Luke & Noelle Garvey
Wycliff Bible Translators & SIL International
Luke and Noelle Garvey are Minnesota natives who spent much of their youth and young adult years at Rockpoint. Luke served on Rockpoint’s staff for eight years and while leading a Rockpoint missions trip to Kenya, Luke and Noelle learned about the need for workers in the global Bible translation movement.
Did you know?
There are more than 7,100 languages in the world today and only 724 of those languages has a complete Bible translation. There are millions of people are still waiting for a translation project to begin in their language. No one should have to learn another language to understand God's Word.
Luke & Noelle accepted God’s call into full-time missions with Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2017. Nine months into the Garvey’s first Wycliffe assignment in Papua New Guinea, they had a scare when their daughter, Meleia, began having seizures. The remote setting and uncertainties surrounding Meleia’s condition prevented the Garveys from continuing in Papua New Guinea. However, Luke was approached by senior leadership with the proposition to move into a leadership role in SIL* global communications. January 2023 begins the Garvey’s fourth year based out of SIL’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas
While Wycliffe focuses on advocating and resourcing global Bible translation, SIL is the organization the majority of Wycliffe’s missionaries are assigned to serve with in the field to do the work of Bible translation. The Garveys served with SIL in Papua New Guinea, and Luke now serves as SIL’s Director of Global Communications.
2023 Outlook
Luke is in his fourth year as Director of Global Communications, and his responsibilities continue to grow. Some of Luke’s 2023 goals are: growing his team, travel to the field to encourage and develop connections with translation teams as well as gathering stories about the impact God is making through the ministry. Noelle continues to serve missionary families through volunteering with the Dallas-based missionary kid ministry. The Garveys continue to serve the vulnerable children of the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a foster family.
2023 Prayer Requests
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The Garveys are working with SIL’s leadership and prayerfully evaluating the possibility of relocating to a more strategic home base. Please pray for wisdom and clarity.
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Please pray for safety and health as the Garveys plan to make increasing trips to the field to connect with local translation teams and language communities.
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Please pray for our family and foster care ministry. We currently have a precious little four-year-old girl with us whose long-term status is going to be determined in the early months of 2023.
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Please pray for stamina and opportunities for rest as the workload continues to grow.
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Continue to pray for the ministry of global Bible translation and the communities who still await having the Bible in their language.