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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…
Larry’s involvement with Wycliffe goes back to 1974, when he was in Mexico for a one-year term. He worked as a member of the computer department, where he developed a life-long passion for the Bible translation ministry. After completing his bachelor of computer science, Larry and his wife Sharon joined Wycliffe in 1976 and…
Americas
Danny has served with Wycliffe Bible Translators since 2003. He and his wife, Ranette, have two boys, Josiah and Isaac. The Fosters began serving in Tanzania, where they helped implement language development and Bible translation projects for 19 indigenous communities through two language cluster projects. In 2010 Danny became the director of training and development…
Southeast Asia
Derryl and Karen were born in Canada but have lived most of their lives as global citizens around the world; in Mexico, USA, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Kenya, Europe, South Africa and now Southeast Asia. As young children, they separately began their journeys as “Missionary Kids” in Mexico, doing Wycliffe’s iconic Jungle Camp along with…
Since 2024 Andy has been an instructor at Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL, in Langley, BC), where he helps train others to serve language communities worldwide. Mary Ellen is part of Wycliffe Canada’s mobilization team, mentoring individuals to discern their place in full-time Christian service. She also represents Wycliffe at Christian universities and colleges, Christian…
Anna is from New Brunswick and has been a member of Wycliffe Canada since May 2025. She recently completed her MA in Linguistics and Translation at the Canada Institute of Linguistics and now serves in Scripture engagement and translation in Cameroon, where she grew up. She works alongside the Ndop Cluster translation project as they…
Africa
Dan grew up in Brampton, Ont. and Melody in Campbellton, N.B. They were married in 1988 and worked in ministry in Canada for a number of years, including six years in a Baptist pastorate. The Groves joined Wycliffe in 1996 and began working in Cameroon, Africa in January 2000. They were asked to begin the…
Heidi was hoping to move to Denmark during her journalism studies when her professor asked, “Would you consider studying in Hong Kong?” Consequently, a semester of study at Hong Kong Baptist University gave her a love for Asia and opportunities to visit China, intern in Cambodia, and work in India. Then, when Heidi was about…
Americas
Jeremy, Judy, and their two daughters are currently living in Langley, B.C. and working at the Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL); Jeremy as director of finance, and Judy in community life. They are very excited to be involved in training and equipping the next generation of translation workers. Jeremy and Judy are MKs – “missionary…
Africa
Jacqueline Hainaut, better known as Jackie, was born of missionary parents in the Belgian Congo (now DRC) and her parents immigrated to Quebec in 1968. It was while Jackie was at Bethel Bible Institute in Sherbrooke, Que., that she heard a presentation on Wycliffe and Bible translation, and was totally fascinated by it. She joined…
Africa
Hailing from Canada’s Yukon Territory, Nora serves with Wycliffe’s key partner, SIL, in Tanzania as a lexicography (i.e., dictionary) specialist in 2019 shortly before COVID-19 appeared, and spent much of her first term working from home in Canada. In 2021 she returned to East Africa and joined SIL Tanzania’s newly-formed remote office in neighbouring Rwanda,…