We began working in Arop village in Papua New Guinea in 1987. In July 1998, a tsunami destroyed Arop and killed a third of the people who speak the Arop language.
After that tragedy, we and the three Arop translators who survived started the Aitape West Translation Project, in which we are now training and coaching translators from 11 different languages as they translate the Bible into their own languages.
As a team, we are pioneering methods for doing Bible translation into multiple languages together. These translators now help train more translators from some of the 300 languages in PNG that still have no scripture at all.
See our book's website at www.sleepingcoconuts.com.
Location
Pacific
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.