Can you imagine sitting in a two-hour worship service with little to no understanding of what is being said, or perhaps going to the market where each person you talk to snickers as soon as you open your mouth? Looking back at our first year on the field, I can tell you the feeling of loneliness and frustration were daily occurrences. Language can be one of the most daunting parts of the first few years of being a missionary.
Many missionaries struggle with language acquisition. It is difficult to constantly feel out of your depth, and exhausting to spend the entire day trying to grasp the meaning of simple conversations. Missionaries need your prayers desperately so that they would understand and be understood as they adjust to new languages.
Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, today I pray for our missionaries as they face the difficulties of acquiring new languages. Guard their hearts against becoming discouraged, encourage their spirits in their successes no matter how small, and give them peace as they struggle to be understood.
