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More than half of Papua New Guinea’s 820 languages still do not have a single verse of Scripture, making it one of the top countries of greatest need for Bible translation. Duncan Kasokason is leading the way for other local consultants in Bible translation.

Many people think that mission workers need to be preachers, teachers, doctors, or nurses to serve overseas. But Tony and Martha Hinton—a trained auto mechanic and a speech pathologist—prove that God can use people who are willing to go where He sends them—no matter what their skills are.

The passionate storyteller spent nearly a quarter century developing written language and Scripture for a Papua New Guinea village.

While the pathos of his childhood is striking, what stands out to Yves Léonard is the constant thread of God’s love and calling on his life.

“When [God] chose my great-grandfather, he wasn’t just choosing an individual, but the generations coming afterward that would continue in that work.”

During South Africa’s nightmare, former policeman Stephen Coertze found hope.

“When it feels like things aren’t moving along according to our timing, we have great confidence that God has something good for this people group.”

“Every morning when I wake up . . . I close my eyes and see a vision of me standing in a wide, open green field, holding up the Bible my wife is going to help translate. . . .”

A dream gave Anton access to the Bible. Now it’s his dream to make sure others have the same opportunity to read, hear and know Scripture.

Bonifacio Paulo once thought God had called him to become a priest–but a “chance” meeting led him to invest his life in Bible translation.