DR. BRIAN SIMMONS is known as a passionate lover of God. After a dramatic conversion to Christ, Brian knew that God was calling him to go to the unreached people of the world and present the gospel of God’s grace to all who would listen. With his wife, Candice, and their three children, he spent nearly eight years in the tropical rain forest of the Darien Province of Panama as a church planter, translator, and consultant. Brian was involved in the Paya-Kuna New Testament translation project and studied linguistics and Bible translation principles with New Tribes Mission. Brian is now working to complete The Passion Translation of the Bible from the ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
GRETCHEN RODRIGUEZ is a writer and author of award- winning fiction. Her heart burns with one main message: Intimacy with Jesus and discovering the reality of His presence. She is also a dancer and ballet teacher. She and her husband invested nine years as missionaries in Puerto Rico, along with their three daughters, and now make Redding, California, their home.
