[Prayer requests at bottom (and a hilarious video).]
This young lady is one of my favorite people. She’s an ordinary girl, neither graced with superpowers nor recipient of extra-Biblical callings. Though sometimes grumpy about trying new things, she is obedient, just as we are seeking to be to our Father.
This 2014 trip began with a footbridge crossing – the vehicle bridge had collapsed – and included cramming vehicle-accident victims into our van for transport to the hospital. Sweaty nights on a tropical coast, ocean breeze blocked by trees. Being with local kids she didn’t share a language with. Patiently waiting through long meetings as the team discussed their research. Baths in a bucket.
What did she do in response to these challenges and discomfort? She danced in the rain.
We’re all ordinary (if anything created in God’s image is). All followers of Jesus have received the same call.
How are you responding?
Not everyone can go* – at least not to ‘the ends of the earth’ – but believers can enable disciple-making there by praying and giving. How are you saying “Yes, Lord” today? If not today, when?
*Or can they?
Prayer
Thank you for praying for the survey team’s trip to Gulf Province last month. They reported success despite significant challenges:
- Theft revealed conflict over the land of the airstrip they landed on.
- Sickness of a partner they were training – praise for access to a hospital in the area.
- Retaliation related to sorcery led to the team leaving a village during the night.
These certainly highlight the challenges of multicultural teamwork and the dangers of language research!
Please continue to pray for:
- Healing for an ongoing health issue limiting a surveyor’s ability to go on trips.
- Wisdom to know where to focus research in a nation with 840 language groups!
- Further opportunities for effective partnership.
- Hanna and the translation team as they take the next step with these communities towards language development and translation.