Missionaries

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Rich & Joyce Mattocks

Rich and Joyce Mattocks founded Tyndale Bible Translators in their 25th year as missionaries. After serving in Papua New Guinea for 24 years with a major Bible translation organization in several leadership positions, God gave Rich and…

David & Melissa Raube

David and Melissa served as missionary teachers in Papua New Guinea for 18 years helping missionaries remain on the field while offering them high quality schooling for their children in country. They then moved into teaching at Faith…

James & Gina Nie

In April 2014, the Nie family left home, occupations, schools, church, and friends to sail across the Pacific Ocean. Their call was to overseas missions, transporting missionaries who translate the Gospel into heart languages of remote…

Kacia Ingraham

Kacia Ingraham teaches kindergarten at Ukarumpa International Primary campus. She’s been in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for more than half a year, building friendships and relationships. Kacia interacts with other missionaries, from around the world, as w…

Michelle Sandeen

Michelle is a translation advisor for two language groups in Tanzania, the Ikizu and the Zanaki. She lived in Tanzania from 2006 to 2014, during which time she got married and welcomed her firstborn. Now her translation work is done remotely from the…

Dana Buell

My missionary service began in the Republic of Congo as a Language Assessment Specialist. Our team participated in studies to evaluate how Scriptures in several languages were used, to communicate with and worship God, through music, prayer, and Bible…

Bruce Anderson

I was born and raised on the island of Papua New Guinea. My parents were missionaries, translating the New Testament into the Folopa language while living with the Folopa people. I grew to love the Folopa people and the people of Papua New Guinea, and…

Nico & Elly van Bodegraven

“In August 1992 we arrived in Papua New Guinea to serve God in Bible translation. In 1993 we started working with the Gizrra people to learn the language, produce literacy materials and translate the NT. “In December 2020 this NT, together with Genesis,…

Robin Rempel

Robin Rempel has been an itinerant missionary for 40+ years in the Bible translation movement. She’s lived among and invested in the lives of men, women and children from over a hundred language communities. Her focus has been training nationals, facilitating a…

Bethanny Davy

Bethanny served her first term in Papua New Guinea as a Media and Scripture Use worker. While working with the Scripture audio recording team, she saw the Lord interacting with people groups through the newly recorded Scriptures in their languages, and…