Location, Location, Location

•       Wycliffe members can continue their education regardless of their location.  Online courses offer flexibility for missionaries on the field, traveling, or on furlough.

A tenant of missionary life is constant mobility.  Individuals and families are constantly on the move.  Within our home countries we travel for visits, speaking engagements, and meetings.  In overseas assignments, there’s constant travel to and from village allocations, to and from conferences, and language school.  Traveling can involve walking on foot, riding in the back of open trucks, or crowded buses. 

Working with an organization like Wycliffe involves studying, training, and continuing education.  Why?  Because work that involves linguistics, anthropology, and education/literacy is highly specialized and constantly evolving.  Research is done, new methods are tested, and new technology is integrated.  

Continuing education, studying, or training can involve studying on the campus of GIAL in Dallas, TX (or another academic setting).  This means dedicating up to two years to exclusive study.  Online learning gives missionaries the option of doing their coursework wherever they are.  Online learning offers flexibility for busy missionaries and their families.

Partnership

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. Philippians 1:7

 A major component of commitment to working with an organization like Wycliffe is inviting others to come alongside as part of a team.  

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New Assignment - Graduate Institute of Applied Lingusitcs

In over ten years of missionary service, I have given my life to minister to those to whom God has sent me. I have been blessed to teach art to missionary kids in Papua New Guinea. For the past seven years, the Lord has planted me in central Mississippi, where I have been working with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Through your partnership you have helped to make a difference in both of these areas.   

Now, I have exciting news to share!   

I’ve been invited to join GIAL (Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics) as Distance Education Instructional Designer.

GIAL exists to provide training and research opportunities leading to degrees in applied linguistics, culture studies, and development of languages. This training is essential for Bible Translators and cross-cultural workers to be effective in their new roles.
The goal of distance education and online courses is to make this training available to those working on their degree requirements from remote locations.

As Distance Education Instructional Designer, my education and experience comes together in a unique way:

* I completed my MA at GIAL in 2010, so I’ve taken many of the classes that will be offered online.
* Seven years of experience working in different roles with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
* Completing challenging coursework and dissertation research with JSU
* I have been teaching 1-2 courses every semester for JSU online as an adjunct instructor.

Summer Intern

This summer we welcome Jill, a summer intern from Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Jill is from Lubbock, TX and she is interested in missions and Anthropology.  . 
Jill's task this summer is going to be work with mother tongue speakers to record children's Bible stories and create a DVD.  Also, she will also being doing interviews and participating in community activities. 

Consultant Check

This has been a busy week for the CBTC translators.  A consultant from the American Bible Society, Steve, came to the office for a few days of intense checking!  The translators and board members spent the week painstakingly going through the Gospel of John.  One of the translators read the Choctaw language draft.  Another translator or board member would do a back translation in English.  Then, Steve and our own exegetical consultant, Laura, checked the meaning against the Greek and Hebrew text.

Soon, we'll have the gospel of John ready for publication! This weekend, we're all going to take a much needed break.