Race to 2025: Peru

September 2 - 4 and 9 - 11, 2011

Frontier Lodge, Nordegg, Alberta

Inspired by intense language survey trips conducted by Wycliffe linguists in remote regions worldwide, this race is hosted in the Canadian Rockies. Four-member teams race against time and each other in demanding linguistic and summer mountain challenges, all in search of a remote ‘Bibleless’ tribe. Upon contact, teams share an ethnic meal with villagers who speak no English, conduct a simulated language survey and race to the finish with valuable linguistic data.

The Purpose of Race to 2025: Peru

1. Raise awareness of the plight of the world’s 2,040 Bibleless people groups representing 350 million people.
2. Cross-seed missions vision across Canada and foster a close, interconnected community of young adults passionate for the least reached and God’s heart for the nations.
3. Raise $50,000 for project focusing on the East Apurimac Quechua Bible translation project of Peru.
4. Provide opportunities for young Canadians to take next steps in the global Bible translation movement—as advocates, intercessors, interns, and long-term missionaries.

Race Impact

• 48 young people effectively served as representatives and advocates for Wycliffe Canada and the Bibleless peoples of the world to hundreds of new contacts across Western Canada.
• Hundreds of people have donated to the cause through the racers. Many of these people have never before donated to Wycliffe and have indicated they would like to receive more information.
• Participants from past and present races have and will be participating in Wycliffe overseas volunteer work projects. Others have signed up to receive missionary training at the Canada Institute of Linguistics and still others are in application to join Wycliffe long term.

Team names were derived from actual names of Bibleless people groups in Peru. Teams came from Germany, Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia.

Team Photos: Advanced Overnight Challenge - Sept 2-4

Team Photos: Classic Two-Day Challenge - Sept 9-11