This is the story of the Apal community’s commitment to translating God’s Word into their own language. God blessed their prayers and perseverance, and turned them into understanding and joy. This is a celebration of a journey filled with challenges, victories, and the goodness of God, with a once Bibleless people expressing gratitude for finally having the Bible in their own language.
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God, please help our teammates in Papua New Guinea deliberately disciple and mentor each person on their team. Please show them how to empower and encourage each other so they can teach and empower others.
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God, please give wisdom and discernment to our new teams, their potential host communities, and our leadership in Papua New Guinea as they determine the language groups in which to start our next two translation projects.
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God, please show our teammates in Papua New Guinea how to inspire people to read and listen to your life-transforming Word.
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Thank you, God, for leading a family to begin serving a language community in Papua New Guinea that has been praying for your Word for decades. Thank you for sustaining this family during their first extended stay in their village home and for helping them begin forming relationships.
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God, please overcome the logistical challenges of transporting people and supplies to remote villages in Papua New Guinea where some of our teammates serve.
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God, please equip and enable our national office staff in Papua New Guinea as they take on new roles and learn new ways of doing their work.
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