Richard and Anne - Wycliffe Bible Translators since 1982 - Based in
Wycliffe Europe, working in Romania and neighbouring countries. Came to St Andrew's in 1977.
In 1983 Richard and Anne began working in South Asia with a minority people
group in literacy and Bible translation, and saw the New Testament published
in 1996.
Since then Richard has worked as a Translation Consultant and trainer,
whilst Anne has worked as a Counsellor and an Educational Psychologist.
Since January 2008, Richard and Anne have been based in Romania, helping
mobilise Romanian Christians to serve God in literacy and Bible translation
overseas, and helping establishing a local organization to promote and
support such work.
In addition, Anne will have a personnel role and Richard will continue as a
Translation Consultant. http://www.wycliffe.org.uk
Dr Jamie (GP) & Debbie Erskine (nurse but working as a teacher) - with two children
Abigail & Lydia
Both are at boarding school in northern Senegal at a WEC run school
called BCS.
WEC International- Accepted as members in April 1995. We have been in
Gambia since January 1996. Sibanor
village (about 90 minutes drive from the Atlantic coast).
Jamie started at St Andrews February 1985.
Debbie & Jamie Married at St A Ch 20th Nov 1993
Jamie is mainly involved in medical work, running three rural African
clinics with wards, outpatients and maternity care.
Debbie has been in charge of home schooling first Abigail and then Lydia
since 1999. Since 2003 she has set up a Christian preschool based in our
home this is for children of church members and as an outreach to
non-Christian families around us. She is also involved in youth ministry
with reading classes for school age children and training of teachers
for the preschool and Sunday-school.
She also coordinates sponsorship for an assortment of older children and
young adults on behalf of donors in UK and elsewhere.
Our main goal is to strengthen the local church, to enable new workers
in the key ministry of church planting in The Gambia and to provide
Christian grounding for local children.
We anticipate continuing in similar ministry until summer 2011 and then
returning to UK. Plans after that are not fixed.
BCS school : http://bcs.wec-int.org.uk/
WEC Gambia field: www.wec.gm
Gambia
Uganda
Cameroon
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