Prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/Prayer feed. Used by PrayerMate App.en-usSite Stacker 2.0Hiccups in Housebuildinghttps://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/21480Evan and Libby Hannay, along with their teammates Jacob and Charis Doerr and Jezekiel and Anna Van Der Decker, are currently preparing to build their homes among the Mian people of Papua New Guinea. The village is remote, and it has been difficult to get building supplies to the site of their future homes. Due to the current drought in the country (caused by El Niño), the rivers are very shallow. “Pray for wisdom for our team as we are constantly needing wisdom from the Lord on how to move forward. Pray for peace as we trust Him even when our circumstances are often frustrating.” Pray that God will work out the logistics and will provide the funds needed.

]]>Evan and Libby Hannay, along with their teammates Jacob and Charis Doerr and Jezekiel and Anna Van Der Decker, are currently preparing to build their homes among the Mian people of Papua New Guinea. The village is remote, and it has been difficult to get building supplies to the site of their future homes. Due to the current drought in the country (caused by El Niño), the rivers are very shallow. “Pray for wisdom for our team as we are constantly needing wisdom from the Lord on how to move forward. Pray for peace as we trust Him even when our circumstances are often frustrating.” Pray that God will work out the logistics and will provide the funds needed.

]]>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:15:00 -050092% Complete: Dinangat New Testament Translationhttps://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/21479Jeremiah and April Markley serve at Ethnos360 Training Center in Missouri and work remotely on Bible translation for the Dinangat people of Papua New Guinea. “Jeremiah continues to meet with Jaspa twice a week to work on translation and spends the rest of the week transcribing recordings, processing corrections and many other translation tasks on the multiple portions he’s working on. Our co-workers, Ralf and Elli [Schlegel], are also plugging away with the books they’re working on and are in Dinangat at the moment to do comprehension checking on several portions. We’re 92% complete with the New Testament!” Praise God that the Dinangat New Testament translation is nearly complete. “Please pray that the Lord would raise up more helpers within the Dinangat church to work with us!”

]]>Jeremiah and April Markley serve at Ethnos360 Training Center in Missouri and work remotely on Bible translation for the Dinangat people of Papua New Guinea. “Jeremiah continues to meet with Jaspa twice a week to work on translation and spends the rest of the week transcribing recordings, processing corrections and many other translation tasks on the multiple portions he’s working on. Our co-workers, Ralf and Elli [Schlegel], are also plugging away with the books they’re working on and are in Dinangat at the moment to do comprehension checking on several portions. We’re 92% complete with the New Testament!” Praise God that the Dinangat New Testament translation is nearly complete. “Please pray that the Lord would raise up more helpers within the Dinangat church to work with us!”

]]>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:15:00 -0500Mibu Missionaries Reaching Out to Other Language Groupshttps://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/21478

Geoff and Shannon Husa minister among the Mibu people of Papua New Guinea. The Mibu church has taken the gospel into surrounding areas, even to people who speak other languages! They have been teaching in Melanesian Pidgin, the national trade language, and found that literacy in the trade language is very poor in some of these areas. “[This] makes it difficult not only for people to read Scripture and teaching materials for themselves, but also for the church to train new teachers who can carry the work forward.” Pray for the preparations and funds for a possible training opportunity in the spring of 2027 for some of the Mibu teachers. This would equip them to teach literacy in the trade language so those being reached can read God’s Word and teach it to others. 

Why even teach literacy? 

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Geoff and Shannon Husa minister among the Mibu people of Papua New Guinea. The Mibu church has taken the gospel into surrounding areas, even to people who speak other languages! They have been teaching in Melanesian Pidgin, the national trade language, and found that literacy in the trade language is very poor in some of these areas. “[This] makes it difficult not only for people to read Scripture and teaching materials for themselves, but also for the church to train new teachers who can carry the work forward.” Pray for the preparations and funds for a possible training opportunity in the spring of 2027 for some of the Mibu teachers. This would equip them to teach literacy in the trade language so those being reached can read God’s Word and teach it to others. 

Why even teach literacy? 

]]>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:15:00 -0500 Lesson Evaluation Updatehttps://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15579Bart and Emily Allen and Benjamin and Missy Hatton minister among the Amdu people of Papua New Guinea. They recently had a Bible lesson evaluation in preparation for the upcoming chronological Bible teaching. The Allens wrote, “One of the main things our consultants shared was that our lessons need to be much more concise and clearer. That means that we are going … to rework the Bible lessons that were already ‘done,’ and we have been revising the plans for all the rest of the lessons. … We will not be ready to begin the chronological Bible teaching before the end of this year like we had hoped! ... We are thankful that the Lord answered our prayers and gave our consultants wisdom to know how to help us. ... Thank you for praying.” Learn more about the work of consultants.

]]>Bart and Emily Allen and Benjamin and Missy Hatton minister among the Amdu people of Papua New Guinea. They recently had a Bible lesson evaluation in preparation for the upcoming chronological Bible teaching. The Allens wrote, “One of the main things our consultants shared was that our lessons need to be much more concise and clearer. That means that we are going … to rework the Bible lessons that were already ‘done,’ and we have been revising the plans for all the rest of the lessons. … We will not be ready to begin the chronological Bible teaching before the end of this year like we had hoped! ... We are thankful that the Lord answered our prayers and gave our consultants wisdom to know how to help us. ... Thank you for praying.” Learn more about the work of consultants.

]]>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500A Wonderful Gathering https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15578Gene and Carol Trudeau minister among the Manubu’ people of the Philippines. “Every month or two the Manubu’ Bible teachers from the various Manubu’ churches [host a gathering at one of the churches. This time,] there was a three-day gathering [and] over 500 people attended. About one-fourth of them were not believers. … They took part in feasting on the seven 110 lb. sacks of rice and three pigs that were cooked. But they were also fed the Word of God as they were taught the first two lessons of the evangelistic chronological teaching program. Please pray that these unsaved people will continue to listen to the evangelistic lessons in their home villages, be saved and go on with the Lord.” Read more.

]]>Gene and Carol Trudeau minister among the Manubu’ people of the Philippines. “Every month or two the Manubu’ Bible teachers from the various Manubu’ churches [host a gathering at one of the churches. This time,] there was a three-day gathering [and] over 500 people attended. About one-fourth of them were not believers. … They took part in feasting on the seven 110 lb. sacks of rice and three pigs that were cooked. But they were also fed the Word of God as they were taught the first two lessons of the evangelistic chronological teaching program. Please pray that these unsaved people will continue to listen to the evangelistic lessons in their home villages, be saved and go on with the Lord.” Read more.

]]>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500Teaching the Triqui https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15577Tom and Beth Carlton minister in Mexico as part of the field leadership team. “Eduardo, [a Mexican Bible teacher], taught in the Triqui language on the six days of Creation in week five of the foundational Bible teaching. [He] believes that people are tracking with the teaching and are interested in what God’s Word has to say to them. ... One of the Triqui ladies said after the lesson that she’s heard this before, but now that she’s hearing it in her own language, ‘The Word has flavor.’ Praise God [that] these Triqui are hearing the Good News about the Savior in the language that makes their hearts listen! Pray … that God will bring more people with an interest to hear and that those hearing would understand and believe what they are being taught.” Read the story from Ethnos360 magazine.

]]>Tom and Beth Carlton minister in Mexico as part of the field leadership team. “Eduardo, [a Mexican Bible teacher], taught in the Triqui language on the six days of Creation in week five of the foundational Bible teaching. [He] believes that people are tracking with the teaching and are interested in what God’s Word has to say to them. ... One of the Triqui ladies said after the lesson that she’s heard this before, but now that she’s hearing it in her own language, ‘The Word has flavor.’ Praise God [that] these Triqui are hearing the Good News about the Savior in the language that makes their hearts listen! Pray … that God will bring more people with an interest to hear and that those hearing would understand and believe what they are being taught.” Read the story from Ethnos360 magazine.

]]>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Lesson 70 https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15576Jon and Janet Mitchell minister among the Lavongai people of Papua New Guinea. About lesson 70 of the chronological Bible teaching, they wrote, “Over four days… we revealed to the people in the teaching of death, burial and resurrection how they can be free of eternal punishment and accept eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. … From what we can see and [from what] those that we have had a chance to talk to [have said, about 50 of them] have acknowledged that they are sinners and accepted Jesus as their Savior. … Please celebrate with us of the victory in Jesus Christ and please join us in praising God for the new lives amongst the Lavongai people here in PNG.” Watch the video.

]]>Jon and Janet Mitchell minister among the Lavongai people of Papua New Guinea. About lesson 70 of the chronological Bible teaching, they wrote, “Over four days… we revealed to the people in the teaching of death, burial and resurrection how they can be free of eternal punishment and accept eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. … From what we can see and [from what] those that we have had a chance to talk to [have said, about 50 of them] have acknowledged that they are sinners and accepted Jesus as their Savior. … Please celebrate with us of the victory in Jesus Christ and please join us in praising God for the new lives amongst the Lavongai people here in PNG.” Watch the video.

]]>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Future in Dem Land https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15575Logan and Kendra Teall minister to the Dem people of Asia Pacific. They said, “We will continue teaching more literacy classes in the coming months, hoping to prepare … our Dem friends to be able to read God’s Word in their heart language. The Scripture translation is already under way. … Our goal is to start the [foundational Bible] teaching in the summer of 2020. Please pray for our team as we work on translation of the Scriptures as well as translating the lessons that will be taught during our phase one teaching.”

]]>Logan and Kendra Teall minister to the Dem people of Asia Pacific. They said, “We will continue teaching more literacy classes in the coming months, hoping to prepare … our Dem friends to be able to read God’s Word in their heart language. The Scripture translation is already under way. … Our goal is to start the [foundational Bible] teaching in the summer of 2020. Please pray for our team as we work on translation of the Scriptures as well as translating the lessons that will be taught during our phase one teaching.”

]]>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Iski Translation https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15568Jason and Nisae Williamson minister among the Iski people of Papua New Guinea. Jason said, “For us three translators (Andre, Aurelie and me) these past few months have been busy [as we are] gearing up for our visit with our translation consultant. During her visit here and with the help of our local translation helpers, we were able to check over 1,200 verses! That brings us to 29% of the New Testament checked! We are so excited about this and encouraged with the progress. For this check we have finished the gospel of Mark [and] the book of Jonah, and we've made good progress in Luke and Acts. We hope that early next year he will be available to check other portions, including … 1 Timothy, Titus, Galatians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians and … the book of Acts. What a privilege we have to work together to see the saving message of Jesus Christ go out to the unreached villages of the Iski. Thank you so much for your steadfast partnership with us in this ministry. Knowing you are standing behind us holding us up through prayer and support means so much to us.”

]]>Jason and Nisae Williamson minister among the Iski people of Papua New Guinea. Jason said, “For us three translators (Andre, Aurelie and me) these past few months have been busy [as we are] gearing up for our visit with our translation consultant. During her visit here and with the help of our local translation helpers, we were able to check over 1,200 verses! That brings us to 29% of the New Testament checked! We are so excited about this and encouraged with the progress. For this check we have finished the gospel of Mark [and] the book of Jonah, and we've made good progress in Luke and Acts. We hope that early next year he will be available to check other portions, including … 1 Timothy, Titus, Galatians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians and … the book of Acts. What a privilege we have to work together to see the saving message of Jesus Christ go out to the unreached villages of the Iski. Thank you so much for your steadfast partnership with us in this ministry. Knowing you are standing behind us holding us up through prayer and support means so much to us.”

]]>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Back to West Africa https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15567Lív Poulsen ministers in West Africa as a Bible translator to the Badiyaranké people “I have just finished Hebrews and am now working on James. I will have a consultant check in November. My translation of 1 and 2 Thessalonians and Revelation will be checked and also the chapters of Joshua that a young believer has translated. It will take around eight days. The consultant is coming all the way from the USA. This is the first time that he will check my work, and this is also the first time that the young believer will have any of his work checked. Please pray that everything will go well and that it will be an encouraging time. Of the epistles I still have 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John and Jude to do. Then I need to finish the gospels of Matthew, Luke and John. So, I still have some way to go till the New Testament is finished, but I am encouraged with the progress. The epistles are harder than the Gospels, where a lot is narrative. It is a privilege to be able to be a part of this work. Thank you so much for being willing to partner with me in prayer and to support in different ways.” Pray for the consultant check this month.

]]>Lív Poulsen ministers in West Africa as a Bible translator to the Badiyaranké people “I have just finished Hebrews and am now working on James. I will have a consultant check in November. My translation of 1 and 2 Thessalonians and Revelation will be checked and also the chapters of Joshua that a young believer has translated. It will take around eight days. The consultant is coming all the way from the USA. This is the first time that he will check my work, and this is also the first time that the young believer will have any of his work checked. Please pray that everything will go well and that it will be an encouraging time. Of the epistles I still have 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John and Jude to do. Then I need to finish the gospels of Matthew, Luke and John. So, I still have some way to go till the New Testament is finished, but I am encouraged with the progress. The epistles are harder than the Gospels, where a lot is narrative. It is a privilege to be able to be a part of this work. Thank you so much for being willing to partner with me in prayer and to support in different ways.” Pray for the consultant check this month.

]]>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500Checking Things Off the List https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15566Jamie and Char Hunt minister among the Nivaclé people in Paraguay. “Are you a person who finds joy in checking off a job completed on your ‘To Do’ List? We sure are. Done! Completed! Finished! It is satisfying to see measurable progress! The translation process is well-defined. There are numerous steps to be followed, each one specifically designed to produce a translation that is accurate and understandable. Each step is time-consuming, taking weeks or months to complete. You can imagine the joy we feel in checking off the ‘completed’ box as each task for each book is finished. Each checkmark means much more than just completing a process. It means that the transforming Word of God is one step closer to being placed in the hands of the Nivaclé people. That's exciting!” To give toward the printing of Genesis, Exodus and Mark, there is an account set up at Ethnos360 for a tax-deductible donation toward this project. Make checks payable to “Ethnos360” with a note for “Nivaclé Translation in Paraguay.”

]]>Jamie and Char Hunt minister among the Nivaclé people in Paraguay. “Are you a person who finds joy in checking off a job completed on your ‘To Do’ List? We sure are. Done! Completed! Finished! It is satisfying to see measurable progress! The translation process is well-defined. There are numerous steps to be followed, each one specifically designed to produce a translation that is accurate and understandable. Each step is time-consuming, taking weeks or months to complete. You can imagine the joy we feel in checking off the ‘completed’ box as each task for each book is finished. Each checkmark means much more than just completing a process. It means that the transforming Word of God is one step closer to being placed in the hands of the Nivaclé people. That's exciting!” To give toward the printing of Genesis, Exodus and Mark, there is an account set up at Ethnos360 for a tax-deductible donation toward this project. Make checks payable to “Ethnos360” with a note for “Nivaclé Translation in Paraguay.”

]]>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500Literacy Force for the Guarijio https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15565Tom and Beth Carlton serve as part of the field leadership team in Mexico. “This month Katie Moore, our fearless and brilliant field literacy consultant, is ‘holed up’ in a mission apartment along with four other members of an important team who are working very hard to produce much needed literacy materials for the Guarijio church planting team. On why we value literacy as a mission and as a field, Katie writes, ‘Because personal access to the truth of the Word of God is vital to the maturity of believers, we are persuaded that literacy is one of the keystones of planting a church. God’s Word is where man finds the truth that leads to eternal life, his new identity as a child of God and the encouragement and exhortation that lead to growth.’ Pray that the literacy resources produced this month will greatly aid the Guarijio ministry in teaching people to read so they can go for themselves to the Word of life!” Read more.

]]>Tom and Beth Carlton serve as part of the field leadership team in Mexico. “This month Katie Moore, our fearless and brilliant field literacy consultant, is ‘holed up’ in a mission apartment along with four other members of an important team who are working very hard to produce much needed literacy materials for the Guarijio church planting team. On why we value literacy as a mission and as a field, Katie writes, ‘Because personal access to the truth of the Word of God is vital to the maturity of believers, we are persuaded that literacy is one of the keystones of planting a church. God’s Word is where man finds the truth that leads to eternal life, his new identity as a child of God and the encouragement and exhortation that lead to growth.’ Pray that the literacy resources produced this month will greatly aid the Guarijio ministry in teaching people to read so they can go for themselves to the Word of life!” Read more.

]]>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500 Elsengg Literacy https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15564Scott and Natasha Flaugher minister among the Elsengg people of Asia Pacific. “We are very excited to be on the verge of starting our first literacy class for our Elsengg friends. We’re excited for [them] to become literate, so that they can read God’s Word and the Bible lessons that our team is preparing for them, [which will show them] that God wants to communicate to them in their heart language. Without literacy, the future Elsengg church would be severely handicapped. …. We already have a full class of students, and as I write, several young people are cutting grass to help pay for their literacy books! We are prayerful and hopeful that … God will give them a hunger for His Word and [a] desire to stay connected and hear His Truth. … Please pray that we can get [all the preparation] done in good time so that it will be ready for our literacy program.”

]]>Scott and Natasha Flaugher minister among the Elsengg people of Asia Pacific. “We are very excited to be on the verge of starting our first literacy class for our Elsengg friends. We’re excited for [them] to become literate, so that they can read God’s Word and the Bible lessons that our team is preparing for them, [which will show them] that God wants to communicate to them in their heart language. Without literacy, the future Elsengg church would be severely handicapped. …. We already have a full class of students, and as I write, several young people are cutting grass to help pay for their literacy books! We are prayerful and hopeful that … God will give them a hunger for His Word and [a] desire to stay connected and hear His Truth. … Please pray that we can get [all the preparation] done in good time so that it will be ready for our literacy program.”

]]>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500A Read-Through of the Book of Luke https://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15558Paul and Bella Gervasi minister in Asia Pacific among the Sekadau people. “Right now, Bella is doing a read-through of the book of Luke. It is something that her translation helpers have asked to do after finishing a book. They read it together and talk among themselves about things. They will suggest changes in words and reword some of the sentences to sound more natural. If there is a doctrinal issue, I might get involved, but that happens very rarely. … They have been doing this read-through for two days now. The amazing thing to me is that this is driven by the translation helpers and not by us. … Thank you so much for your prayers for us and the people here.” Read more about the Sekadau people.

]]>Paul and Bella Gervasi minister in Asia Pacific among the Sekadau people. “Right now, Bella is doing a read-through of the book of Luke. It is something that her translation helpers have asked to do after finishing a book. They read it together and talk among themselves about things. They will suggest changes in words and reword some of the sentences to sound more natural. If there is a doctrinal issue, I might get involved, but that happens very rarely. … They have been doing this read-through for two days now. The amazing thing to me is that this is driven by the translation helpers and not by us. … Thank you so much for your prayers for us and the people here.” Read more about the Sekadau people.

]]>Sun, 10 Nov 2019 06:00:00 -0500 The Water Systemhttps://ethnos360.org/rss/prayerhttps://ethnos360.org/feed/prayer/15557Summer Zimmer ministers with Papua New Guinea Communications. “After 15 years, many major components of the water system at our support center have exceeded their expected lifespan. This vital system filters out iron [and] softens and chlorinates to disinfect the water and make it safe to drink. This system not only serves our support missionaries living at this center — 75 houses, a school, medical clinic, dental clinic and a guesthouse — but also the local community. Twenty-six to thirty percent of the water going through our water system benefits our neighbors, who are invited to bring containers to fill up for safe drinking water in their homes.” Read more.

]]>Summer Zimmer ministers with Papua New Guinea Communications. “After 15 years, many major components of the water system at our support center have exceeded their expected lifespan. This vital system filters out iron [and] softens and chlorinates to disinfect the water and make it safe to drink. This system not only serves our support missionaries living at this center — 75 houses, a school, medical clinic, dental clinic and a guesthouse — but also the local community. Twenty-six to thirty percent of the water going through our water system benefits our neighbors, who are invited to bring containers to fill up for safe drinking water in their homes.” Read more.

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