Future Work in Arctic Canada
Gideon and Cassidy Willard serve in Arctic Canada. The team has begun a multi-location Ministry Opportunity Assessment to learn where future ministry teams could serve most effectively. During the first visit, local people welcomed Gideon and his co-worker, Rob Bartholdson, warmly. A young couple expressed their desire for something that would bring a new heart to their community. Pray for wisdom, meaningful conversations and safe travel as the team visits additional communities. Ask God to provide what is needed to complete the assessment and raise up workers to serve among unreached people groups in the Arctic.
Learn more about the work in Arctic Canada: ethnos.ca/indigenous-ministries
A Partnership to Finish the Great Commission
Pray that God would continue to use the Global Church to send and sustain missionaries working to reach the unreached with the gospel, translate His Word and establish thriving churches around the world that glorify God. Ethnos360’s approach has always been to partner with the local church in this work, understanding that people partnering in ministry from “back home” — through prayer, financial support and encouragement — allows the missionary to serve the Lord “on the field.” This partnership is how ministry is most effective. According to estimates from The Traveling Team, “The Global Church has roughly 14,000 times the financial resources and 36,000 times the manpower needed to finish the Great Commission.” Pray that more Christians would be aware of the need (three billion people do not have the gospel) and would choose to pray, give or go today.
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Kafe Kids Study the Bible Together
Luke and Lois DeJager serve among the Kafe people of Papua New Guinea, where God has established a local church and raised up Kafe believers to teach His Word and serve others. They thank the Lord for the young boys and girls who continue attending Wednesday Bible study. Pray for wisdom as they teach the children, that they would be able to teach clearly and that the children would understand. Pray that the truths they hear will take root and that each one will come to know the Lord Jesus as Savior. Pray for the DeJagers and the church elders as they disciple young believers and reach out to those who currently are not walking with the Lord.
Investing in Future Missionaries in Asia Pacific
Riryn Bowa serves at a missionary training center in Asia Pacific, helping prepare local believers for cross-cultural ministry. This semester, she is assisting with classes in linguistics, cultural anthropology, and culture and language acquisition. She also teaches computer skills, meets weekly with a student for one-on-one mentoring and provides extra help to those who miss class or need more time with the material. These everyday opportunities allow her to know the students personally, encourage them and help equip them for future ministry. Pray for Riryn and other missionaries who are training national co-workers. Ask God to give them wisdom, strength and teachable hearts as they invest in future missionaries. Pray that each student will grow spiritually and understand clearly how God is leading them to serve.
The Great Commission Is the Heart of Their Work
Preparing for Bible translation involves much more than learning another language. Kaitlyn Hiebert is studying Advanced Linguistics at North Cotes College in England, where she and six classmates are learning phonetics, phonemics, grammar and the tools needed to put unwritten languages into written form. Behind the hours of classwork and homework is a compelling purpose: people are still waiting to receive God’s Word in their own language. One of Kaitlyn’s prayer requests is “that I would not lose sight of the ‘big picture’ of the Great Commission in the daily grind of studying languages and solving phonemic problems.” Pray for Kaitlyn and others preparing to become Bible translators. Pray that God will help them focus, persevere and grow in skill while keeping the Great Commission at the center of their work.
Learn about Bible Translation: ethnos360.org/translation