Eric and his wife, Allison, are members of Colleyville Presbyterian Church, PCA, commissioned to serve the Bibleless peoples of the world with Wycliffe Bible Translators.


Their next assignment, based in Musoma, Tanzania, will be to assist getting the Bible translated into nine different Bantu languages. The region including these nine different languages, called the Mara Region, is the most densely populated area of Tanzania with the fewest churches. (For more information on the Mara region, see http://www.TheTask.net/Mara.)


Eric will assist Mother tongue translators in the use of FieldWorks software for Bible translation and language development. He will use their feedback to help him improve the usefulness of the software. Eric has worked with the Language Software Development team at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas for five years. He has contributed to the development of FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) which assists grammar analysis and the efficient development of dictionaries. Eric has a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a Master's of Arts in Religion from Westminster Theological Seminary.


Allison will assist Mother tongue translators in Bible translation and linguistics. Allison has an MA in Applied Linguistics with a concentration in Bible Translation from the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics and BA in Spanish and Psychology from Oklahoma Baptist University.