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A Matter of Time
Time. So many things I could say about time. There’s never enough, though we can take too much. It flies, but it also drags on. We can lose it, but also make up for it. And we’re always trying to control it and bend it to our will. In a few days we’ll be resetting...
Essentially Translatable: Surrendering to God | Martin and Joan Weber
Episode 24: Surrendering to GodMarch 04, 2021Martin and Joan spent over 30 years in Cameroon, West Africa engaged in Bible translation ministry. Discover what it means to follow God’s call and witness lives transformed by the Gospel. “And so, I surrendered it to God...
Say Yes!
“Yes, they are ready for literacy classes to open in their communities. Yes, they are ready to learn to read and write. Yes, they are ready and excited to help the project of Bible translation. Yes, they are ready to have a full Bible in their language!” Due to...
A Cultural Conundrum
Mission service is not about just one person traveling overseas to do God’s work. It often requires a commitment from an entire family—husband, wife and children. (Not to mention the extended family back in the U.S.) Over the years, dozens of children have been...
Essentially Translatable: Third-Culture Kid Perspective
Episode 23: Third-Culture Kid PerspectiveFebruary 19, 2021Michaela Federwitz grew up in West Africa as a missionary kid with Lutheran Bible Translators, offering her a unique “third-culture kid” perspective. She will soon return to West Africa to serve, caring for the...
Out of the Ashes
“Ashes there are, but that’s not all that remained after all our worldly possessions were burned!” In the early 1970s, the McMillen family began serving in translation ministry in the town of Las Pacayas in the mountains of Guatemala. In 1979, everything they...
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No Greater Love
Have you ever noticed how one holiday barely ends before merchandise for the next appears on store shelves? A reliable source told me that Valentine’s Day candy was already available in at least one store a week before Christmas last year! It is unclear which...
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