Week 305: Marriages and Missionary Couples
Please join us this week in praying for married couples on the mission field. Couples on the mission field often experience a number of stressful situations all at the same time. They are separated from family and friends; they are immersed in a new and strange culture; they are starting a new job; they are establishing a new home; and, on top of all that, they are often learning a new language. Just one of these situations can create difficulties. All of them together almost guarantee some degree of marital conflict. Many times conflict will arise because the spouses adjust to all the changes differently or at least at different rates. One may have difficulty with homesickness; one may have a harder time with the language; and one may make cultural adjustments with less ease than the other. The more out of balance the couples’ adjustments, the more likely it is conflicts will arise. Also, if an adjustment period in any of these areas is ...