Missionary Visit!

By Pastor Tom Anderson

Thrive Church has supported Brian and Joan Wussow in their work with Wycliffe Bible Translators for more than a decade. Brian and Joan are passing through our area this weekend and will be with us this Sunday. I’ll have the honor of introducing them and letting them greet you all and thank you for your support. I hope you can be there for this exciting opportunity.

Bryan and Joan love God’s Word. God used it to transform them. And before they were married, they were amazed to learn that Bryan’s engineering skills were needed in missions. They began serving with Wycliffe in 1991. Today Bryan leads a Language Software Development team in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Tools their department develops are in use by 2500+ Bible translation projects worldwide to translate Scripture and create Scripture audio recordings, Scripture apps for smartphones, and locally translated literacy booklets and Bible story videos.

Joan’s artistic and hostess skills are put to use in ethnic and museum-quality displays, hospitality, ethnic meals, and in the past - illustrations in literacy primer booklets in Papua New Guinea. Another 1268 language communities are still waiting for Bible translation to begin in their language.

Thrive Church partners in Bryan and Joan’s Wycliffe ministry with encouragement, prayer, and financial partnership. We’ve joined them in eliminating Scripture poverty around the world.