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By Pioneer Bible Translators
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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By Beth Townsend
“Can’t you do this from home?” my friend Cindy asked. Cindy was my maid of honor when Malcolm and I got married. She and her husband have faithfully supported our…
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By Pioneer Bible Translators
Many Pioneer Bible Translators personnel are currently — or soon will be — in their first term of cross-cultural ministry. Newly arrived missionaries …
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By Todd Owen
Baby Steps A Bible translator in Papua New Guinea spends his or her early years becoming a child again. Or so it seems. Most of us arrive here having spent the better part of our lives getting an education. When we move to a rural village, though, w…
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By Iya
Intense. Powerful. Reverent. This night is the pinnacle of the year’s spiritual journey. Crowds will gather for worship while others join online. They will fast. Millions of prayer requests will rise to heaven w…
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By Esther Greenfield
This poem portrays a person wrestling with their calling, with the trials they’ve faced, and with the unknown trials ahead. Two different voices speak to the weary pilgrim: the voice of the Liar, our s…
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By William Butler
It was Friday afternoon at the end of a long week. The air was deadly calm, so thick you could cut it with a knife, as the seven of us sat in a tiny room in a village house in Papua New Guinea. Every day, from early morning until late afternoon and even some evenings, […
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By Nathan Davenport
As I write this, it’s been a little over a year since my son Isaiah first began experiencing unus…
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By Iya
Our mother tongue is the language we learned as kids from — you guessed it — our mamas. It is the language in which we think and pray and dream, and it …
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By Pioneer Bible Translators
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, …
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By Alésha Hagemeyer
What happens when a person dies? As any Kono person will tell you, when someone dies, there is the problem of blood. Not the blood of the person who passed away, but a blood sacrifice that is needed to ensure that the soul of the deceased w…
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By Esther Greenfield
I hate bugs. No, I’m not the kind of person who goes into hysterics every time I see a spider. I can usually keep my cool. But still — the sight of one gives me an unpleasant shudder and a wish to be somewhere far a…
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