Kirk & Suzie
Location: Southeast Asia
Commissioned: 1995
Kirk and his wife, Suzie, are Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel who serve in Southeast Asia, facilitating the first translations of the Bible into ethnic languages.
“People think about Bible translation as an endeavor you do by yourself or with one other person,” Suzie said. “But it’s really all about people and being involved with the people, and so we really prayed and God opened the doors for us to live right among the people in a family compound.”
Kirk and Suzie have lived among one hilltribe people, a minority in Southeast Asia, and helped create not only an alphabet but also literacy materials. They have worked with villagers to translate legends, oral history and stories of daily life. And they’ve trained villagers to teach the language, so that the work will continue even after Kirk and Suzie have left.
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