NNPOM NEWS

PR for Parents of Missionaries book
We had the privilege of doing two phone interviews with radio stations interested in helping us get the word out about our new book. One with Allie Martin of OneNewsNow landed on the Web as a short report.

You can read or listen to it here: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Missions/Default.aspx?id=447778

POMs at the 2008 National Missionary Convention
NNPOM once again sponsored an Hour of Encouragement for POMs at National Missionary Convention last November in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pioneer Bible Translators co-sponsored the event. About 50 POMs enjoyed time to be encouraged by new friends and heard great speakers. Lynn and Karis Pratt tag-teamed on each other’s thoughts as missionary mom and daughter and Dr. Wayne Shaw described with tears his journey from missions supporter to POM. Said one dad who attended, "I think I get it now. It is OK to feel the way I do."

We also met with representatives from several of the sending agencies at the convention and were encouraged by their support. The resource center, hosted by College Press, featured hot-off-the-press copies of Parents of Missionaries and sold them all on the first day! And as always, we met recruits and college students who stopped by the booth to learn how to talk with their parents about their missions plans and how to help their parents adjust.