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What do Wycliffe personnel do when they face a financial crisis or emergency while overseas? To care for its staff, Wycliffe Canada has a special fund set up to provide…
Rodion and Elena joined Wycliffe Canada in 2023 when they transferred from another Wycliffe organization. Elena served in West Africa from 2008 to 2012 as a linguist. Not long after getting married (in 2012) Rodion joined Wycliffe to work with indigenous people in northern Eurasia and later in South Eurasia. In 2019, when Rodion and…
Americas
Rob and Karen have been members of Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1987. In 1990, they began their ministry as a translation team in Asia. In 2006, after nine years of ministry with the Mississippi Choctaw Indians, they turned the Choctaw Bible translation project over to a Choctaw Bible translation committee and moved to Alberta,…
Global
Dawson and Pat are pleased to serve out of the Wycliffe Calgary office in various roles which support the global work of Bible translation. They have two grown sons. Joseph, their eldest, is married to Hannah and they live in Calgary with their first child, Mary. David, always an adventurer, is getting settled in Europe…
Originally from Winnipeg, Sharyn has always been interested in different languages and cultures. After completing a degree in Linguistics and French, she worked in business for six years before beginning a master’s degree in Christian Studies at Regent College, Vancouver. While there, she attended Urbana and began exploring mission opportunities, joining Wycliffe in 1986. In…
Africa
Roy was born in England. In 1948, his parents moved to Zambia to live. Rose was born in South Africa, but when she was 13 she moved to Zambia with her parents. The Tibbits were married in Zambia in 1970 and then went to Canada, where Roy attended Ontario Bible College. They joined Wycliffe Canada…
Global
Mark Tompsett says his life includes bits and bytes and the Way of Life. This alliteration describes the meaning behind his work as a software professional for Wycliffe Canada’s partner organizations. Mark’s role empowers staff across the globe in their literacy and translation ministries, which in turn leads to people knowing about Jesus through God’s…
Americas
Doug and Phyllis grew up in Manitoba and met while studying at Providence College. Doug had begun studying there with a view to serving as a pastor. He frequently heard about how God was at work around the world, but he thought that his limited ability at learning another language meant that he should stick…
South Pacific
Wycliffe members since 1999, Paul and Cathy have served as translation advisers for the Doku language community (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands) since 2001. They are helping the Doku people towards their goal of translating both Old and New Testaments for use in their churches, as well as analyzing the grammar, compiling a dictionary, and helping to…
South Pacific
Andrew and Megan have been members of Wycliffe since 2011 and have served in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific for the majority of that time. They have four children. Andrew works as a translation adviser with the Malango language community and Megan works in administrative support for that project and for the local translation…
Africa
John and Marian joined Wycliffe in 1994 and are part of the team helping the people of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) receive a Bible translated into their language. Using the technical skills, he learned while working at the Pickering and Darlington nuclear plants in Ontario, John first provided technical support in radio communications…