Beth and her family driving up from Mexico (also NTM missionaries) for a big last hurrah visit with them before we leave.

Thanks so much for your prayers for us durning this last year! It’s been a crazy, hard year but we continue always to see God’s faithfulness through it all.

Going Tribal for Jesus!
–Ben, Ruth, Chloe, Gwen & baby Addie

– Matthew 28:18-20

Little Update

We are wanting to write an update/show pictures/ & post a video of Addie but we can't seem to find our transfer cable for our camera!

So the update for now is things are going really well. We just moved in with our new 'host family' and we've really been enjoying it here. This next week some time we'll be driving to visit my Mom in Arizona. While we are there we're also going to get to visit My Mom's church 'Freedom Fellowship' while also getting to visit with Ruth's sister Beth and her family from Mexico as they are going to be driving up to visit with us as well. After we've visited there for about a week we'll then be coming back here (Temecula) to be evolved with our church family here as much as possible while seeing if we can get some more ministry supporters before heading back to Indonesia in late March. We are now at about 42% and we've been told my NTM leadership that we need to be at least a 65% support to begin working in a tribal ministry. Please be praying with us during our time here in California.

Grace & Peace,
Ben for the Kane's