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He Spoke!

13 Feb

Ken was asked to speak to a local seniors group a few weeks ago. He shared some great stories of God’s work in the lives of the many people we have encountered over our years with Children’s Bible Fellowship and Wycliffe Bible Translators.

“I believe, help me with my unbelief” is a phrase a grieving father says to Jesus in the Bible. This was the title of Ken’s talk. We, too, have said the same thing over the years when things happen that we don’t understand.

God is still in control! We walk in faith and hope daily.

Thank you for your many prayers and support.

 
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Posted by on February 13, 2025 in Ken

 

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Shoeboxes for all

30 Nov

Ken and I had the joy of volunteering at Operation Christmas Child (OCC-Samaritans Church) yesterday afternoon for a few hours. We filled shoeboxes for children for many years, but haven’t volunteered in a long time.

Last year OCC delivered 12,000,000 shoeboxes to children around the world. The boxes we touched yesterday will go to either Columbia or the Ukraine, both areas where children see war, and conflict on a regular basis. We pray that they hear about the love of Jesus this season.

With Samaritans Purse so close by to our Bible Translation partner JAARS, this work is dear to our hearts. Only recently JAARS was able to partner with Samaritans Purse when Western North Carolina was hit from Hurricane Helene.

Partnerships are so important in caring for the needy as well as getting God’s word into their language. We thank you for yours!

 
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Posted by on November 30, 2024 in Uncategorized

 

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Michigan Service

09 Sep

Yesterday we had a beautiful sendoff from one of our supporting churches in Michigan, Christ Church in Fraser.

We had a time to share about our 34 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators, received a lovely plaque, and were given a blessing for our new service with God, even during retirement.

Some of our dear friends and church family.

We felt so loved, and it was wonderful to see so many dear friends who have stood with us in prayer and finances the last three decades. 

 
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Posted by on September 9, 2024 in Uncategorized

 

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Christmas Greetings!

16 Dec

The President of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA and his wife bring us all greetings at this time of year. It is a joy to serve God, along with your partnership, as we find ways to give people the very words of God in their own language! Merry Christmas!

 
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Posted by on December 16, 2022 in Bible Translation, Wycliffe

 

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Check out this Celebration!

07 Oct

JAARS, our partner in the Bible translation task, just had a celebration of one of the most recent Bibles being dedicated. Rejoice with us by clicking on this video link and selecting the 2022 Scripture Celebration at JAARS video.

You can’t help but smile and tear up as you see the joy in the faces of people holding God’s Words in their heart language!

Thank you for your part in making the reality of getting God’s precious Word into the hands and hearts of Bibleless people of the world! Because of you, our brothers and sisters in Christ all around the world are now blessed to have His Word in their mother tongue, the language that speaks to their hearts, just like we do.

Let’s celebrate together!

 
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Posted by on October 7, 2022 in Bible Translation

 

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Scripture Celebration!

05 May

Join us online as we celebrate Scripture translation from the past and how Wycliffe Bible Translators will be partnering with others in the future to get the job done!

May 12th at 2pm EST. Held live at our headquarters in Orlando, FL, I’ll be watching online with you!

All the details are https://www.wycliffe.org/celebrate to register for this event!

Update on our daughter:

Thank you for praying for our daughter, Laura, recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. The latest MRI shows no new growth for which we are so grateful. She has one more week of radiation and then we can put that behind us! Please keep praying for a miracle healing!

Kim, Laura’s friend on left, and Laura, on the right.
 
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Posted by on May 5, 2022 in Uncategorized

 

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Reaching Bible Translation Goals!

13 Jan

Please join us in praising God for these Scripture dedications that took place in December! Pray that the Scriptures will be used and result in transformed lives.

  • Lis Ma Ron New Testament, Nigeria, Dec. 11, 2021. Population: 160,000.
  • Lika New Testament, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dec. 15, 2021. Population: 80,000.
  • Migaama New Testament, Chad, Dec. 30, 2021. Population: 70,000.

Everyone of these languages are important to God because they are important to the people who use them and need to hear the Words of their Creator.

Your support enables us to support others who have served in this task for decades!

Some of our residents enjoying a Christmas party hosted by a local church.
 
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Posted by on January 13, 2022 in Bible Translation, Wycliffe

 

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Watch this Video and Rejoice

17 Dec

Each Fall, Wycliffe Bible Translators and our partners set aside a day to celebrate the newly translated Bibles that have been dedicated the previous year. Watching the videos of the dedications always brings me to tears as I watch people receiving the very words of God in their Mother Tongue for the first time. They are dancing, shouting and crying as they receive their Bible. Do I do the same?

Because of your support, together we can dance with people from around the world who can understand “Immanuel, God with Us” for the first time this year! Click here to enjoy our partner JAARS video celebration.

 
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Posted by on December 17, 2021 in Bible Translation, JAARS, Video, Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible Translators

 

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You need this book!

30 Nov

Our colleague, Nate Gordon, has written his first book. Nate and Sheri Gordon arrived in Indonesia a few years after we did but stayed about 22 years, serving the people in the area of aviation and prayer. We spent time with them in a small group and even went on vacation together! We have always loved Nate’s newsletters and his style of writing and hoped he would one day write a book.

Well, it’s here! I’ve already bought a copy and am halfway through reading it. Nate’s stories of flying into the jungle interior and watching God transform people with a Bible in their own language keeps you on your seat. The chapters are short and you can read a few at a time.

If you are looking for a gift this Christmas, we highly recommend this book. You can order it from Amazon here.

 
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Posted by on November 30, 2021 in Uncategorized

 

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Lots to celebrate!

08 Oct

On Wednesday, Wycliffe Bible Translators celebrated the publishing of about 15 Bibles! Some were New Testaments, some were several books of the Bible, but one was the entire Bible, Old Testament and New Testament: The American Sign Language Bible!

For the first time, those who speak this language have a Bible that speaks to their heart! Many people don’t realize that the deaf need their own language. The order of their words and syntax is different than English.

We’re so excited to have been a part of this translation.

Click here for an activity that you can do with your children using American Sign Language. And then celebrate with us that between 250,000 and 500,000 people can now understand the message that God has for them: He loves them and sent his very own Son to die for them!!

 
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Posted by on October 8, 2021 in Bible Translation

 

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