Category Archives: Stories from the Field
Challenges in the Work
The impact of God’s Word, when translated in the heart language of a person, is evident in the dynamic faith of believers from the U.S. to Korea, from Read more…
Scenes from the Field
We thought you would enjoy seeing some scenes from our Bible translation work for a South Asian language group! Though some people like this young man can read the Read more…
The View from Here is Amazing
Perspective is an amazing thing. A very ordinary scene can be transformed when we see it in the right light or from a different angle. In the UK, Read more…
REAL Understanding
When my co-translator and I had finished drafting Jonah in Zanaki (our mother tongue), I went on a trip to Nyasirori village in the Zanaki language area to Read more…
How Could We Smile?
The Zanaki translators – of Tanzania’s Mara Language Cluster* – went to several villages to read their translation aloud and get community feedback. One of the translators, Shem (left Read more…
The Good Shepherd
The Samburu people of East Africa understand what “good shepherd” means. As pastoralists, they build their lives around their animals and move their villages when their sheep, goats Read more…
Offering Your Lunch
Computers run on electricity. No power means nothing gets done. And when you have just three weeks to translate the whole script of the “JESUS” film into another Read more…
Major Contributions
In the remote village of Funsi, Ghana in 1984, Mohammed Musah Jagiare had just qualified to move into senior high school, which was 60 miles away in a Read more…
Our Vulnerable Hearts
“When you love, you walk on the water Just don’t stumble on the waves We all want to go there somethin’ awful But to stand there, it takes Read more…
The Snow Mountain People
As of February 8, the Twin Cities had been hit with 60.4 inches of snow, according to local weather reports. Sure, I’ve uttered a few complaints—even grumbling about Read more…
