Shoeboxes and Bridges
February 14, 2019Before computers, there were shoeboxes. Early Bible translators and other Scripture workers, when learning a language, would write the new words on index cards, collecting…
My Journey South
February 11, 2019My name’s Cess (I’m a Cessna 206 airplane; the name’s not too creative, I know). I’m currently recovering from a more than 30-hour trip to…
A Repurposed Life
February 3, 2019Duane Troyer’s grandfather grew up amid the Amish people who spoke Pennsylvania Dutch, an English-German dialect. Though Duane’s grandfather, Grandpa Martin, spoke English to Duane…
Ready for Service
January 28, 2019Skill, knowledge, experience are key elements that can make all the difference when families and individuals are approaching missions in a demanding new setting. They…
Bookshelves Full
January 16, 2019The translator meant to say, “I’m going away for two weeks, and I’m taking my wife with me.” Instead, he told the chief, “I’m going…
The Blind See
January 7, 2019What pocket-sized device acts as a training workshop, translation office, recording studio, print shop, delivery truck, and bicycle all rolled into one? A smartphone inserted…
Passport to Christ
December 18, 2018“I have to make sure no one is coming,” Ben Clary whispers, opening the door. He peeks out, then shuts the door again. Dressed in…
Sailing to Serve
December 12, 2018While here in the United States we enjoyed the changing colors of autumn and celebrated Thanksgiving, Jim and Gina Nie and their two children, Colton…
Stuck in the…
December 5, 2018In this town, it rains twelve months out of the year, an average of 100 inches per year. Even the driest month still produces a…