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Prayer Team Update — October 27-31
An Airstrip Is Needed in Mian Land, Papua New Guinea
Monday, October 27
Jacob and Charis Doerr are preparing to live and minister among the Mian people of Papua New Guinea. An airstrip, which will be vital to the missionary team, is being built. “Please be praying for the Mian people to finish the work and [pray] that we will be flying into a brand-new airstrip soon! Please also pray for our team as we work to manage the logistics of planning and working with the aviation team, the other support teams and with the Mian people. We are facing many cultural tensions and are constantly beseeching the Lord for wisdom as we work to represent Christ well in such a foreign context.”
Preparing the Road for Manobo People to Hear the Gospel
Tuesday, October 28
Canadians Grant and Marianne Bayfield minister among the Manobo people of the Philippines. Grant has revised a literacy course and created “new teacher’s manuals, primers and other needed materials. We hope to start this course in two of our outreach villages soon. … [W]orkers are about to start on a meeting building for a new outreach village. They’ve been gravelling the muddy road so that their motorbikes can make it. Pray for their work and for God’s preparation of the people’s hearts to hear His Word.”
Coming Alongside the Local Church With Online Bible Courses and Discipleship
Wednesday, October 29
Sarah Rosenak is an advisor with Global Equip, our online equipping program for those from limited access countries. Pray for the Global Equip team as they meet this month. “Together we will be considering different aspects of our course and how we might be able to make changes to improve the training. All those in Global Equip would appreciate your prayers for us to have wisdom as we adjust things and try to better meet needs as we come alongside the local church around the world. It is amazing to think that Global Equip has so far had the privilege of serving the Church in 21 countries around the world! It has been encouraging to hear testimonies from our students in how God is working in their lives.”
Four Teams Are Ready to Begin the Next Stage in Literacy!
Thursday, October 30
Praise God that four church planting teams in Papua New Guinea have recently reached a proficient level of culture and language understanding and are now able to progress to the next stage of ministry! Praise God that the Kuyu, Kovol and Lembena teams have all completed literacy kick-offs, have written and illustrated primers and accompanying readers and can now prepare for literacy classes to start in the new year. Praise God that Rachel Closs also tested out of the Bisorio language study and is working alongside church leadership for further discipleship of the children, youth and women through literacy, Bible studies and life-on-life discipleship.
Pray for Attendees of a Mission Event in New Brunswick
Friday, October 31
Earlier this month a team from Ethnos travelled to New Brunswick Bible Institute to run a Rikapuna event (ethnos.ca/rikapuna). The entire student body and believers from eight local churches attended. The purpose of the Rikapuna event was to educate and challenge Christians regarding the Great Commission—specifically church planting among Unreached People Groups. Please pray for those that attended that they would be sensitive to the Lord’s leading in their lives as they consider their role in taking the gospel to the ends of the earth.