Archive for October 2018
Gospel Comes Alive for Ethiopian Deaf
We hoped that, one day, we would get a way to learn God’s Word in a way that we understand best.
Read MoreBrazil workshop equips consultants
A recent workshop in Brazil for translation consultants-in-training drew 50 participants from nine countries.
Read MoreA Traditional Priest Chooses Christ
“Even though I had heard the Word of God before,” says Emmanuel, “it had never spoken to my heart . . . as it did when I started hearing it being read to me in my mother tongue.”
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A Lamp Inside My Head
One of the tribesmen who helped translate the Scriptures for the Kalinga people in the northern Philippines was named Biano. As a Wycliffe linguist was preparing to return to Australia for a time, he expressed curiosity about why Biano never questioned the Scriptures.
Read More7 Ways to Get the Word in You
“Your Word have I hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you”
Read MoreJoin Us Eating God’s Word
Several years after the Wapishana people of Guyana, South America, received their New Testament, the translation continues to touch lives.
Read MoreGod’s Word Lights the Way
With a happy grin and sweat pouring down his face, Pey* was the first to arrive at the Scripture-checking meeting each morning. He left home before four a.m. and returned after nightfall, a grueling four-hour hike (with an elevation gain of more than 1,300 metres). For what? The delight of sitting on a hard wooden…
Read MoreOne Letter Makes a Big Difference
There is nothing God wants to say that he cannot say in any language on earth. Wycliffe Bible Translators believe this with all our hearts. We, along with our partners, are committed to clear, accurate and natural Bible translation. Another way of saying this is that we are committed to biblically-accurate and culturally-relevant translation, ensuring that…
Read MoreTwo Lives Saved
A trauma healing facilitator is crediting his training on how to listen to distressed people for preventing a murder in the town of Rungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. After attending the training seminar, the facilitator (a pastor who wishes not to be named) saw a woman passing his house late in the afternoon, talking…
Read MoreCalled to Mentor Quechua Women
High in Peru’s Andes Mountains, Luisa Cahuana meets regularly with Cusco Quechua women who are hungry to read Scripture in their language. Many are new believers who have been introduced to Christ through the ministries of ATEK, Wycliffe’s partner organization in southern Peru. Most of the women Luisa serves in her role as literacy co-ordinator…
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