Dear Family & Friends,

We just wanted to say thanks for your partnership to build a thriving church for every people. Things have slowed down since the Home Office closed for now, with people working from home. I drafted this email at Thanksgiving and never got a chance to finish it. This seems like a great time to be thankful!  Hopefully you will be encouraged by these seven Bible verses from the languages of variety of people groups, with the English NIV below.

Philippians 1:3 – I thank my God every time I remember you. (Above: Bible from Manjui people of Latin America, printed in 2015)

Hebrews 13:15 – Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. (Piapoco people of Latin America, printed 1966, 1985, and 2019)

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (Panare people of Latin America, printed 2002, 2007)

Colossians 3:17 – And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Kuman people of Papua New Guinea, printed 2017)

1 Corinthians 15:57 – But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Semandang people of Asia Pacific region, printed 2017)

2 Corinthians 2:14 – But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. (Budik people of Africa, printed 2015)

2 Corinthians 4:15 – All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. (Maco people of South America, printed 2014)

Prayer requests:

1. Computer team facilitating remote work
2. Regina editing short videos; work-home balance
3. Wisdom raising Joseph; healthy baby