1. Spring 2011
Luke and Laura
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Hello and welcome to our first newsletter!
First of all, don’t panic – we’re still In August we will be moving down to
here! We haven’t left Crewe yet! Also, Wycliffe HQ in High Wycombe for the
we’re not leaving the country for next stage of our mandatory training.
another 10 months! Then in January we will be flying to
PNG!
However, our exciting news is that we
lukeandlaurainpng.blogspot.com have been given the all clear from the The next few months will be VERY
Doctors for our first overseas busy for us as we prepare to pack up,
Luke & Laura Warrington
146 Alton Street assignment in Papua New Guinea! sell up, and look for a support team to
Crewe Where’s that? Well, if you know join us in this venture.
Cheshire where Australia is just go a bit further
CW2 7PT Please prayerfully consider if this is
01270663463 North towards the equator – when the something that might include you.
07763408609 humidity reaches 100% you’ve
probably made it. Points for prayer:
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Horsleys Green • wisdom as we decide what to
High Wycombe store, keep, sell
Bucks
HP14 3XL • the coming together of a
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support team
laura_warrington@sil.org • the ‘finishing well’ of our jobs
luke_warrington@sil.org
• visa application approval
Luke’s birthday 27th May
Laura’s birthday 15th September
Anniversary 21st July 2007
Please keep us in your hearts...
After the 14 week Pacific
Orientation Course (POC), we’ll be We really want to hear what you’re up
based in a town called Wewak in the to. In this modern world, there are
Through the Bible, God East Sepik region on the North lots of ways we can stay in touch –
can speak directly to please give us a call/ text/ email if
Coast.
every man, woman and you’d like to meet up and are
child. But unless people Alongside other missionaries and
have Scripture in their
interested in finding out more.
local Christians, we’ll be working
heart language, they Check out the blog too & read about
cannot read his message
toward dictionary making, script
development, linguistic what we’ll be doing and about
of life and hope. Over
2000 languages still don’t documentation, Bible story-telling Wycliffe’s work across the globe.
have even one Bible and initial literacy development
verse. with a group of 100 unreached
language communities.
6.9 billion people. We are joining nearly 6,500
6,900 languages. Wycliffe members worldwide who
are working alongside thousands of
1 world. 1 God. national and expatriate colleagues
1 Gospel. on the field.