Bill and Lori Gardner, members of Wycliffe since 1983, worked 19 years with SIL in Africa, in Central (Congo-Brazzaville), Southern (Mozambique) and Eastern (Kenya) Africa, three corners of the Bantu language family.
Then for 10 years they trained students with the Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) to work cross-culturally with minority language groups in Bible translation and language development.
They now live in Dallas, Texas, where they serve with SIL's International Language Services, Bill as a consultant and co-director of Orthography Services and Lori as a language learning coach.
Their two sons, Jonathan and Michael, both grew up in Africa and are now married and live in California, where Bill and Lori enjoy visits with their five grandchildren!
Location
Africa
Children
Jonathan, Michael
Wycliffe Ministry Budget
Wycliffe establishes a Ministry Budget for its members to reflect recurring expenses related to family factors and their geographic location of service. Giving to Wycliffe directly impacts members' ability to begin and remain in their assignment.
This monthly budget covers ministry-related expenses, insurance and retirement, social security and taxes, and Wycliffe administrative costs. The remainder is what the members receive as "take-home pay" for their daily living expenses.