A.M.F. Project 2005

Nicola felt called by God to use her language skills in His service so in 2005 she applied to and was accepted to work with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

There remain about 3,000 languages that do not yet have a translation of the Scriptures so there are about 380 million people in the world who do not have access to the Bible in their mother tongue or “heart language”. Wycliffe Bible Translators and partner organisations have a vision to see a Bible translation programme begun in every language that needs it by 2025 so that all people can hear the gospel in their own “heart language”.

From August to December 2005 Nicola attended training courses at the Wycliffe Centre in Buckinghamshire. During that time she explored various possibilities for an overseas assignment and felt that God was calling her to work on an Old Testament translation project in , West Africa .

From September to November 2006 Nicola will attend an Africa Orientation course in before travelling to towards the end of November. Until then she will be based in West Malling while she makes her preparations to travel to her assignment.

Members of Wycliffe are not salaried and so Nicola is looking to God to provide funds through individuals and churches to enable her to do this work. She is grateful for the wonderful support she is already receiving from West Malling Baptist Church as her sending church, and she is seeking to build up a network of support which will include other churches and individuals who would also like to involved in this work with her.

It is the intention of the Missionary Committee to support Nicola through the Additional Missionary Fund for one quarter every year to supplement the support of our church and enable a more individual involvement. This took place for the first time in the October to December quarter of 2005 and £771 was raised and added to Nicola’s support fund.