Stories

"If you want someone to hear the truth, you should tell them the truth. But if you want someone to LOVE the truth, you should tell them a story." — Andrew Peterson, "The Power of Storytelling," The Rabbit Room The Word Made Audible We sat down with Ren*, who has been part of the Teochew and Tamil Oral Bible Storying projects, to find out more about what these projects entail. She shared about the behind-the-scenes work involved and how stories ultimately deepen audiences’ und

“…Story is an invitation to participate, first through our imagination and then, if we will, by faith, with our total lives in response to God." — Eugene Peterson, Introduction to the Book of Exodus, The Message All photos courtesy of @vaaimolibible unless otherwise stated. Bible verses quoted are from the NIV. Living Breath Long before writing and print, there was the Voice. It began in a garden, continued through the centuries, and eventually spoke through a Jewish Carpente

Crafting the Bible in Everyday Tamil By Kalene Lua, Wycliffe Singapore All smiles on the first day For the past two years, Wycliffe Malaysia has been facilitating the Vaaimoli Bible Programme, a project with a big dream: to craft oral Bible stories that speak directly to the hearts of Malaysia’s Tamil speakers. These stories are told in the vernacular Malaysian Tamil that people use every day, making them easy to understand, relatable, and deeply compelling. The hope? That th

Faith and Fluency in a Fleeting World was an insightful sharing by Pearle, Simon and James on their work with South Asian communities in literacy and education, Bible translation and language development.

Title: Discipleship Across Cultures Date: 6 January 2026 (8-9:30pm) Speaker: Daniel Jesudason Daniel and his family served with Wycliffe in Papua New Guinea for 20 years in two language groups. Today, he is still actively serving as a pastor (part-time now), as well as in various organisations doing training and consultancy. On a personal note – he became a happy grandfather in Oct 2025! Discipleship – Whose work is it? Daniel dove straight into a very important point that u

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.

M loved God's Word and was saddened that many Christians did not yet have the Bible in their language. She began praying for this need. Then one day, a small prayer card for the B* people arrived in with her mail! Learn more about her story.

P & H moved from their home country to live and work among the Saluan people in Indonesia, learning the language and compiling a dictionary. Their desire was to encourage the people to continue using their own language and preserve their culture and heritage.