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More than an adventure
Four young AIDIA staff members travel deep into the jungles of Peru to train Sunday school teachers and their students.
Read MoreA tale of two consultants
The Bible translation movement desperately needs more translation consultants. In Peru, two fathers from very different backgrounds are training to fill this crucial role.
Read MoreThe name of the true God
Pastor Seko knew that the word they chose to translate Yahweh would be important. It could influence whether his people saw God as distant or close; knowable or unreachable; for them or only for other people groups.
Read MoreRemoving roadblocks
For years, Kai would flip through the Bible and just stare at the pages. As a Deaf person, he struggled to understand many of the words he encountered in Scripture.
Read MoreA natural fit
As a volunteer with Wycliffe Canada, Miguel Montes serves in a role that some might call tailor-made. When he’s not working at his main job as a field service engineer for a scientific company in Kelowna, B.C., he devotes two to three days a week to his role as a field partner liaison (FPL), serving both Wycliffe Canada and a Bible translation partner agency in Peru.
Read MoreGod’s secret weapon
Each time Jo or I told a story to the Canela people about Jesus performing a miracle, they told us a story of the great exploit of some Canela culture hero from their legends and myths. We tried to tell them that the stories we told them were special, true, real, and unique. Our stories were about the Great Father’s Son. They didn’t understand the difference. We prayed that someday they would.
Read MoreNo way back
A young woman trades her dream of “a simple life” to prepare for Bible translation work in Southeast Asia
Read MoreFinding a “market” for oral Bible stories
In Southern Thailand, relationships are central to evangelism. It takes time and effort to connect with people, to prove that you are sharing the gospel out of love for them, not because you have ulterior motives, or are trying to somehow score cosmic brownie points. Anything less than real trust and care doesn’t work, because these people have a lot to lose.
Read More“This is our book, too!”
Visitors to a prison in Central Asia gave Payam a Russian Bible, which he read eagerly. Convinced it was the truth, he brought it with him to the prison mosque.
Read MoreWycliffe Canada appoints new president
Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Imbeau as its new president, effective October 15, 2023.
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