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Indonesian partner agency celebrates 30 years of ministry

By Wycliffe Canada | Feb 18, 2020

About 200 staff members and guests gathered in Jakarta this past November to celebrate 30 years of ministry by Kartidaya, Wycliffe’s oldest partner organization in Indonesia. Dressed in traditional costumes, and holding up various completed translations and Scripture materials, Kartidaya…

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New LETRA Chile Directors Appointed

By Wycliffe Canada | Feb 10, 2020

The board of directors of LETRA, Wycliffe’s partner organization in Chile, has announced that Génesis Cepeda and her husband Camilo Paredes have been appointed as the organization’s new executive directors. They took over the role in December 2019. Cepeda previously…

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Preparing to “taste the joy”

By Guest Contributor | Feb 7, 2020

“Every morning when I wake up . . . I close my eyes and see a vision of me standing in a wide, open green field, holding up the Bible my wife is going to help translate. . . .”

Comfort and Hope

By Wycliffe Canada | Jan 27, 2020

Robert, a farmer in Ghana, Africa, was comforted along with his four sons by God’s Word after the death of his wife. He seemed to be doing well, but his heart broke when the season for planting seeds arrived.

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Language technology for all: expanding digital opportunities

By Wycliffe Canada | Jan 20, 2020

Six  representatives from SIL, Wycliffe’s key partner organization, recently attended the Language Technologies for All Conference (LT4All) at UNESCO Paris from Dec. 4-6, 2019. The SIL team joined participants from major technology platforms including Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, Hanson Robotics,…

Kenya’s Samburu dedicate New Testament

By Wycliffe Canada | Jan 20, 2020

The Samburu of Kenya’s Rift Valley dedicated the New Testament in their language, as well as an accompanying dictionary, on Jan. 4 at Maralal Stadium in Samburu County.

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Translations Nearing Completion in Tanzania

By Wycliffe Canada | Jan 8, 2020

Another five language communities in the Mbeya region of Tanzania will soon have their own New Testament translations. Sixteen years ago, translation work began in six neighboring languages in this region, forming the Mbeya Cluster project. This project allowed different…

Word Search: Becoming One With Jesus

By Wycliffe Canada | Jan 8, 2020

In Tanzania, the Rangi translation team struggled to translate John 15:5. The phrase “to abide” wasn’t clear to Rangi speakers.

Anton’s Story

By Guest Contributor | Jan 6, 2020

A dream gave Anton access to the Bible. Now it’s his dream to make sure others have the same opportunity to read, hear and know Scripture.

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Wycliffe Celebrates Two Anniversaries in Asia

By Wycliffe Canada | Dec 18, 2019

Wycliffe Singapore celebrated its 35th anniversary on Nov. 2, 2019 at Grace Baptist Church in Singapore. In a family event for ages 7 to 100, nearly 100 people gathered to mark the occasion while exploring ways to be involved in…