Ethnos Canada

10/13/2026

🏠 Critical staffing roles are waiting to be filled at a community that serves retired missionaries.

The Homes of Ethnos360 in Sanford, Florida, provides a safe and affordable community for missionaries who have spent many years serving the Lord.

Retirement does not always mean the end of ministry. Many residents continue contributing through Bible translation, teaching, missions advocacy, and prayer.

But serving this community requires a team—and several essential roles are currently vacant:

🔸 Housekeeping manager
🔸 Plumber
🔸 HVAC technician
🔸 Carpenter
🔸 Electrician
🔸 Heavy-machine operator
🔸 Nighttime personal-care attendant

Kyle and Mackenzie Sasaki, who serve at The Homes, share:

“Please pray that the Lord would send more workers to this field—this is His harvest, and we know He is faithful to reap what He sows!”

Here’s how you can pray:

🤍 New workers — that God would direct people with the necessary skills to these critical roles
🤍 Current staff — for strength and encouragement as they continue serving the community
🤍 The residents — that retired missionaries would be honoured, cared for and enabled to continue using their gifts
🤍 People considering service — that they would recognize how their practical skills can contribute to the Great Commission

A trade, profession or caregiving skill can become a meaningful ministry to those who have spent their lives serving others.

💡 Explore opportunities and learn more about The Homes:
https://homes.ethnos360.org/

Will you pray—and share this with someone whose skills may fit one of these roles? 🙏

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10/12/2026

🎓 In Brazil, future cross-cultural church planters are being equipped for the ministry opportunities ahead.

Ed and Silvia Emsheimer serve at Shekinah, a missionary training centre where they teach classes, disciple students and help prepare them for cross-cultural ministry.

Their current work includes walking alongside an engaged couple who recently began premarital counselling. Strong marriages, spiritual maturity and biblical foundations are all important parts of preparing missionaries for long-term service.

There is also encouraging news about next year: a good number of prospective students have already begun the application process, and several others have expressed a desire to attend.

Here’s how you can pray:

🤍 Current students — for effective learning, spiritual growth and a deeper walk with God
🤍 Future ministry — that God would clearly direct each student as they consider opportunities to serve
🤍 The engaged couple — for wisdom and a strong biblical foundation as they prepare for marriage and ministry
🤍 Future candidates — that those God is calling would respond obediently to His leading
🤍 Practical provision — that God would provide everything prospective students need to receive missionary training
🤍 Ed and Silvia — for wisdom, strength and encouragement as they teach and disciple

Praise God for those taking steps toward cross-cultural ministry—and for the teachers investing in their preparation.

Will you pray—and share this so others can praise God and pray too? 🙏

📬 To receive updates like this in your email, join the Ethnos Prayer Team: https://ethnos.ca/pray/

10/10/2026

❄️ “We’ve been hoping for something that would bring a new heart to our community.”

Two members of the Arctic team understood this to be a clear invitation on a recent trip to a small community.

This was the first visit in a planned Ministry Opportunity Assessment spanning nine Arctic communities. By listening, learning, and building relationships in each location, Team Arctic hopes to discern where future ministry teams could serve effectively and help establish thriving churches.

People welcomed the team warmly and shared both hurts and a longing for hope.

No one yet knows whether God will lead a ministry team to this community or another included in the assessment, but the invitation is clear: people are asking for help.

📖 Read the full story:
https://ethnos.ca/an-invitation-from-an-arctic-community/

Could God be preparing workers to respond?
Please pray:

🤍 That God would establish a thriving church in this community
🤍 For wisdom as Team Arctic assesses ministry opportunities across nine communities
🤍 That God would raise up workers who will serve among Inuit with humility, love and a commitment to learn
🤍 For the resources needed to complete the remaining community visits

Will you read, pray and share this invitation with others? 🙏

10/09/2026

🌧️ Across several regions of the world, an extremely dry rainy season is leaving communities without the water they need.

Missionaries in Asia Pacific report that crops are dying and some rivers have dried up completely. People are digging new wells and searching for other ways to find water for drinking and cooking.

In Papua New Guinea, fields that are normally green and lush have become brown and burned. Communities in the Caribbean and parts of Central America are also experiencing drought.

For communities that depend on gardens, rivers and seasonal rainfall, the effects are immediate and serious.

Here’s how you can pray:

🤍 Abundant rain — that God would send the rain these communities desperately need
🤍 Clean drinking water — that people would find safe and reliable water for drinking and cooking
🤍 Crops and gardens — that food supplies would be restored and families’ needs would be met
🤍 Missionaries and local churches — for wisdom and practical opportunities to care for those who are suffering
🤍 Spiritual hope — that people would be drawn to Jesus Christ, the Living Water, during this difficult season

What may seem like an ordinary rainfall to us can be an answer to urgent prayer for someone else.

Will you pray for rain—and share this so others can pray too? 🙏

🇵🇬 Follow NTM PNG for more stories and updates from Papua New Guinea:
https://www.facebook.com/NTMPNG/

📬 To receive updates like this in your email, join the Ethnos Prayer Team: https://ethnos.ca/pray/

10/08/2026

🇲🇽 Sometimes the people preparing to encourage others need prayer for wisdom and encouragement themselves.

Matt and Starr Arnold serve itinerantly in Mexico, travelling to support missionaries and churches in different locations.

Right now, they are meeting with a new church planting team—the Soria and Molina families. Their goal is to listen, encourage and brainstorm with the team as these families prepare to minister among a people group.

After this visit, Matt and Starr will travel to another part of Mexico to spend time with a church among a different people group.

They write:

“Please pray both for safety as we travel and for wisdom to listen well and [then] to speak timely encouragement and truth.”

Here’s how you can pray:

🤍 Matt and Starr — for wisdom to listen carefully and offer timely encouragement grounded in truth
🤍 The Soria and Molina families — that God would prepare and unite them for ministry as a new church planting team
🤍 Their conversations — that the time spent brainstorming and planning would help the team move forward wisely
🤍 The church they will visit — that Matt and Starr’s time there would strengthen and encourage the believers
🤍 Safe travel — for God’s protection as they journey between different parts of Mexico

Missionaries need people who will listen, encourage and help them think through the challenges of ministry. Pray that God will use Matt and Starr to strengthen both this new team and the church they are preparing to visit.

Will you pray—and share this so others can pray too? 🙏

📬 To receive updates like this in your email, join the Ethnos Prayer Team: https://ethnos.ca/pray/

10/07/2026

🎓 The first class has graduated after two years of Bible training in Senegal!

Josh and Carissa serve by training and equipping believers in Senegal. As they reflect on completing the first two years of teaching in French, they write:

“Seeing our first class graduate, … we’re in awe at what God was able to accomplish, despite our frailty.”

Throughout the programme, the missionary team watched as the message of Scripture came into focus for the students. They began to understand the Bible’s overarching story, the clear message of the gospel, their acceptance in Christ and much more.

Some of the most meaningful discipleship also happened outside the classroom—through personal conversations shared over tea.

Praise God for:

🤍 The first graduating class — celebrating what God accomplished through two years of Bible training
🤍 Growing understanding — as students grasped the message of Scripture and their identity in Christ
🤍 Personal discipleship — for opportunities to encourage students through conversations over tea
🤍 The missionary team — for unity, good health and strong family relationships

Here’s how you can pray:

🤍 The graduates — that they would continue growing and faithfully apply and share what they have learned
🤍 Future discipleship — for more opportunities to encourage believers through personal relationships
🤍 The next year of teaching — for wisdom and strength for the team beginning the new programme while Josh and Carissa are on home assignment

Praise God for bringing the gospel into clearer focus for these students—and for equipping believers who can help others understand His Word.

Celebrate what God has done—and share this so others can praise Him and pray too! 🙏

💡 Help equip national co-workers:
https://ethnos.ca/national-missionaries

📬 To receive updates like this in your email, join the Ethnos Prayer Team: https://ethnos.ca/pray/

10/06/2026

📖 On the seventh anniversary of moving to the island of Taliabu, Payton Downing completed his first Bible translation check.

For the past two years, Payton and his co-worker Greg Ried have worked steadily on the Taliabo Bible translation—even while each family spent time in the USA for home assignment.

Together, they completed approximately 500 verses from Jonah, Ruth and portions of Luke and Mark. Payton shares:

“We are all thankful to God for helping us, as a broader Taliabo team, [and] for getting us this far!”

Praise God that the translation check was completed in time for Grace and the Taliabo women working on Bible lessons to begin teaching the children.

Payton and Greg now have a good translation system in place, and they hope this will help the work progress more quickly.

Here’s how you can pray:

🤍 Payton and Greg — for wisdom, accuracy and endurance as they continue translating God’s Word
🤍 The translation process — that their established system would help the work move forward efficiently
🤍 Grace and the Taliabo women — for wisdom and clear communication as they prepare and teach Bible lessons to children
🤍 The Taliabo children — that they would listen, understand and respond to the truth of Scripture
🤍 The broader Taliabo team — that God would continue strengthening and guiding everyone involved

Praise God for this milestone—and for each translated verse that will help Taliabo children and adults hear and understand His Word.

Celebrate what God is doing—and share this so others can praise Him and pray too! 🙏

💡 Learn more about Bible translation:
https://ethnos.ca/bible-translation

📬 To receive updates like this in your email, join the Ethnos Prayer Team: https://ethnos.ca/pray/
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10/05/2026

10/03/2026

🎧 Think missionaries are only Bible translators or church planters? Missions requires an entire team—and your skills may have a place in it.

This week, we’ve been praying for more workers in Papua New Guinea. The need includes church planters, but also teachers, medical professionals, accountants, IT specialists, tradespeople and many others who help make frontline ministry possible.

In this episode of The Ethnos360 Podcast, Alan McDole interviews Joel Potter about “The Missionary Roles People Don’t Talk About.”

Their conversation explores:

🔸 Why support missionaries are essential to the completion of the Great Commission
🔸 How God can use skills in aviation, communications, finance, HR, cooking and many other fields
🔸 Why there is no “second-class” missionary role
🔸 How someone’s career and experience can contribute to reaching Unreached People Groups

If you have ever thought, “I don’t have the skills to be a missionary,” this interview may help you see missions differently.

▶️ Watch or listen to the 32-minute interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYJGVVov0Go

The Ethnos360 Podcast is produced by Ethnos360, a sister organization of Ethnos Canada.

💡 Explore opportunities to use your skills:
https://ethnos.ca/go/positions/

Share this interview with someone who may be wondering how God could use their skills in missions. 🎙️

10/02/2026

🌏 Papua New Guinea is Ethnos’ largest field—but the harvest is still great, and many more workers are needed.

New and existing church planting works need additional missionaries. Vital support roles must also be filled so church planters and local believers can continue reaching people with the gospel.

Current needs include:

🔸 Church planting — workers for new and existing ministry teams
🔸 Education — administrators and teachers in elementary, secondary and special education
🔸 Business and IT — accountants, business managers, technicians, programmers and network administrators
🔸 Medical care — doctors, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists and physiotherapists
🔸 Technical services — builders, carpenters, plumbers and solar-electric trainers
🔸 Other support roles — communications, centre management and security

🇵🇬 Follow NTM PNG for more stories and updates from Papua New Guinea:
https://www.facebook.com/NTMPNG/

These positions are more than jobs. Each role supports the work of establishing and strengthening thriving churches among the people groups of Papua New Guinea.

Here’s how you can pray:

🤍 More missionaries — that God would direct people to church planting and support roles in PNG
🤍 Current ministry teams — for the additional workers they need to serve effectively
🤍 People considering service — for clarity, courage and wisdom as they explore their next steps
🤍 Papua New Guinean believers — praising God for those already serving in support and church planting roles to reach other people groups
🤍 Growing churches — that believers would continue maturing and taking God’s Word to others

Praise God that His Church is growing in Papua New Guinea—and that PNG Citizen believers are taking an active part in reaching others. Yet the need remains: who will go and serve alongside them?

💡 Explore opportunities to serve:
https://ethnos.ca/go/positions/