Dave and Julie originally served among the Mamainde people of west-central Brazil as translators, from 1989 to 2008.
They then moved to Asia where Julie taught math to missionary children at Grace International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, while Dave taught linguistics at Payap University (Thailand) to minority students from all over Southeast Asia.
Dave's new role is General Editor of the Ethnologue, the world's largest database of languages. SIL provides this comprehensive database as a service to mission agencies, governments, local communities, and universities.
Dave will also be the global coordinator for Language Development training among endangered language communities.
The Eberhards will now base out of Wilmore, Kentucky.
Location
Asia
Wycliffe Ministry Budget
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