MICHEALS’ MEMOIRS Fall Update August 2020 While the impact of COVID-19 continues to impact our work, we are happy to say that worldwide, 80% of the Bible translation projects are still progressing along. IT technology and ZOOM have made it possible for Bible translators to continue their work, even if they are not physically present in the locations they were before. We praise the Lord that at just the right time, God has made a way for the work of Bible translation to flourish! The biggest way that COVID-19 has impacted our work is not being able to travel. A number of new Wycliffe Members that Chuck has been working with are ready to leave for their field of assignment, but haven’t been able to do so. Restrictions by the countries where they will work, the airlines that fly to these locations and even Wycliffe Health standards have meant that new Members have had to wait to go to the field. This has impacted the Missionary Kid (MK) schools greatly. The 40 MK schools Wycliffe recruits for just have not been able to get new teachers to their schools. The MK school at Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has not been able to get a single new educator to PNG since March! Yet, schooling needs to happen for the MKs still there. So, will you pray that our MK teachers will be able to get to their schools very soon as the school semesters have or will very soon start. Another way COVID-19 has impacted our recruitment work is our inability to get on college campuses to recruit. The spring semester this past school year saw almost every college closed down with classes all online. Thus, it has been
difficult to meet education majors getting ready to start teaching. This has meant that Wycliffe has had to enter the world of recruiting using social media. One of those ways involves online teacher recruitment fairs. Last year we wrote about three recruitment fairs our education recruitment team went to at three different college campuses. This year will be doing those fairs for these same colleges, but using new online technology for our recruitment team called “Career Fair Plus”.
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Check out these two online MK teaching recruitment events (Click on the photos above for details)
Another online platform we have just started using is called “Handshake.” Our first Handshake online career fair will be at Palm Beach Atlantic University on September 2, 2020. Chuck’s Education Recruiter, Kim Nelson, will be using this system for the first time. Kim will be able to make 3 - 30 minute online presentations and then have 1:1 sessions with students. Each presentation will include a brief Wycliffe overview, an education presentation on staff needs and then a brief Q&A time. Please pray for Kim as she learns this new online platform and makes these presentations and then meets with students using Handshake.
Another one of the promotions we recently did was to more than 50 colleges and to hundreds of their college students to promote our top three MK education needs. The site below highlights those three needs. Take a look:
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Check out top three MK teaching opportunities (Click on the photo above for details) - See all our MK education needs here: https://tinyurl.com/educator-needs-2020-2021
Barb’s biggest challenge is helping her Wycliffe Volunteers actually get to their overseas assignments. A number of them were scheduled to leave this month, but all have been delayed. Some who have planned to go out have cancelled going out this year and have decided to wait a year to reapply.
hard. It would be for anyone, so please join us in praying that the Lord will bring an end to this health crisis. We do praise the Lord that we continue to find people still willing to talk about serving overseas and a few have actually started an application recently. However, it is hard to find large numbers of these people, so pray that many more will be willing to say as the prophet Isaiah said, “Here am I Lord, send me!”
Fall Ministry Update In March we planned to take a trip to Michigan to visit supporting churches and all of them were closed. In July we looked at coming to Michigan and several churches told us to wait in coming. So please pray that during this time churches and individuals will not lose their vision for partnering with us in our work. Some have asked and so we thought we’d let you know that our monthly support has decreased about 15% since the pandemic started. So, please pray we might have a full 100% support. FOR PRAYER SUPPORT / OUR HOME ADDRESS Chuck & Barb Micheals - 5167 Poinsetta Ave. Winter Park, Florida 32792 Cell: (321) 278-2225 Email: Chuck_Micheals@wycliffe.org Barb_Micheals@wycliffe.org
We know that any delay can often lead to a change of heart and mind and staying home may seem safer and better. It is true that health services are much more limited in some places where we place people and so Wycliffe health policies regarding where our staff can go, depends on the availability of ventilators and ICU beds in the country of service.
FOR SUPPORTING US FINANCIALLY Wycliffe Bible Translators P. O. Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862-8200
As you can imagine, for Volunteers who have gone through the application process, done all the work of raising support and received permission from the overseas organization and sometimes even work permits, having to wait is
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