David & Wendy Nicholls

Wendy and David long to see people flourishing in community using the languages they value most (SIL International’s vision). To that end, Wendy joined Wycliffe NZ in 1980. She and David, a Wycliffe Australia member, served at the JAARS Centre in USA followed by four years in Papua New Guinea where David worked as an aircraft engineer and Wendy in the Technical Studies Department. After a year in New Caledonia in a translation role, they spent nine years in Vanuatu in administration and translation work in the South Efate language project. Then followed seven years with Wycliffe Australia in leadership and administration. David and Wendy then took up roles with SIL Australia where David served as Principal Executive Officer and Wendy as Academic Administrator, a role she continues in. Since 2011, David has been working full time with SIL Pacific Area, initially as Director of Training and Development, then Director for Language Services, and currently as Associate Area Director.

“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behaviour from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:1-2 (MSG)