Carolyn and I have been asked several times why we want to work in Bible translations. In this post we will attempt to answer that question in brief.
For starters, here are the facts that we have:
Almost 7,000 languages are known to be in use today worldwide.
More than 500 languages have a completed Bible translation.
More than 1,300 languages have access to some portion of the Bible.
And more than 2,300 languages have active translation projects happening right now.
BUT,
Nearly 2,000 languages still need projects to begin.
Resulting in nearly 200 million people needing Bible translation to begin in their language.
We believe that the Bible is God’s Word to us, and we believe that everyone should be able to have it in their own native language. Millions of people in thousands of languages have no access to the Bible in a language they can clearly understand.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Kick-off
Dan and I (Carolyn) have decided it would be best to start our first post by informing you all of how we got to the point that we’re currently at in our new adventure. In following posts, we'll share more specifics in regards to the ways the Lord has been leading, but we’ll take it one step at a time.
About a year ago, in the fall, Dan and I began to pray that the Lord would guide us to wherever it is that He desires for us to be. At that time, His direction was for us to wait and that we were where he wanted us to be; he would show us the next step when it came time for us to move on.
During the winter we felt guided that I should begin looking at graduate school. I majored in Linguistics in college so I looked for Linguistics masters programs and was directed to SIL-UND. After looking into the program we quickly decided that the nature of the program and the nature of our lives did not fit together so we dismissed SIL-UND and continued to look for other options. However, the Lord had other plans and revealed to Dan that He wanted us to pursue SIL-UND. We had the assurance that He would continue to show us the path ahead once we arrived at the University of North Dakota.
About a year ago, in the fall, Dan and I began to pray that the Lord would guide us to wherever it is that He desires for us to be. At that time, His direction was for us to wait and that we were where he wanted us to be; he would show us the next step when it came time for us to move on.
During the winter we felt guided that I should begin looking at graduate school. I majored in Linguistics in college so I looked for Linguistics masters programs and was directed to SIL-UND. After looking into the program we quickly decided that the nature of the program and the nature of our lives did not fit together so we dismissed SIL-UND and continued to look for other options. However, the Lord had other plans and revealed to Dan that He wanted us to pursue SIL-UND. We had the assurance that He would continue to show us the path ahead once we arrived at the University of North Dakota.
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