Christy & Larry Doyle, Lawrance II, Jacob, & Amaziah At the start of this new year, there are specific ways you can pray for the Doyle family in Papua New Guinea, where they work in partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators: Christy and their youngest son, Jacob, returned to Papua New Guinea on Jan. 27 after three months in the U.S. for Christy’s foot surgery. Pray for Christy’s foot to completely heal and for this transition. Pray for Larry and Christy’s three boys, Lawran

He wondered if he had failed. William Cameron Townsend had traveled to Guatemala in 1917 to sell Spanish Bibles, but it didn’t take long for him to realize most of the people he met did not speak Spanish. How was he helping them understand the gospel? From this disappointment, Cam launched into a new ministry—helping the Cakchiquel people learn to read and write their language. Still, the Cakchiquel people couldn’t read the Bible. The people asked a question that arrested him

Eldeen Emery Banks Dr. Gayle Woods, missionary pastor in Cayman Brac, recently wrote the following: “This Saturday I will be preaching the funeral of Eldeen Emery Banks. The family shared her journal with me, and I have been blessed as I read of her love for the Lord. “She wrote, ‘God found me, and Jesus cleaned me up, washed away my sins and made me a new person. I would never change my new life in Christ Jesus for my old life in sin. I am out of sin, and I am staying out. I

I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. Romans 9:2 “When was the last time you cried for those who do not know Jesus Christ as their Savior?” This question was asked of me by a student during the first semester I taught at Indiana Wesleyan University. I quickly replied, “I have been a pastor for four years. I then served as a missionary in Africa and Southeast Asia for around another 14 years…” Before I could finish articulating a full answer the student inte