Articles about personal stories

Big Plans

Wilfred Bero - a young Solomon Islander with a dream

Mary's Story

Mary, a Bangladeshi woman, learns God's word through oral stories and is convicted of sin in her life. She seeks God's power to change her ways and begins to share the good news with others.

Going unto the Worldwide Web?

Workshop trainers challenged 15 Asian teams to build community websites centered around Scripture in eight days of focused work. All 15 sites went live at the end of the workshop.

Which Tastes Sweetest?

A mother-tongue speaker of Bolinao, who was a school teacher on her way to getting a degree in school administration, gets enthusiastically involved in the translation of the Bolinao Scriptures in the Philippines.

In the right place

Papua New Guniean pastor persists in finding a way to attend a Church conference on Bible translation.

Learning patience – for life with God

The sometimes harsh and unwelcome realities of life in a country filled with conflict remind Ruth and Christoph Müller of some timeless truths about trust and patience.

My Heart's Desire

Diane Lovell is an Australian serving as a Bible translation consultant-in-training in Southern Africa with The Seed Company, a Wycliffe Global Alliance partner organization. Diane shares how God provided her a way to continue in her work after having a baby girl while balancing it with the responsibilities of being a new mother.

A Tribute: Bishop Fred Magbanua

A tribute to the life and work of Philippine Bishop Fred Magbanua, strong proponent of Bible translation, who passed away on 21 January 2013.

Forgotten Homeland

[Abridged Article] “The Bible says that this world is not our country. Our country is heaven. When you live in your own country you start to forget that – you think ‘This is my world, where I live, and this is how it has always been.’ As Christians we have forgotten that our homeland is in heaven,” Christoph Mueller observes.

Northern Composure

After a rough start, a Wycliffe Canada couple persevered to help a remote First Nations community receive God’s Word in their language.

A Prized Opportunity

An internship with Wycliffe helped one Ontario student understand the impact of Bible translation on a First Nations community.

Prayer is the incubator for progress

‘I knew that the Lord was saying, “They will only accept my Word if they understand it. How can they understand, unless someone explains it?” So Tom Puaria worked on the translation of the New Testament into his own language, and seeks to facilitate translation in other languages in his country as well.

A Tribute to Karl Grebe from the Wycliffe Global Alliance

Eulogy: Remembering Karl Grebe, who went to be with the Lord on 10 December 2012.

Pressing Questions

Papua New Guinean women, filled with questions, learn about God's Word after hours in a month-long literacy course.

Preparing for God’s Timing

Meet Maxy, a young Tongan man who has been preparing and praying for a way to serve God in Bible translation ministry.

Field of Dreams

Motivated by Kande's Story, Congolese believers cultivate hope by reaching out to victims of HIV-AIDS.

The Heat Is On

Fellow translators are eager to get their hands on Scriptures produced by the Creole Bible translation team.

Blind, But Now I See

Rafael Coli and a team of mother tongue translators are bringing the light of God's Word to Guinea-Bissau's Jola-Bayote people.

Meet Roy & Estelle

An indigenous Australian couple tell how helping to translate the Bible into Kriol has changed their lives and their community.

God Speaks to Bible Translators

Translators don’t just help their community better understand God’s Word. They often gain a deeper understanding as well. Watch to learn how the translation process can benefit local translators!