Michael & Megan Barton
One of Megan Barton’s first memories was having the strong desire to learn about other cultures and languages. God gifted her in language. She says, “God used my appetite for…
Ryan Pennington
At fourteen, when Ryan began to follow Christ, he experienced God’s call to cross-cultural service. As undergraduates at Dallas Baptist University (DBU), he and his wife, Crystal, heard David Ross,…
Gretchen Harro
As an elementary school teacher in California, Gretchen gradually realized that she had unused language gifts and that she didn’t belong in her teachers’ community anymore, where a focus on…
Ann von Chance
Ever since she was a child, Ann had wanted to work cross-culturally. She was especially impacted by her aunt and uncle, who worked cross-culturally, and by her church, which is…
Lynette Wilson
God gave Lynette a heart for nonbelievers and languages, even from an early age. Later, as a high school student, she remembered hearing about Bible translation from missionaries at her…
Paul Hefft
Paul Hefft grew up as the son of cross-cultural workers in Panama. After three years as a pastor in Illinois, God called him and his wife, Melissa, away from their…
Tim Bachmann
Having grown up in Brazil as the children of missionaries, Tim Bachmann and his siblings eventually decided to follow in their parents’ footsteps. Responding to God’s leading, Tim studied at…
Robin Green Ulibarri
Can you imagine not having even one verse of God’s Word in your heart language? According to the Wycliffe Global Alliance (2016), for over 160 million people, speaking about 1,700-1,800…