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It was 1993. I was in junior high at the time, sporting fluffy bangs, big glasses, and braces, and my main worry was navigating the crowded halls of Kirby Junior High so as to ensure a seat in class next to someone I knew. Activities at school and church consumed most of my t…
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I clicked the “End Call” button on my Zoom screen. I had just spent the past hour meeting with someone working in the Disciple Making Movement arena in a place where secrecy is vital. Nour had related some amazing stories of how God is moving am…
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Checks and Balances The air conditioner gently hummed behind me, making a valiant effort to cool the room and remove some of the 95% humidity of Madang, Papua New Guinea. I sat at one corner of a conference table, staring into my lapt…
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“Our friends invited us to go see a movie with them! It’s about Corrie ten Boom, and it’s only in theaters for two nights!”
Lydia’s eyes sparkled as she added, “And it’s the week your parents are visiting, so we don’t have to find a ba…
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Pray for Scripture Impact! The vision of Pioneer Bible Translators is transformed lives through God’s Word in every language. We desire to see churches us…
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Because prayer is the strategy of Pioneer Bible Translators, our worldwide team intentionally sets aside a day of fasting and prayer every month. On this da…
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Derek and Allison were eager to start translating God’s Word with a Bibleless people group in Africa. They had made their home among the Muliga people and had begun learning their language. Their next step was to facilitate a meeti…
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What does “hope” mean? I am a translator, and my work involves parsing meanings of words to their core components with the purpose of identifying functional equivalents across languages. So naturally, this is where I began with a word l…
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Sowing seeds of hope for Biblical literacy and hunger for God’s Word. It was a few short years ago that our Thanksgiving week was tinged with grief. A village neighbor, who had been on the decline for several months, …
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Because prayer is the strategy of Pioneer Bible Translators, our worldwide team intentionally sets aside a day of fasting and prayer every month. On this day, we join in unified prayer, offering up to our Father praises and requests coll…
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Our God is merciful. Every day He lovingly provides for the needs of His children. With the unusual situations they face, missionaries are in a position to be keenly aware of these daily mercies. Martha Wade is a Bible translator in Papua N…
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God told us to find rest, but how can we? One of God’s instructions to His people — indeed, a clear command — was to rest. What a welcome idea this must have been to the newly liberated Israelite people, who had lived in slavery their…
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