by Emily Wilson | Feb 8, 2022 | News, Official Blog
I’m not quite old enough to remember, but I know there was a time when worship services were still offered in German at the church my family attended. People took pride in their heritage and worshipping in the language they understood best made the experience more...
by Emily Wilson | Feb 1, 2022 | News, Official Blog
There has never been a time in my life when I didn’t have access to a Bible in my language. Or a church I could attend where services were conducted in a language I understand. Because I speak a language that is among the most prominent in the world, I’ve never had to...
by Emily Wilson | Jan 25, 2022 | News, Official Blog
The young woman was clearly uncomfortable. She’d agreed to participate in a test group to determine the effectiveness of oral Bible-based stories in her language. But the when the story touched on angels and the spirit realm, she became nervous. Fear of spirits,...
by Emily Wilson | Jan 18, 2022 | News, Official Blog
How many times a day do you switch on the lights? It’s such an automatic gesture you probably don’t even consciously think about it. For those serving on the mission field, electricity on demand is not a sure thing. During a visit to Liberia a few years ago, Dr. Becky...
by Emily Wilson | Jan 11, 2022 | News, Official Blog
Everything else, arts or literature, is pursued and practiced day and night, and there is no end of labor and effort; but Holy Scripture is neglected as though there were no need of it…But its words are not, as some think, mere literature; they are words of life…...
by Emily Wilson | Jan 4, 2022 | News, Official Blog
Twenty years ago, an executive director of Lutheran Bible Translators traveled to Liberia for the dedication of the Krahn New Testament. One afternoon he and three others accompanied a colleague from the village of Jarwode to the nearby village of Gbarkeh where the...
