Missions: Missionaries
Lenz, Levi & Robyn
New Tribes Mission
Papau New Guinea

Contact Information:
Lenz, Levi & Robyn
New Tribes Mission
Private Mail Bag
Madang, MP 511
Papau New Guinea
675-853-3227
levi-robyn_lenz@ntm.org

Website:
www.thetribeoflevi.org

Our Theme Verse is:
"For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake." 2 Corinthians 4:5

Our Purpose is to Bring the Message of The Gospel of Jesus Christ to the People of Papua New Guinea in Order to Plant an Indigenous New Testament Church that will Glorify God.

Our Testimonies:

Levi grew up on a farm in Bolivar, Missouri where he learned that a good work ethic goes a long way. It was there that he also developed his love for the outdoors, hunting, and fishing. He also had the privilege of being part of a christian family. At an early age Levi placed his faith in the finished work of the cross accepting Jesus Christ as his substitutional sacrifice and personal Savior.

One of his teachers from church became a mentor to Levi and began challenging him for missions during his high school years. God used that challenge to take him to Bolivia on a short-term missions trip with New Tribes Mission following his junior year in high school. It was there that He got Levi's attention and made it clear to him that He would have Levi be involved in full-time ministry. It was the following summer, when Levi returned to Bolivia, that God gave him the desire to be involved in planting tribal churches with New Tribes Mission.

Robyn, a fourth generation missionary, was born in the Philippines where her parents were serving as missionaries with New Tribes Mission. At the age of four her parents moved to Papua New Guinea, where her dad continued serving as a pilot and aircraft mechanic.

Robyn placed her faith in Christ at an early age. Upon her parents coming stateside when she was 8 years old, Robyn looked forward to summers where she would spend time at Pine Ridge Bible Camp, a Christian camp in Cedar Springs, Michigan. She went from spending a week each summer as a camper to dedicating her whole summer to work as camp staff for 7 years. In fact, it was while at camp, she was challenged to serve the Lord in full-time missions by a missionary that came and spoke one summer. At the age of 17 the Lord took her back to Papua New Guinea on a short-term missions trip, also through Destination Summit with New Tribes Mission. It was there that the Lord broke her heart for the lost people of Papua New Guinea. After receiving her Associates in Business; Robyn entered into the four-year training program with New Tribes Mission where she met Levi.

August 31, 2002, we were married and together we completed our missions training May 2005 and are now serving at the Madang Regional Support Center in Madang Papua New Guinea as of December 2007. We arrived in Papua New Guinea December 2006 and completed our National Culture and Language Orientation and will be spending this next year supporting our Tribal location missionaries through overseeing the Support Center’s maintenance needs and national workers. We are trusting the Lord to open the doors for us to join a Church Planting Team so that we can begin allocating early spring 2009.

FURTHER NOTE:
My parents informed us of a hard copy package regarding this annual information request and that there was also a portion requesting a list of possible items that we might like and that would fit into a padded envelope.

Here is a short list of some items I could think of:

*A few Packets of Stove Top Stuffing (take out of the box and put packets into Ziplocs with a cut out of the instructions J- it’s a favorite!)

*Craft Magnetic tape

*Sticky Tack (for posters and wall hangings)

*Kool Aid Packets

*Flavored or Regular Hot Cocoa Packets

*Jell-O Packets (again all of these things travel better out of the box- in Ziplocs with a cut out of the instruction portion of the box) J

*2008 Calendar- Preferably scenery with Scripture verses on them (I laminate the pictures after the calendar is used for wall hangings and teaching) it can be a 12 x 12 or small 5x5 it doesn’t matter much on this end. We like seeing the seasons change.

*Children’s Floor Puzzles or other kind of puzzles (Michael LOVES puzzles and is able to do 25 -50 pc puzzles already- again best way to ship these would be in a Ziploc with a cut out of the picture)

All and any of these things are only suggestions in answering your request.

Thank you very much for your partnership with us.

We are honored and privileged to be able to serve as an extension of YOU!

Also- there is a new flat rate box that I thought you might like to know about. It may help for future mailings overseas to military and missionaries. Check it out at your local Post Office. We just found out about it.