John Wilkinson Missionary Interview

Initially when we arrived in Manaus, Brazil to begin our ministry, we used river boats with a capacity of around 200 passengers mostly in hammocks to go from the city of Manaus downriver to the city of Parintins which is a journey of about 18 hours approximately a (380 KM or 236 miles trip in […]

Satere-Mawe Translated Bible We have always worked on the basis that God allows us to choose to believe the gospel of His Son. The Satere people have not been coerced to accept the gospel. Rather, God’s word has been presented to them and initially when Al and Sue Graham were there at the beginning of

John’s Lifetime Partner Through It All John speaking about his wife Sonia, noted, “As God has enabled us with different gifts, Sonia, has never been directly involved with translation. Although I am greatly indebted to her because without her capable involvement and support the translation could never have become a reality! Sonia’s ministry was directed

Initially we had contact with chief Sewu, Pastor Maxico’s father. When he died, we had contact with chief Cain – also a firm believer. Later, we moved to another village, Nova Amerika (New America) where the chief was called Antonio who came daily to our house to hear the word of God stating that he

When Al and Sue arrived in the village, they met much resistance and the only person who wanted to help was a man called Sewu (i.e. Servo). At that time Sewu was just a villager. But sometime after the previous chief of Vila Nova died Sewu married the chief’s widow, Elpidia. Over time Sewu became

When we started working in the village, Vila Nova in 1996, Sonia already knew the Graham’s because she had worked there for a couple of years as a single missionary. So, we had sporadic contact over several years with Al and Sue. Al was like a father and a friend and Sue was like a

That’s a long story, but I will try and keep it short. Although I’m from a Christian family; I got saved when I was 19. I went back to church and tried to learn about Christianity and what it meant to be a Christian. After 3 years as a Christian, I was getting a bit

At the time I returned to my church as a new-born Christian there were monthly missionary meetings in place of the midweek Bible study and prayer meeting. I always thought that the work missionaries did look like an adventure even though I had no idea what a missionary or missions was. I always talked with

No, as a young boy I watched man landing on the moon in ’69 and I wanted to be an astronaut. Then, I wanted to be a Policeman, a Fireman, etc. Needless to say, none of those dreams ever came true. Growing up as an adolescent into youthhood I wasn’t a Christian. I went my