Posts by Samuel Ko
Curious 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 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.
Read More‘Why have you come?’
No matter how long you have been a believer, the Bible is essential for teaching us more about the Lord and the way He wants us to live. God’s goal…
Read MoreAlaska celebrates Yupik Bible recording
In 1959, Wycliffe Bible Translators sent two young linguists, David and Mitzi Shinen, to Gambell, Alaska. There they spent a few years learning the Yupik language and then started translating…
Read MoreFeeling Loved and Valued
When Matilde decided to attend a literacy class based on Bible readings in Cusco Quechua, her mother tongue, her husband taunted her.
Read MoreGospel 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”
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