Kingdom Kids Scripture Celebration

Our Kingdom Kids class at Redeemer Presbyterian Church help our congregation celebrate the completion of ten different minority language Scripture translations, from Africa to South America to the Pacific Islands. The kids worked hard to make flags of the country that their New Testament comes from.

Unity Presbyterian Church presentation

On November 13, 2011, Elise and I gave a Wycliffe update to the congregation at Unity Presbyterian Church, Woodleaf, NC. Unity was established in 1788. In this picture, Elise and I are beside the old "uppin block." This stone was used at the church to assist people (primarily women) in getting up on their horse gracefully!

Presentation at Frank Church

On November 6, 2011, Elise and I were privileged to give a presentation to the Sunday School class at Frank Presbyterian Church in Newland, NC. Since I had not brought the correct cable to connect to the projector, we needed to be flexible and "talk" through the presentation on the laptop. God was gracious!

Kingdom Kids help fund Bible translation

Kingdom Kids from Redeemer Presbyterian Church bring in their Sunday School offering to help fund Bible translation. The latest project that they have chosen to participate in is to provide Bible storybooks for the Huaylas Quechua children in Peru. They have saved their nickels, dimes and pennies to give the Quechua children Bible storybooks to read. $25 will fund 10 storybooks.

Kingdom Kids support Bible translation

Kingdom Kids from Redeemer Presbyterian Church learn how they can help support Bible translation by donating old cell phones to Wycliffe Bible Translators. For every used cell phone that is turned in, Wycliffe receives funds which are then used to help Bible translation.

Wycliffe's Spring 2011 Scripture Celebration

During our Spring 2011 Scripture Celebration at Wycliffe USA, we celebrated the completion of over 20 recently completed New Testaments and Bibles. We are thrilled to see these Scriptures finally arrive in the hands of the communities they serve, and we pray that God will speak to these people through His Word.

Wycliffe also hosted the Americas Area Celebration, “Spreading the Flame,” in which representatives from North and South America celebrated the fact that only 50 languages remain to be translated in the Americas. In this photo, Elise is interviewing Chief Kenny Blacksmith, of the Cree Nation in Mistissini Lake, Quebec, Canada. Kenny and his wife Louise helped with the translation of the Cree New Testament.

College and Career Class Presentation

On Sunday, March 20, 2011 we were invited to the College and Career Class at First Baptist Church, Mims, Florida.  We had an awesome time telling about the need for Bible translation; Joe demonstrated some of the intracacies of translating, we introduced them to the whistle-talk language, and even sang the neatest song in Swahili, "Hakuna Mungu Kama Wewe" - they were very gracious (and kind) to us and sang and danced right along with us.   

This young man and Elise were talking about his future plans; and where God might be leading him.