Tim and Martha: Changing hearts and lives through Literacy

We are serving in the Solomon Islands as Literacy Consultants where it is our joy to come alongside language communities and help develop reading materials, train teachers and help plan literacy programs. In many language programs, literacy work goes on side-by-side with Bible translation.

Literacy changes the way people think about themselves. It gives new value to their languages and cultures, and by implication, to their own identity. Literacy also opens the door for education and growth. With the ability to read, people can learn how to improve their family’s health, run a business, defend themselves from fraud, seek justice and, above all, grow closer to God by reading the Scriptures.