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	Larry and Bonnie Noack - WBT

	Larry and Bonnie Noack have been missionaries with Wycliffe for 25 years. They have served in several administrative and leadership roles with the end purpose of providing the translated Scriptures to the bibleless peoples of the world. They have been assigned to SIL International in Dallas since 1983. The past few years Bonnie has been on leave to serve as the Minister of Music for Cross of Christ Lutheran Church. From 1983 - 91 Larry served as Associate Superintendent of Non-traditional Education for the International Children's Education Department (CHED). He developed a Field Education System for children of families who were serving in isolated locations around the world. Bonnie was an administrative assistant.
	In 1991 Larry became part of the Academic Affairs team developing software to assist Bible Translators and Literacy personnel. This software provides tools that help the translators to be more efficient and accurate in completing their translation. It provides resources for literacy personnel as they teach the people who to to read and write in their own language. Larry's primary role was developing multimedia training programs that were incorporated into this software. Since 1999 Larry has been part of the Technical Services Division in the art section of Global Publishing Services(GPS). He is a CrossMedia Developer preparing materials in video and multimedia training as well as other multimedia materials. Most recently he has been developing Biblle Illustration CDs and DVs that provide the translators with over 3,000 illustrations by several artists. From these the translators can select the illustrations to be used in the Scriptures they have translated. At present there are complilations from ten artists. Since its inception about 35 years ago, Global Publishing Services has helped translators finalize more than 500 Bible Translations for printing. Larry and Bonnie are deeply grateful to God for the priviledge of serving with both Wycliffe Bible Translators and Cross of Christ Lutheran Church. They are thankful He has allowed them to use their gifts in a variety of ways.



	"Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts." (Colossians 3:16, NLT)