May 2021 Update
Dear Friends and Family, Things around the world are finally emerging from their COVID-19 lockdowns and our Wycliffe staff are beginning to both head back overseas as well as new staff being able to get to their first overseas assignment. One such couple is Josh and Katie Goshert. After getting 3 negative COVID tests for their family of seven to fly to the Solomon Islands, they arrived at the airport in California ready to get on the plane. There, they discovered that one piece of paperwork related to COVID was not filled in. That resulted in their return to Dallas, Texas where there is housing accomodations for Wycliffe staff, in order to regroup. Finally, all paperwork was completed and in late April they took a long 51 hour flight going through an unusual route via Qatar and then on to Brisbane, Australia. A day later on April 23, the Gosherts arrived in the Solomon Islands. Once in the Solomons they quarantined for 21 days and after more negative COVID tests, they were allowed to get to their final destination, the Bible translation headquarters located in Honaria, Solomon Islands.
Josh and Katie Goshert in the Solomon Islands
They are the couple Chuck helped join Wycliffe back in the summer of 2018. After spending around 18 months raising sufficient support to serve as operation mangers in the Solomon Islands, they were getting ready to head there last year when COVID hit. They patiently waited for things to open up and did more training. Finally, a few months ago the country opened up and the Gosherts were on their way. At least they thought they were. 1|Page
The Goshert family arrives in the Solomon Islands
Please pray for their family as they take on crosscultural training and finally start their work.
RECRUITMENT WORK
needs. We hope these will create a desire in many to consider service with us.
Last year Chuck took over Wycliffe’s educational recruitment work. That was in addition to his regular management recruitment work. After 18 months of leadership in the educational recruitment effort and getting that program up and running with four full time and one part time staff, with a budget and strategic plans, Chuck turned over leadership of that effort to Kendal Owens.
Click here https://vime o.com/47222 6946 The clinic in Papua New Guinea – Click on picture to see video
Kendal and her husband Chad served with Wycliffe in Papua New Guinea. Chad worked in media and Kendal was a teacher and administrator at the Ukarumpa International School that our children attended. Please pray for Kendal as she takes on this leadership role.
We plan a trip to the Michigan area in late September and early October to visit family, friends, and supporting people and churches to report on our work and say thank you. If you’d like to connect with us when we are there, please contact us soon.
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Pray that many will apply as volunteers and interns for service this fall. Pray places will open up after being shut down due to COVID. Pray for us as we host our daughter, son-in-law and family (Mishler family) from Germany for a month this summer while they get their son Ryan into school at Taylor University. Pray for full 100% support. We moved from 84% support to 86%. Pray for new supporters.
FOR SUPPORTING US FINANCIALLY NOW Kendal Owens at an education recruitment fair
With education recruitment being successfully handed off, Chuck is back to his work in recruiting managers, professionals and trades people. One of his main focuses this past month has been working to fill the 25 medical needs Wycliffe has around the world. A large number of these needs are at the clinic in Papua New Guinea. Chuck has teamed up with another recruiter and will be doing an In-Service on our medical needs with Wycliffe’s other recruiters. In addition, he is working with Wycliffe’s media department to write up some medical stories that will appear on Wycliffe’s website and help produce a one hour long “Wycliffe Live” event to promote our medical 2|Page
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