Pray for New Missionaries
Today let’s take some time to pray for new missionaries who are moving overseas for the first time. Daniella Kress and Katie Wright, Canadians who will be moving to Papua New Guinea (PNG) this fall, share about the transitions they have faced already and will be facing when they move to PNG. “Since December 2025, both Katie and I [Daniella] have moved six times, across provinces, states and countries. While this enabled us to complete our training, meet wonderful people and be more equipped for future ministry, it also left us feeling very unsettled. … What a comfort that regardless of where we are, our Savior walks with us. Our grief is very tangible, but our joy is indescribable. We get to leave home, to call lost sinner's Home.” Here are some specific ways you can pray for Daniella and Katie and other new missionaries as they begin their first assignments:
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Encouragement
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Visa application paperwork
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Good connections with supporters
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God to provide through ministry partners
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Opportunities to advocate for the unreached and encourage others to serve
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Wisdom and discernment in packing and logistics
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Courage
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Good health
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Safe travels
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Unity with new teammates
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A Huge Milestone for the Isnag People
Jonathan and Heidi Bamford minister among the Isnag people of the Philippines. We were praying for them as they finished translating the last of the Southern Isnag New Testament and prepared for a translation consultant to come check it. Jonathan says, “I am very happy to say that the entire Southern Isnag New Testament has now been consultant checked.” Praise God for this huge milestone and for “lots of people helping along the way,” many in “behind-the-scenes work.” The Bamfords are hoping Luke and John will be completely ready for printing later this month so they can print the books while they are in the city. Pray they can be ready in time.
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Pray for West African Missionary Couple
Jan and Doortje minister among the “K” people of West Africa. Their co-workers, a West African missionary couple, ask for prayer as the couple ministers among the “K” people. Pray for the wife as she learns the “K” language. Pray for security in the village and for provision for them and their neighbors, as “life has become very expensive” and “farmers can no longer go to work in their fields to feed themselves as before.” Pray for “spiritual strength and wisdom.” And pray for encouragement. The husband says, “I was particularly very discouraged in this ministry. But I realize that the Lord really has a good plan for any work He does.”
Living Among the “K1” People
Derick and Rachel Bruckhart are preparing to live among the “K1” people of Brazil and join in the church planting work there. Pray for Derick and the building team as they are in the process of building a house for the Bruckharts. Pray for safety and for the logistics of transporting all the building materials and tools via truck, boat and helicopter. Pray for Rachel and their two boys while Derick is away. “Please also be praying for our co-workers, Henrique and Rachel [Freitas] as they continue working among the ‘K1’ people [teaching literacy], as well as Josh and Lidia [Kuhn] as they begin learning language.”
The Work Continues in Mozambique
Matt and Debi Zook minister among the Lolo and Kokola people of Mozambique. God continues to work in the Lolo and Kokola churches. Matt made progress in the translation of Jeremiah and Lamentations, and Hosea went through its final check. Praise God for another 197 Old Testament verses in the Lolo language. Meanwhile, “Debi has been having around eight small groups each week doing Bible reading, discussion, singing and prayer time” with the ladies. Pray the ladies would continue to grow in their walk with the Lord. The church is “still going and slowly growing.” Praise God for six believers who were baptized in the past few months.
From the Archives: Read this article from a 2019 issue of Ethnos360 magazine to learn about the Lolo hybrid Bibles, which are a combination of Lolo, Portuguese and Chichewa. The Zooks are now working towards a complete Bible translation, Genesis through Revelation, entirely in the Lolo language and a translation entirely in the Kokola language.