Heads the IT team, has a slight addiction to technology, enjoys helping people with technology issues and also enjoys creating technology issues just as much.

We are retired Primary School teachers and now enjoy and find fulfilment in getting to know and encourage staff and students at SILA. We also enjoy learning new skills that are useful in maintaining the library.

Having come from a teaching background in Australia, I’m enjoying the opportunity to support education in cross-cultural contexts, be it through mentoring teachers or helping to develop culturally relevant books and teaching materials. I love that my work with SILA incorporates some of my other interests, such as travel, photography and art. I am also thankful for times when I am based in my home town of Toowoomba, where I can enjoy time with my extended family and friends.

Has worked in PNG, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, USA and Australia; enjoys translation studies, leadership, theology and training; currently serving in SIL Pacific Area as Associate Area Director; keen on good coffee, reading, cricket and following Geelong Cats.

‘The buck does not stop here. It starts here and goes elsewhere!’ (I Haywood 2018, pers.comm.,16 October). I joined Wycliffe Australia in 2003 and have been in the role of Finance Officer for SILA since 2007. Known for owning a goat, I come originally from country Victoria. When not counting pennies, I enjoy gardening with native plants and growing vegetables. I am glad to be working in support of Bible translation and literacy. Go the Tigers!

A fascination with language, culture and education initially led me to teaching primary aged students at an international school in Papua New Guinea. More recently, on returning to Australia, this has led to completing a Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Now I am enjoying helping students from other cultures and language backgrounds to adjust and thrive, academically and socially, in an English speaking environment.

Caffeine-based life-form; married to Ellie; delights in language and linguistics; has a colourful employment record, including work in an engineering machine shop, a jail, a Chinese church, and now is Principal of SIL Australia. Spent time in South-East Asia in language development and training. Escapes include: a hammock with a good book, photography, bushwalking, more coffee, and running.

Our spiritual formation, and our spiritual life individually and in community, is the focus of my work. This focus is a shift for me in the last few years after earning an MA Spirituality and qualifying as a Spiritual Director. Prior to that I worked in Thailand in Bible translation & language development and associated roles. And prior to that, in a different career, I worked in PR China and Kuwait. I aim to revel in the pure gift of this precious life we have been given.

Loves linguistics, and a good grammar! Previously based in Thailand, Ken was involved in Bible translation & language development, and taught in an MA Linguistics program. His PhD is a grammar of Kayan, a Southeast Asian language, and he continues to research and consult in SEA languages. Did we mention that he loves linguistics?

Originally from New Zealand; loves language and linguistics and being able to apply those in Bible translation; had various roles with SIL in PNG, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and now Melbourne; resident nit-picker (aka editor); keen Geelong Cats supporter; and doting grandma.

With Carol, from New Zealand, father of Andrew and Emma, been at SILA for ever, loves helping people learn about language creatively, worked in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and South Asia. Studied linguistics and theology and now trying to combine the two. Enjoys books, reading mystery, watching good crime & justice, driving a little red car, and books, will watch AFL if Hawthorn is playing. Is wondering if pronouns are really necessary.

With a life long interest in languages and stories, Sharna enjoys connecting people to the work of Bible translation, language development, and the training SILA provides. She loves learning languages, reading novels, studying, writing stories, dancing, baking (not cooking), and dabbles in crochet.

As a kid, Philip practised funny voices in front of the mirror. He worked for ten years as a professional musician in Sydney, then ten years in Papua, Indonesia, doing community-based language development. He now shares his time between remote support of a Papuan language team, and training SILA students to analyse and produce the sounds of the world’s languages. Time in front of the mirror was not wasted. He enjoys DIY projects, reading, exploring nearby places, and a well-cut suit.

After ten years in Papua, Indonesia, Guinevere calls Melbourne home for now. She works as a translation advisor with the Papuan Malay language team and as a consultant for other teams in Indonesia. Windfalls: Philip; children Soren, Reuben and Autumn; divine favour; the Bible in English. Afflictions: mosquitos; spilt milk; refined sugar; misplaced apostrophes. Consolations: indoor plants; J.S. Bach; refined sugar; the ocean; good stories.

Exegesis geek. Author of The Poetics of Matthew 1: The Five Mothers and Other Patterns. Passionate about Matthew. Committed to studying a biblical passage for as long as it takes in order to find solutions to problems other scholars have overlooked. Occasionally even gets excited about topics that are not Matthew. Enjoys indie pop music and making playlists on Spotify.

Ever since I can remember, the beauty and complexity of language has impressed me. I enjoy different writing systems, different cultures and God's sense of humour and love in his Word. My wife, Rachel, and I have a background in teaching and you may see our son riding his beloved bicycle here. I enjoy calligraphy, cooking inside and outside and relaxing in nature with family and friends.

Fascinated by other cultures with interests in grammar and translation. Translation Advisor for a language development project in Papua New Guinea since 2007. Mixing teaching at Kangaroo Ground with continued project work in PNG. Outside of work, is a keen amateur pianist (practising most mornings still), cyclist and enjoys the odd sci-fi, fantasy novel – especially Terry Pratchett novels.