This past week Mike and Anthony were in Lawrenceville, GA with the home MTW office. We were gathering together with all the mobilizers and recruiters and other missionary trainers for three days. The group of 40 of us spent a day of team building, a day of prayer and a day training. Mike and Anthony […]
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Mike Training And Evaluating Missionaries
This past week Mike and Anthony went to Atlanta to evaluate and train a batch of new missionaries with MTW. Fifteen new missionaries headed all over the world went through Readiness Evaluation. It was a very long and intense week of exercises, training, and mentoring. Mike served as an evaluator and observed the missionaries as […]
Mike At PCA General Assembly
This past week Mike and our Assistant Director Anthony spent the week in Atlanta, GA attending the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)’s annual General Assembly. The time was spent connecting with PCA pastors from around the country and talk about missions and how we can serve their churches. There was lots of exciting movement in […]
Five Days In Georgia
March 12-16 Mike was in the MTW home office in Lawrenceville, GA. Mike attended the Launch, new missionary training. In the past, Mike has participated in this training as a missionary (twice) and also as a instructor (a dozen times). This time Mike attended the Launch training with an eye toward replicating the training for […]
A Visit From Mike’s Boss
On Sunday Mike’s MTW boss flew out from Atlanta to spend a few days with us. Kendra, stayed in our guest room and attended a couple of meetings with Mike. Kendra, Mike, and Erin had few wonderful conversations about our transition back to the US, our personal lives, and the direction of the Hub. It […]
Mike In Atlanta Training For New Job
this week Mike has been in the hallowed halls of the MTW home office receiving training and planning meetings. Mike’s new ministry, as the Director of the West Coast Hub, puts him on MTW’s Go Team. The Go Team consists of 30-40 staff dedicated to missionary evaluation, mobilization, and communication. The entire group participated in […]
Erin At Trinity In PA
This past weekend Erin spent time with Trinity Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg, PA. On Saturday the church hosted an intimate gathering for talk and food. Numerous people attended to hear Erin talk about on missions work. On Sunday Erin spoke at Sunday school for 45 minutes. She spent 25 minutes recapping our work in Equatorial Guinea […]
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Mike Pettengill: @lamont_english This where we train the global south (sub Saharan Africa and Latin America) and they become the missionaries. -
Mike Pettengill: New Blog Post: "Save The Date: Immigration And Refugee Training In Arizona" If you live in Arizona, plan on showing… https://t.co/f1JoB4GxEZ
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Mike Pettengill: 86 countries prohibit or restrict Western missionaries. (“Come Let's Reach the World” p 31)
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Mike Pettengill: "The Church must send or the church will end." — Mendell Taylor
