Wycliffe Discovery Center - 2/17

Wycliffe Bible Translators is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. They have an interactive display (kind of like a science center for linguistics) that is open to the public.

 We had a blast learning about how Wycliffe has translated the Bible into over 1400 languages.

 We had the opportunity to hear a Bible passage in several different languages.

 Dressing up got us in the mood for further exploration.

 There were so many interactive exhibits for the kids.

And places for them to imagine exploring and finding unreached people groups.

Our friends, the Snyders, worked for Wycliffe for many years here in Orlando. When Scott was young, they lived on the same street as his family in Corvallis, Oregon. They invited us to this place and we are so grateful they did!

We explored creating a written language for those languages that have only been oral.

This exhibit explores the 26 ways to say "carry" in the language of a native tribe in Mexico. That is where all this translation work began over 75 years ago when Cameron Townsend learned that the Spanish Bibles he was trying to distribute in Mexico were not actually in the language of many of the people. Many years ago, we read a missionary biography about "Uncle Cam" and this little field trip was a real treat. We were already familiar with WHAT Wycliffe does and WHY, but this helped us delve into HOW.