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Meet the Missionary Serena Derricks joined Lutheran Bible Translators in 2016 as a literacy coordinator in Cameroon, Central Africa. During her time in Cameroon, she worked alongside the language group to develop an alphabet chart, write curriculum for adult education classes, and begin literacy classes within the community that continue today. Before serving with Lutheran…

Meet the Missionary Alvina Federwitz and her late husband, Rev. Dale Federwitz, began their missionary career with the Lutheran Bible Translators in 1971. Their first placement was Bible translation with the Mandingo people of Liberia. They also supervised the Kuwaa translation and literacy project until completion of the New Testament in 1988. Alvina and Dale…

Meet the Missionaries Marshall and Vanice Schultz have been missionaries with Wycliffe, USA, and with Lutheran Bible Translators for well over 40 years. For some years, the Schultzes served in administrative roles in French West Africa.  For about two decades, the Schultzes were part of the Executive Director’s Staff at SIL International in Dallas, Texas,…

Meet the Missionaries Jon and Carol Shaneyfelt were introduced to the need for people with computer/technical skills to be involved in Bible translation by a friend who was already a missionary pilot in Papua New Guinea. After a time of prayer and consideration, Jon and Carol decided together to apply, and were accepted as members…

Meet the Missionary Rob and his wife, Eshinee (once missionary, now staff), have served with Lutheran Bible Translators since 2004. Rob serves as Lutheran Bible Translators’s Scripture Engagement Coordinator and Ethnodoxologist. Rob  works with creative people to create new works for the glory of God, encouraging more indigenous forms of worship, evangelism, and discipleship. He…