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Update to Vision Trips in South Asia, Wyclie
Canada engages young adults in the
High Hopes for the Bible translation movement.
Next Generation

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Word Alive, which takes its name from Hebrews 4:12a, is the official
publication of Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada. Its mission is to
inform, inspire and involve the Christian public as partners in the
worldwide Bible translation movement.
Editor: Dwayne Janke
Designer: Laird Salkeld
Senior Staff Writer: Doug Lockhart
Staff Writers: Janet Seever, Deborah Crough
Staff Photographers: Alan Hood, Natasha Schmale
Vice President of Communications: Dave Crough
Word Alive is published four times annually by Wycliffe Bible Translators
of Canada, 4316 10 St NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6K3. Copyright 2010 by
Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada. Permission to reprint articles and
other magazine contents may be obtained by written request to the edi-
tor. A donation of $12 annually is suggested to cover the cost of printing
and mailing the magazine. (Donate online or use the reply form in this
issue.) Printed in Canada by McCallum Printing Group, Edmonton.
Member: The Canadian Church Press, Evangelical Press Association.
For additional copies: media_resources@wycliffe.ca
To contact the editor: editor_wam@wycliffe.ca
For address updates: circulation@wycliffe.ca
Note to readers: References to SIL are occasionally made in
Word Alive. SIL is a key partner organization, dedicated to training,
language development and research, translation and literacy.
Wycliffe Canada Vision Statement: A world where translated
Scriptures lead to transformed lives among people of all languages.
Translating Scripture, Transforming Lives
Together with partners worldwide, we serve indigenous people through
language-related ministries, especially Bible translation and literacy. Our
goal is to empower local communities to express Gods love in Word and
deedfor personal, social and spiritual transformation. Wycliffe per-
sonnel currently serve globally in more than 1,300 language projects for
more than 900 million people. However, about 2,250 minority groups
still wait for the power of God working through their own languages.

to mobilize young people for missions. As
Wycliffe invites you to participate in this effort through prayer, service
and funding.
Canadian Head Office: 4316 10 St NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6K3. Phone:
(403) 250-5411 or toll free 1-800-463-1143, 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m.
mountain time. Fax: (403) 250-2623. Email: info@wycliffe.ca
Cover: Having climbed a mountain and slid down a scree slope,
participant Josef Brown in Wycliffes Race to 2025 rappels over a 10-
storey rock cliff on his way to the finish line, raising funds and aware-
ness for Bible translation projects. Photograph by Natasha Schmale.

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W
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look at my photo! When I came to Wycliffe in 1986, I
had dark hair (and a lot more of it). At 50, I can only
take solace in the wisdom of the Proverbs writer:
. . . grey hair is the splendor of the old (Proverbs 20:29 NIV).
All jokes aside, the average age of Wycliffe Canada personnel serving
worldwide is on the rise. In 2006, it was 49 years. In 2009, it was 50. This
greying effect, not uncommon among mission agencies, is a major topic
of discussion for Wycliffe Canada. What can be done to successfully
attract and engage todays youth?
Part of that answer is coming from NextGen Ministries, a vibrant
group of dedicated staff within Wycliffe Canada that plays a key role in
balancing our aging trend.
Derryl Friesen, NextGen co-ordinator, says research shows that only
four out of 100 young people who commit to serve long term in mis-
sions ever get to the field. Student debt, relationships and unsupportive
families and churches no doubt contribute to this sad statistic.
However, one of the main factors keeping the four on the track to
a fruitful career in missions, says Friesen, is strong, like-minded peer
communities surrounding and encouraging them.
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can inspire and encourage each other, and be equipped, empowered and
enabled to help further Bible translation glob-
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Which brings us to the two NextGen activities featured in this issue of
Word Alive. Race to 2025 is an opportunity for young people to engage
for three days in an adventure fundraising event. Vision Volunteer Work
Trips give young adults an up-close and per-
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accompanying these feature stories: photojournalist Natasha Schmale.)
Race to 2025 and Vision Trips are meaningful points of contact and
opportunity, working to involve a new generation in the global Bible
translation movement. Pray that these NextGen efforts draw many
young people into the work, offsetting all that grey-haired splendour
from some of us more mature folks. My budget is too tight for Grecian
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Features
6 Racing to 2025
Wycliffe bridges the gap between the passionate adventure
this generation desires and the extreme mission to which
God calls His Church.
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five-part series of childrens Bible
storybooks have recently been published
Linda Maendel, a resi-
dent and teachers assistant
at the Elm River Colony in
Storybooks in in Hutterisch, the mother tongue in daily Southern Manitoba, is the
Hutterisch use by North Americas Hutterites. main translator of the sto-
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coloured picture books with written Hutterisch text and accom- a linguistic/translation con-
panying narration on CD. Volume 2 includes more Old Testament sultant, is assisting her (see
stories. Volume 3 switches to the New Testament, with stories Word Alive, Fall 2008).
about Mary and the Angel, Christs birth, Jesus temptation, and Wollmann is hopeful
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Hutterite children, parents and teachers alike love the stories,
says Kenny Wollmann of the Hutterian Brethren Book Centre in
Manitoba. The Centre is the publisher and distributor of the books
(www.hbbookcentre.com).
We have a resource our children can identify with and thor-
oughly enjoy, says Wollmann. I am pleased that our people have
enjoyed the fruits of our labour.
books, which have already
been translated into Hutterisch, will be published in time for the
International Conference for Hutterite Educators in August. The con-
ference is attended by Hutterite educators from across North America.
About 45,000 Hutterites live communally on 475 colonies in
Canada and the U.S.

Bible Translation Marches on in India Major Bible

Translation
T ranslation of Gods Word into Indias many languages continues to
progress at a good pace.
Wycliffe India reported that at the end of August 2009, the Bible transla-
Conference
tion fraternity in India was working on 113 translations. India has complete Draws
Bibles in 70 languages and New Testaments in 60 languages. Hundreds
Considerable work still remains. There is a definite need for full or partial
translation in 90 languages. Fifty-two languages still need survey research
to determine their need for translation.
The Bible translation effort (including Wycliffe India as an organization)
A bout 250 people from
30 different Bible agen-
cies gathered in Dallas, Tex.,
must grow an estimated 300 per cent in order to begin work in all remain- this past October for a major
ing languages needing translation by 2025, a Wycliffe International goal. international conference on
The countrys population speaks about 460 different languages. developing theory and practice
in Bible translation.
Coming from more than
Papua New
Guineans
B ible translators and storytellers, working in six
languages of Papua New Guinea (PNG), partici-
pated in a Bible storytelling course this past summer.
50 countries, the participants
heard and discussed nearly
50 papers. They included top-
Train for Bible During the course, 16 or more participants (such
ics in three major themes:
as Sineina Gela, pictured below), who serve with
Storytelling the Bible Translation Association in PNG, studied Bible translation in culture,
the life of David. They also collected cultural stories told in their languages Bible translation and Scripture
that had similar themes to the David stories. Hearing these cultural stories engagement, and Bible transla-
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niques of a well-told tale. With this background, The five-day forum was
Wycliffes Jim and Janet Stahl then coached them co-sponsored by
to tell six stories about the Old Testament king. SIL International,
These new skills will equip the participants to Wycliffes key
use Bible storytelling to reach speakers of some partner agency,
of the hundreds of unwritten languages in PNG. and the Graduate
Bible storytelling is a presentation of the Bibles Institute of Applied
message in an oral form. For further information Linguistics.
on Bible storytelling, visit <www.onestory.org>.
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Training Offered
in Africa
A new, more flexible train-
ing program for African
Bible translators has been
launched by SIL, Wycliffes
key partner organization.
Called the Institute for the
Development of Languages
and Translation in Africa (SIL
iDELTA), the program began
with a four-week introductory,
general training and assess-
ment session in January.
Subsequent courses will be
offered to Africans in language
learning, linguistics, literacy,
translation and Scripture use,
anthropology and language
survey. Courses in the French
language will be held in West
and Central Africa, and in
English in East Africa.
SIL iDELTA will meet a felt
need, says Dr. Leoma Gilley,
director of the SIL Africa
Area training initiative. The
African leaders requested that
we offer accredited training
in a modular fashion so that
students could move toward a
degree, but also continue to be
involved in the workto grow
their vision while they improve
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Sinte Gypsies Nears
A n innovative and interactive website is giving easy access
to 15,000 Scripture products in more than 3,000 languages.
The Find a Bible site (www.findabible.net) provides the most
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comprehensive and current database ever assembled of Bible
and Scripture portions in majority and minority languages. T ranslation of the New
Testament in the Romani
mother tongue of Sinte Gypsies
Many Scripture products noted on the site have never before
been listed on the web. Users have a single place to search, (Roma) of Europe is in its final
download, view or listen to these Bibles. stages for a scheduled publishing
Find a Bible is a joint effort of the Forum of Bible Agencies this year.
International, of which Wycliffe Bible Translators is a mem- Armin and Ursula Peter, Wycliffe
ber. The Forum is an alliance of agencies working to see Gods members from Germany, have
Word accessible and impacting people worldwide. been working on the translation
with several Romani speakers since
1995 (see Word Alive, Fall 2006). Their efforts
are directed at an estimated 300,000 Sinte in
Europe, including those in Germany (pic-
tured at left), France, Holland and the former
Yugoslavia.
An audio recording of the Scriptures may
also be produced, since most Sinte prefer
to communicate orally. Video clips of some
Bible stories have already been created to
meet that need.
While most Sinte in Germany showed little
initial interest in a Bible translation into their
mother tongue, that has changed in recent
years. As one Sinte woman explains, I still
have a German Bible, but the text in Romani
. . . speaks just the way I think!
Romani is but one of the 100-plus dialects
spoken by the 12 million Roma worldwide,
who are believed to originate from ancient
tribal people in Northern India. A tiny
percentage are Christian believers. New
Testaments have already been translated into

their skills. five Roma dialects in Europe and Chile.

Literacy Software Tool Introduced

for Africas Bantu Languages
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24 Wycliffe personnel originated in 1979.
Number of countries from which
S IL, Wycliffes key partner organization, has developed a new computer
program that makes it simpler to create reading primers for Africas
500-plus Bantu languages.
55+ workers originate now.
Countries from which Wycliffe
The Bantu Literacy Tool (BLT) does a lot of tedious work that mother
tongue authors and literacy specialists formerly had to do manually in cre-

3,700 worldwide in 1979.

ating primers. Primers are key in teaching people in oral language commu- Number of Wycliffe staff serving
nities, like the Bantu, how to read their newly written language.
Two hundred million speakers of Bantu languages in Africa are located
from the equator to South Africa, and from Cameroon to Kenya. Since
about half of the languages are without Scriptures, SIL is part of a multi- 5,906 Number of Wycliffe staff
serving worldwide now.
organizational effort to see Bible translation and literacy work proceed with Source: The Word That Kindles; Wycliffe International
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fulfil Vision 2025. It is a commitment embraced by Wycliffe
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had very
all the remaining languages that need it by 2025.
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seminaries and universities, but there was a problem.
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to give them something significant they could do now, without little to
leaving Canada.
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were interested in missions was disheartening. More than 80 per
cent of Friesens ministry contacts were female students. What offer.
could be done to capture the hearts and imaginations of young
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the vision for Race to 2025 was born.
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As hoped, the adventure fundraising event has given dozens
of eager young adults a way to connect in Canada with Bible
translation. And notably, Friesen is thrilled to report that three-
quarters of the racers are males.
Whatever the gender, teams of competitors are definitely
stretched and impacted by Race to 2025, featuring up to 60 km
of hiking, rock climbing, biking, canoeing and orienteering in
the summer version, and including snowshoeing and ice-climb-
ing in the winter.
The weekends activities extend to plenty of other things, as
well: a Scripture memory
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For most racers, though, the highlight has been an ethnic
village encounter with a people group from the region for
which racers raised funds. The groups have included Sudanese,
Ghanaians, Vietnamese and Indians. Racers have 45 minutes to
interact with the villagers, during which time they eat an eth-
nic meal, learn a bit of their language, collect word lists and cre-
ate sentences, make cultural observations and determine if the
people need Scripture translation.
Everyone learns and experiences something personal from
Race to 2025. It might be the challenge of depending on God to
raise funds before the event, enduring the physical demands of
the race, or having their spiritual eyes opened to the need and
work of Bible translation and their possible role in it.
Mountain Revelation
Take, for example, Kate (pseudonym), who hails from the
former Soviet Union.
Immigrating to Canada as a young girl, she has always had
an interest in languages, explains Friesen, but her parents
discouraged her from pursuing formal training in linguistics,
encouraging her instead to pursue music.
Friesen met Kate at Prairie Bible College in year two of a
music degree, introducing her to the importance of Scriptures in
the heart language. More academic than physical, Kate nonethe- We (guys)
less joined a team from Prairie for the first-ever winter event,
Race to 2025: SE Asia. Halfway up the mountain on the races
first day, Kate realized what she had got herself into.
I think this was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life dont do
and there were times I didnt want to go on, Kate explained
later. I was even at the point of considering the option of stay-
ing on top of the mountain and starving or freezing to death
seminars. . . .
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Kates team finished nearly last in the main timed events.
But it placed first in the linguistics challenge at the Vietnamese
village, winning a $2,000 prize to attend classes at the Canada
Institute of Linguistics (CanIL), Wycliffes training partner, the
following summer. Teammates agreed to give the scholarship
money to Kate, who was intrigued by the linguistics challenge.
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The list of Race to 2025 participants like Katewho are aim-
ing to study, or are in various stages of studies to serve with
Wycliffe, or have actually applied to the organizationstands at
14 and counting.
Friesen, who is quick to credit his patient and supportive wife
Karen as the bedrock of their ministry together, sees even more
potential for Race to 2025. NextGen envisions it expanding to pos-
sible events in B.C. and Atlantic Canada, engaging more colleges
and students across the country. That will mean more administra-
tive work, especially for Kara Staples, a young adult who Friesen
has leaned on as the key co-ordinator of details at recent races.
Whatever the scope of such events, racers can expect to see
Friesen hiking and paddling alongside them, as the enthusiastic
48-year-old has in every race so far.
Quite frankly, says Friesen, I am challenging them to liter-
ally put their lives on the line for the sake of the gospel in some
of the most isolated, remote places on the face of the earth.
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 How do you see the In our ministry of mobilizing this stu-
Vision trips fitting intodent generation to take seriously the
the overall ministry of mandate of the Church to go into all the
Wycliffe Canada and its world, and share the love and healing of
NextGen Ministries?
Christ, we find it to be an extraordinary
opportunity to actually be a firsthand
witness and participant in this enterprise!
For example, you can know that there are 40 language commu-
nities in a country that need Scripture translation and language
advocacy. But when you actually visit one of these communities,
you can no longer just know the facts. The facts become person-
al and life transformative. You meet the people; eat rice and dhal
with them. You sit under mango trees watching village women
crowd together with their pencils and workbooks, learning how
to read and write in their own language for the first time. You
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who have been violently persecuted for their faith and dont have
resources to disciple the church in their own language. You sing
with sponsored slum children as they attend a school dedicated
to multilingual education; you visit radio stations that broadcast
Bible stories and music in indigenous languages.
Jesus life example is built upon the premise that encounters
make a transformational difference. He met, talked with and shared
with people, and their lives were changed. With that same notion,
we also believe that participants encounters with cross-cultural
ministry and personalities will make a lasting impact on their lives.

What is on the agenda The elements of these trips are intention-

before, during and ally implemented to capture a sliver of
after the trip itself? what it would be like to serve long term
overseas. So raising support, doing
anthropological research before departure, spending time in
Scripture and in prayer, developing spiritually as a team, and
learning about all the kinds of ministry opportunities all work
into the purpose of exposing and challenging students to longer
term involvement in global missions. The post-trip opportuni-
ties, intentionally sharing the vision and stories they have
learned and gleaned from their trip, are so important because it
is their fresh passion and fresh stories from overseas that will
capture the hearts of their community to get involved in this
ministry as well.

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the volunteer work assist and encourage the missionaries and
component of local church in whatever way possible. We
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indigenous people worldwide with an indigenous non-govern-
mental organization that exists to promote socioeconomic devel-
opment and preserve local culture and language. We participat-
ed in a round table discussion on missions and evangelism with
Christian university students. We shared drama, music and
helped facilitate programs in churches and ministries to Muslim
youth and children who live in the slums. We also shared mes-
sages and testimonies with schools for indigenous children.

Why have you Part of the reason is because the continent of

chosen to go Asia has the largest concentration of indigenous
to South Asia languages that are in need of Bible translation
specifically for and language development. Research has shown
these trips? that the participants in short-term trips tend to
return long term to the location to which they
first visit. If this is the case, then we need to be taking students to
places where we really need long-term workers.
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pioneering new strategies, focusing on the holistic impact of
Scripture translation and language development. The focus there
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 What part of the trip Participants find interacting with and hear-
do the participants ing the testimonies of indigenous believers
enjoy most? is most impressive! For example, in August
2009 we met some believers who have been
severely persecuted for their decision to follow Christ. Churches
were burned, limbs cut off, families disintegrated, believers inter-
rogated and tortured, and believers were unable to purchase food
and medicine because of the discrimination toward Christians.
These testimonies challenge the participants to stronger faith
commitments and to really see the need to support the
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these Vision some from the U.S.A. They are university students,
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school students! They come from a background in Bible colleges,
Christian universities, seminaries, and secular universities, too.
What impresses I am always impressed by their openness to hear
you about the from God, and their deep spirituality. They are
participants? so willing to investigate the deep spots of their
soul and really enter the hard placesthe hard
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of the emerging generationso many people have beaten down
their faith, commitment. But you know, the young adults who
come on these trips totally defy this stereotype! They are com-
mitted and willing to follow God however and wherever He
leads. Its pretty awesome to witness. I am so totally challenged
by their faith commitments!
They are willing to make major changes in their lives. For
example, one participant, Kelly Mak, is willing to sacrifice a
future in speech pathology for one in multilingual education.
God deeply spoke to her about her future while on the tripshe
summed it up in two words God pursues. She shared during
the trip that she saw the pursuit of God while here.
The kinds of things we participated in and saw clearly show
that He is pursuing the indigenous people. He is also pursuing
me! I have some major decisions to make as I go home and con-
sider my future and Gods will for my life.
Kellys choice to consider her future in the context of global
ministry and the concerns of the indigenous people worldwide
is extraordinary. That inspires me!

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the participants will with greater awareness of the global mission
come away with? and the issues that cross-cultural workers
face; with a knowledge of the importance of
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for ministry that includes but stretches beyond local ministry;
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completed with Canadian involvement, are perfect
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run by trained national people overseas.
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through funding in this project goes back to 1993.
Many churches in the Joola-Kaasa community planned the
dedication, a display of unity that demonstrated Gods translated
Word is for the whole community (see photos). Broadcast live
on local radio, the ceremony had an impact that was felt much
farther than just the crowded grounds under the mango trees in
Oussouye, the main town in the Joola-Kaasa area.
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Testament, the focus is on encouraging the use of Scripture in
their daily lives. To this end, two of the translation team mem-
bersBernard Diatta and Henri Badjihave been leading Bible
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people, three dedicated There is already a need for reprinting the New Testament, as
local translators moved all the original copies have been distributed.
to the capital city to live
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the Kinaray-a language, held September 2009 in the Philippines.
were dangerous, because
Speakers of the language number 378,000.
of political instability, to
This is the first New Testament completed by the Translators
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with pastors in the home-
started in 1983, with the encouragement of SIL International,
land where the Rose lan-
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guage is spoken.
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Rose speakers gathered
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in April 2009 for a dedica-
give to every government employee who speaks Kinaray-a and
tion ceremony that includ-
also to Kinaray-a people in prison.
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were appearing everywhere! Then all of us gathered together and Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,600,000
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of translation work on the New Testament.
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within five minutes. Not long after, another 500 were distributed.
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their churches.

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attention? Which person did you most identify with? Do you think
any differently about the Bible translation mission than you did before?
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preparing to lead a breakout table group following a presentation. Im
just terribly curious. And I happen to think that the theme featured in
this issue of Word Aliveengaging young people, the next generation,
in the Bible translation movementis one of the most important we
have to deal with in this decade.
I personally know some of the people featured in this issue. And Im
very, very impressed with them. These are some of the finest, passion-
ate, dedicated followers of Jesus. When you are truly acquainted with
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language and related assignments overseas? How can we offer multiple
short-term internships to engage new recruits, both overseas and in
Canada, in a more user-friendly way? What can we do to provide relief
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generation of servants in the Kingdom of God.
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