Wayne & Caryl Freeman

Wayne was born and bred in Auckland, whilst Caryl was born in Hawera and raised in Auckland. After completing his BCom at Auckland University, Wayne worked in the business world, primarily in a European multi- national for 24 years, as a finance director in 1981 and became the director for New Zealand in 2000. Caryl qualified and worked as a librarian before leaving to be a homemaker when their first child was born. They have eight children—Jeremy and his wife Dee Anne, Callum and his wife Olivia, Maryanne and her husband Carmilo, and Asher and his wife Danielle. They are also joyful grandparents. After many years of involvement in missions with their church, the Lord called them to serve with Wycliffe in 2003, Wayne as the Director and Caryl as the Prayer Coordinator and then in Member Care. As of May 2018, Caryl retired. Wayne stepped down from the Director’s position in 2016 to become an Associate Director. He finished as Associate Director in 2019 when Bruce Eirena took on the role.

“...while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18