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Pray for a missionary couple ministering among a people group in Asia Pacific. Pray for a man (we will call him “K”) and his wife (we will call her “H”). “’K’ was asked to step out of the [Bible] teaching team when he married an unbeliever.” He has since lashed out in anger and acted uncharacteristically. “Please pray for repentance and healing of [his] mind, whatever is going on. Pray that the Holy Spirit would be working in both of them.” Pray that “H” would understand the gospel and put her faith in Christ. “[Pray] that they would walk in obedience to the Word of God as it has instructed us to live with our spouses.”

Paul and Marina minister among the “L” people of West Africa. “Praise the Lord with us that sufficient funds have been raised to print at least 3,000 copies of the ‘L’ New Testament. … Lord willing, we will be sending the finished draft to the typesetting team in Sanford [soon]. From there, the text will be sent to the printers. Thank you so much for your prayers over this long process. Please be praying for the numerous tasks that still need to be completed over the next weeks and months. Praise the Lord for another 70 ‘L’ believers who were baptized two weeks ago.”

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Colton and Tanja Twigg serve in Paraguay. With their local church, they are involved in a church plant. “Toward the end of the year, we were really stuck in a drought with kids not coming [to Bible classes] and with parents having no interest in hearing God’s Word.” Pray that as children’s classes and adult Bible studies resume, “the Lord would be working in the hearts of the kids and parents to come and to be faithful in coming. This is a community that needs the Lord, and we just want to be His instruments in sharing the gospel with them.”

Mark and Shelbi Fitzpatrick serve in Papua New Guinea. “This month, we surveyed the Gende people. … While some showed little interest in having us, one village welcomed us warmly. They expressed a deep desire to understand God’s Word. … They recognized that without it being in their language, they could not grasp its meaning. They earnestly asked for missionaries to come, not only to translate but also to teach them so they could truly know what God’s Word says.” Praise God for this hunger for Truth. Pray for the Fitzpatricks and their teammates, Ricky and Kati Sanford and Nate and Laura Clonch, as they prepare to move into Gende land. Pray that God would prepare the Gende people’s hearts.

Watch the video. Mark and his teammates visited Gende land to conduct a people group assessment. Hear the Gende people’s passionate appeal for missionaries (timestamp 7:35).

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Tim and Robin Walker minister to the P1 people of Latin America. One P1 man, Alexander, and his family, along with two national missionary ladies, are working with another people group of Latin America. The people had missionaries at one time who brought Bible teaching and made “a good start on the New Testament translation,” and a church was born. However, the missionaries had to leave 20 years ago. Now Alexander and his teammates are taking on the task. “The P1 church growth is spilling out into other language groups! This amazes me. A prayer for Alex and Elendie [a P1 musician who is teaching the people how to play guitar and sing] … is much appreciated.”

Jason and Nisae Williamson minister among the Iski people of Papua New Guinea. The Iski church currently has three outreaches to other Iski communities. At one outreach location, “the amount of interest [in God’s Word] is unprecedented, [and] … it’s evident that many of them have placed their faith in the work of Jesus Christ.” Praise God for new brothers and sisters in Christ. Bible teachers are also teaching families in two other outreach locations. “Pray for the faithfulness of the leaders, for them to continue to live uprightly and rely on God for daily strength. Pray also for those coming to the teachings, that they wouldn’t be pulled away by other things but that they would commit to coming and hearing the truth of God revealed.”

Colton and Tanja Twigg serve in Paraguay. “Tanja has been working hard in the print shop. Our co-workers who work with the Nivaclé people just finished revising the book of Romans, and so Tanja has been printing the books and putting them together. They ordered 1,000 copies, and so far, she is at the halfway point. It is such an awesome opportunity to be a part of getting God’s Word into the hands of the [Nivaclé] people. Please continue to pray for Tanja as she still has a lot of work ahead of her and for our co-workers as they press on in the Nivaclé Bible revision.”

In celebration of serving in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for 75 years, we are praying for a series of people groups New Tribes Mission PNG is working among. The Mibu people live high in the mountains. They are a small people group of only about 450 in population spread out over five different villages.

Traditionally the Mibu people have held a mixture of beliefs. After missionaries taught God’s Word in the Mibu language, the Mibu people’s entire worldview changed. People accepted Christ’s death on the cross as payment for their sins, a church was born and discipled, and the church began to teach God’s Word to their neighbors. The church has now grown to encompass all five villages of the Mibu language group and has spread to seven more villages, impacting three other language groups.

Please pray with the Mibu people. The prayer requests shared in this video are very fresh on their minds, representing many of the challenges, hopes and dreams that they have as they continue to place their faith, trust and hope in Christ for this generation and future generations.

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Dan and Casie serve on the International Ministries Team and assist in equipping church planters. At a recent Global Equip conference, “the student body from 12 different countries and 20 language groups in Africa gathered … to talk about unengaged people groups.” The students were surprised to learn that “some of their own people groups were among the unengaged of the world. … Please pray for people willing to give their lives to reach unengaged people groups. … We want to alert those who live right next door to the unengaged that they are uniquely positioned by God to reach out.”

Ned and Linn Beall, who serve itinerantly, are translating the Bible for the Tigak people of Papua New Guinea. Ned is visiting the Tigak church and has a lot of translation work to get done during his time among the Tigak. Pray that his Tigak translation co-workers would all be present to work with him. Pray for an accurate and understandable translation. Pray for endurance and provision for the Bealls during this trip which has included missing luggage, a stolen phone, uncertain flight availability and no water at their island home.

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Misael and Celia Rodríguez serve in West Brazil. Last November, we prayed that they would obtain permission to live in a Kuripaco community to begin culture and language acquisition and relationship building. “We’re still waiting for the necessary authorization to be able to move into the Kuripaco work. Currently the indigenous people are sending some documents to [a government agency] asking for our entry, which we hope will help. We ask that you please continue to pray, as it has not been easy at all, but we’re encouraged to remember that God is in control of all things and that He will open the door in His time.”

Lance and Laura Ostman, serving itinerantly, minister to the Higaunon people of the Philippines. They recently returned to their village home and worked with Ron and Michelle Jennings and the rest of the Higaunon translation team to check the first 41 chapters of Ezekiel and the book of Hosea. Praise God for a successful translation check. Pray for the team as they consider when to work on those “especially difficult” last chapters of Ezekiel. Pray for Lance as he does the initial comprehension check of the book of Job with his translation assistant. Pray too for the Higaunon church and church leaders. “With growth comes persecution, which, as we know, brings more growth.”

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Over the past few years, a fuel shortage has brought ongoing drama to the country of Papua New Guinea (PNG) — and the threat of disruption of flight service to church planting teams in remote locations. The best option to ensure a reliable fuel supply seems to be the purchase of a bulk fuel tank that could be filled directly by a petroleum supplier when fuel is available. Pray that God would supply the funds to purchase the bulk fuel tank and fuel to fill the tank. Pray that church planting work and discipleship in PNG would thrive despite the fuel shortage.

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At Ethnos360 Aviation’s headquarters in Arizona, USA, sits a disassembled R66 helicopter in a 40-foot ocean freight container ready to be shipped to a country in Asia Pacific to serve church planting teams. The pilots and mechanics are waiting to receive the helicopter, reassemble it and get it flying. However, the R66 cannot be imported into the country without permission from officials. This has been a long process. Pray that the permissions will be granted soon. Pray that this helicopter will be a useful tool in bringing God’s Word to unreached people in Asia Pacific.

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Jim and Rachel Jobe serve in Asia Pacific and ask for prayer for Scott and Natasha Flaugher, their co-workers who serve in the same region. “[T]hey are preparing to begin teaching very soon! Pray for the Lord to give the Flaughers wisdom and strength. Pray that the Lord would guide the lesson preparation being done by Scott and the Flaughers’ co-worker Carolyn in the USA. Pray for the Lord to be working in hearts and drawing Elsengg people from all the surrounding area to come listen to the teaching. Pray for protection and endurance for the Flaugher family. … Pray that the Bible lesson checks with Scott’s language helper would continue going well. Pray that the Holy Spirit would move powerfully in people’s hearts as God’s Word is taught.”

Lindy and Carol Drake ministered among the Guanano people of Brazil. They are now retired, but Lindy continues to provide translation consultations. “I (Lindy) was invited as a consultant to help out with a two-week Bible Translation Workshop in Manaus, Brazil. The translators receiving the training represented 12 different minority languages across Brazil and one in Paraguay.” The workshop was informative and motivating. “Pray that the lessons learned might never be forgotten and that these efforts will produce better translations for evangelism and discipleship in many different contexts in Brazil.”

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Dan and Judy Burke minister among the Chimane people of Bolivia. As they are focusing on developing new materials for the church, the Chimane church elders are busy “carrying out evangelism and encouragement visits.” Elders Rosauro and Sandalio traveled to a Chimane village for an outreach, and Rosauro’s wife and daughter joined them so they could teach and encourage the women. “Rosauro said that the people in the villages that they visited were very receptive to God’s Word and want to hear more!” Pray that the believers in these remote villages would be encouraged by these visits and that unbelievers would listen to the Bible teaching and understand.

Bill and Kelley Housley serve at Ramu Valley Academy (RVA) in Papua New Guinea. In February, they held a baptism ceremony for young believers of RVA. Some of the believers who were baptized were very new believers. Others were believers who were baptized before but wanted to be baptized again “with full understanding and with their own testimony of God’s work in their lives.” This was a time of reflection for the Housleys as they remembered “how God worked in the remote villages with many of [the students’] parents in the same way.” Praise God for His work in Ramu Valley.

Jesse Walker teaches at Pusdim, a four-year missionary training center in Asia Pacific. “Please pray for our students! Pray for our second-year Bible students who are currently serving with their local church back at their home village. Pray for our second-year missions students who are serving cross-culturally in another people group right now. And pray for the first-year missions students who are in my class right now, that they could have perseverance during this time and that they would be able to continue to grow more into the image of Christ every single day.”

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Bill and Kelley Housley serve at Ramu Valley Academy (RVA) in Papua New Guinea. Pray for students who are taking academically challenging courses. “Pray specifically for their English skills to increase over the next two terms as we have a team of extra ESL [English as a Second Language] help. … Pray for our teachers as they give their hearts and souls to the Great Commission. … Pray for English teachers for next year.” In August, there will only be Kelley and another teacher to teach English, and Kelley has other full-time responsibilities in administration. “Please pray for the right person/people [to teach English at RVA].”

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