If you were to visit us here in Côte d’Ivoire, you would immediately notice the bright yellow taxis that seem to be everywhere in our part of Abidjan. They're a practical, affordable, and distinctly Ivorian mode of transport. They're called “Wôro-Wôros” and they can tell us a lot about how we think, how we calculate value, and why having the Bible in your truest, most natural language is non-negotiable. Some have said, "If you want to know someone's mother tongue, ask them t

Hello friends and family!  Thank you so much for keeping up with us, for reading our blogs, and for supporting us financially and through prayer. We are humbled by the faithful team of partners we have standing with us in this work of getting Scripture into the heart languages of people in Côte d'Ivoire!  Our schedule has been light these past few weeks, as we weren’t sure how the elections would go. Thank you so much for praying for peace during elections and for your prayer

Sounds a little funny doesn't it? But why? As Bible translators, we are constantly grappling with the delicate balance between conveying the original meaning of a text and ensuring its resonance with a contemporary audience. It's a fascinating challenge, and sometimes, the most seemingly straightforward words carry the deepest complexities. For example, "Alpha and Omega". Why does that sound fine to us, but "A and Z" (a practical translation) sounds weird? In the New Testamen

Many things have felt out of our control lately.  We’ve received news of friends who have had medical emergencies and car accidents in the States. We’ve had another rejection from the ministry of foreign affairs; this time it was our applications to renew our ID cards. We got a taste of what’s to come in the election season over the past weekend when a protest not far from our neighborhood caused us to stay home and cancel all our plans. We sat for days in the US embassy and

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