Many individuals, couples, and families are in their final stages of preparing for cross-cultural ministry. Please uphold them in prayer with us.…
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Thursday Prayer Focus: 7 Ways to Pray for Newly Arrived Missionaries
Many Pioneer Bible Translators personnel are currently — or soon will be — in their first te…
9 Ways to Pray for Third Culture Kids
9 Ways to Pray for Third Culture Kids Third culture kids (TCKs), also known as MKs, have both the privilege and the challenge of growing up in their family’s place of ministry. Here are ways you can pray for TCKs, especially the children in missionary families you...
The Elder Knows A Roasted Peanut
The Kawah people of West Africa have a proverb: “The elder knows a roasted peanut.” Though I don’t pretend to understand all this proverb’s nuances, I can tell you a couple of things about it. First, the Kawah people LOVE roasted peanuts! (So do I!) Peanuts play an...
One Fifth? What’s the Problem?
How can you translate “one fifth” into a language that doesn’t have words for fractions? …
Thursday Prayer Focus: 5 Ways to Pray for Hurting Teammates
Prayer is vital to the fruitful ministries of our teammates as they seek to translate Scripture and make disciples in the places where God has led them. We invite you to pray for increased fruitfulness by lifting up teammates who are hurting as they face difficult...
What’s The Word for Kidneys?
Those lists of unclean animals in Leviticus just about killed me. Like ‘rock badger.’ Do you know what the Samka call it? It’s a ‘boulder goat.’ Like I could ever have guessed that! …
Thursday Prayer Focus: Young Adult Third Culture Kids
Here are a few ways you can pray for adult Third Culture Kids.…
What? Your co-translator Isn’t a Christian?
Most people assume that the national men and women who serve on Bible translation teams are Christians. While that’s a natural assumption, it is not accurate. A significant number of Pioneer Bible Translators missionaries are penetrating areas of the world’s...
Thursday Prayer Focus: Teammates Serving in Places Experiencing Tension and Violent Conflict
Some places where Pioneer Bible Translators serves are experiencing the political and ethnic tensions, repression, and violent conflict that characterize much of our world today. Your prayers for the missionaries and national co-workers who minister in these places...
Thursday Prayer Focus: Simple But Not Easy
Many of our overseas workers live in places with limited access to goods and services that much of the world’s population take for granted. During a recent visit, the mother of one of our teammates saw stark differences between her home country and the rural location...
A Breach in the Dam
Write a blog for Pioneer Bible Translators? “No problem!” I said. After all, I’ve been with Pioneer Bible Translators for nearly two decades. I could tell stories of how I overcame my shyness to answer God’s call to missions. I could share awkward fundraising...