Category Archives: Wycliffe

Akosse Bible Dedication Part III

Posted on November 30, 2011 by David

The day continued with many more speeches and then we got to the main sermon. It was preached by a local pastor on Matthew 20:1-13 on the parable of workers in the vineyard. He started off by having the text … Continue reading →

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Akosse Bible Dedication Part II

Posted on November 29, 2011 by David

The first speaker of the day was the chief of the village. He shared a story from his days of a child that if you greeted a white man in English you could end up with a penny. One day … Continue reading →

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Akosse Bible Dedication Part I

Posted on November 28, 2011 by David

Last weekend I was privileged to attend the dedication of the Akosse New Testament for the Bakossi people in Tombel. The drive there and back is another story, which will come soon but I wanted to share about the celebration … Continue reading →

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Reflections on 11/11/11

Posted on November 12, 2011 by David

November 11th is a day of prayer in Wycliffe that started in 1933 when Cameron Townsend was refused entry into Mexico and as they sat at the border, they prayed and watched as God opened the doors to grant them … Continue reading →

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Dropbox to out of the box

Posted on August 31, 2011 by David

A few months ago a translator came to me very distraught that the CDs he mailed to the publisher a continent away was unable to read his CDs. So I asked him how much information he had on the CDs … Continue reading →

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Pass it On

Posted on August 8, 2011 by David

The song I sang often as a child rings through my head as I write this, Pass It On.  It only takes a spark to get a fire a going…. that’s how it is with God’s love, once you’ve experienced … Continue reading →

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The Remaining Need

Posted on June 17, 2011 by David

Coupled with Nigeria, francophone Africa makes up one of the three areas of greatest Bible translation need in the world today. In francophone Africa alone, there are approximately 380 remaining translation needs. Pray for wisdom for translation personnel and administrators … Continue reading →

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Francophone Africa

Posted on April 13, 2011 by David

The shaded countries makeup Francophone Africa. We are working close to the middle of this cluster of 20 countries in Cameroon. Today Wycliffe Prayer Blog shared about the importance of French speaking workers. The following is taken from their blog … Continue reading →

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Testimony

Posted on March 24, 2011 by David

I’ve been in an IT (Information Technology) Connect conference for the past 2 weeks and it’s exciting each morning to be able to listen to the testimonies of all those who are attending the conference. It is amazing to see … Continue reading →

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Deployment of BGAN Satellites!

Posted on March 2, 2011 by David

Last November I wrote about a new technology that we were evaluating for the possibility of being deployed in Cameroon. I’m happy to report that last week we successfully deployed 2 of these BGAN units and trained the Mother Tongue … Continue reading →

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