Highlights

Article based on Stephen's sharing at Wycliffe Singapore's Stories from the Field online session on 1 Sep 2025. Stephen, a seasoned short-termer with multiple short-term experiences, began his sharing by greeting everyone with both ‘good morning’ and ‘good evening’ as so many people from other parts of the world attended this Zoom session!  His Journey with God into missions God piqued his interest in missions when he was 14 years old in 2003, when he went on a mission trip

August and June* have lived in Indonesia with their children since 2019, in Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) since 2021. On the surface, Papua is like a paradise, yet it is changing due to development and urbanisation. How does heart language Bible translation proceed in such an environment?

Evelyn began by sharing about her childhood – growing up in the streets of multilingual Melaka town meant that she was exposed daily to multiple dialects spoken in the house, marketplace and school. Interestingly, everyone would speak in their own dialect even to people of other dialects, and all would understand each other! There were also Indian and Malay friends in the mix.