Archive for December 2018
Wycliffe mourns former director Jim Dean
Dr. Jim Dean, director of Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada from 1976 to 1986, died Dec. 24 after an extended illness. He was 96. Jim is survived by his five…
Read MoreCurious About Christmas
One day, two Bible translators came to visit. They brought booklets, called The Christmas Story, in the mother tongue of the villagers. The entire community was invited to hear the story.
Read MoreLoving This “Fishbowl” Life
Here’s the super cool thing: people here care and they meet you where you’re at.
Read More‘I want to make Jesus my King’
For many elderly people in minority language groups around the world, God’s Word is only now coming to them in a language they can understand. They are learning about faith in Christ in their sunset years.
A good example is an African man in his 80s named Taapro, living on the Ndop Plain of Cameroon. He was known as a liar and a thief, and he feared traditional spirits.
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