Many Pioneer Bible Translators personnel are currently — or soon will be — in their first term of cross-cultural ministry. Newly arrived missionaries face a vast array of challenges as they settle into their new homes and ministries. We invite you to pray for them during this period of extended transition.

• Pray that their first weeks in their new home will be filled with positive experiences and impressions on which to build solid relationships with and deep love for the people they serve.
• Pray that their language and cultural fluency will grow steadily along with their confidence as learners. Pray that they will not feel overwhelmed during moments of not understanding what they hear and see.
• Pray that they will recognize the times they are experiencing periods of culture stress and look to the Lord to carry them through. Pray that their teammates will be sources of much-needed encouragement in those moments.
• Pray for healthy, nurturing relationships with their teammates and with members of the larger expatriate community.
• Pray that God will enable them to quickly begin establishing relationships within the community of people that they desire to serve.
• Pray that their children will adapt well to their new home. Pray that they will form healthy relationships with adults and other children within their team and with members of their host community.
• Pray that they will be sustained through moments of disappointment and discouragement by their vision of seeing lives transformed by God’s powerful Word.