Josh’s mission  is to help bring the Word of God to the people of Cameroon (and French-speaking Africa more broadly) who do not yet have access to it. He has committed to being the translation consultant for three new New Testament translation projects in central Cameroon. Virginia oversees the work of about a dozen linguists whose role is to study and understand Cameroonian languages, leading to clearer and more usable Scripture translations.

Josh and Virginia Ham have been involved in Bible translation in French-speaking Africa since 2002. While serving in Benin (from 2002 to 2015), they helped launch translation and literacy projects in the Aja and Saxwe languages. In 2016, their boys’ educational needs led the Hams to Cameroon (Central Africa). Josh works as a translation consultant for three new translation projects in central Cameroon, supporting local Bible translation teams and checking translated Scriptures for accuracy. Virginia serves as linguistics coordinator for the country of Cameroon. In addition, she is a linguistics consultant, a specialist who can help teams as they struggle with difficult aspects of their language’s sound systems or grammar. To help Josh and Virginia continue supporting the Bible translation effort in this way, please consider investing in Bible translation by partnering with them in their Wycliffe ministry.