Pray

Ryan and Abigail de Roos serve in the Philippines. Ryan is a helicopter pilot with Ethnos360 Aviation. “We have already had multiple medical emergency flights since being back [in the Philippines after home assignment].” As communities are touched by medevac services and the love of Christ is displayed through missionary pilots, pray that God will “use these opportunities to connect more people with the work He is doing here in the Philippines.” Praise God for supplying fuel, since there has been a concern with the fuel shortage due to conflict in other parts of the world. Pray for Ryan as “he will be routinely traveling back and forth between the northern and southern Philippines to continue flight service in both regions,” serving as the only helicopter pilot for the rest of 2026. Pray for Abigail and their daughters “as we manage the challenges of Ryan being gone often.” 

Learn more about Ethnos360 Aviation here: Ethnos360 Aviation - Mission Aviation 

Darcy Berglund, serving itinerantly, is working on translation for the Semandang people of Asia Pacific along with her national co-worker, Oke. In September and October, Darcy, the translation consultant and a few others will be going to the village for a translation check and to distribute 100 Semandang audio Bibles to the church leadership. Praise God that the back translation* of 1300+ verses is complete and ready for the consultant check. Pray for her as she prepares literacy materials for the trip. Pray that “the Lord would enable [the consultant] to find and question anything that is not accurate or clear.” And pray that “God’s Word would impact the Semandang church. [Pray] that the Bibles would fit in our luggage. … Pray that our time in Semandang will be an encouragement and blessing to the church there.” 

*A back translation is done by translating the verse from the target language back to English (or to the heart language of the translator) so the consultant can evaluate the content.