Day 27 - New Laborers

Weary but excited, the young new worker had finally arrived at her new home in Pashtunistan, the Land of the Pashtuns. It was as though she was landing on a different planet. She knew in her heart that life would never again be the same. Immediately this young woman began to understand just how different and difficult life among the Pashtuns would be for her. All the freedoms she once knew were stripped away: the independence of shopping alone, going to a friend’s house unescorted, or the power of self-confidence. She would need to get used to a life of dependence and separation.

Life for her husband seemed quite a bit easier on the surface, yet she knew he would have struggles too. Sharing life in the community with his spouse had ended. He would be chastised for caring for his wife’s feelings or wanting to spend time with her in the home. Friendships would be approached cautiously until the men no longer feared the Christian foreigner’s motives. There was also the challenge of trying to understand and love each other on a multi-national team of people from very different cultures. This was going to be one difficult task, but God had promised that His grace would be sufficient.

 

Pray that:

• New workers would quickly find favor in the eyes of their communities.
• The workers would patiently rejoice in all circumstances and be strengthened by His calling.
• God would begin to break down the barriers that make work among the Pashtuns so difficult.

 

Rom.4:20-21 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.