Hilda was born and raised in the Solomon Islands. Andrew was born and raised on a cattle property in North Queensland. Both Andrew and Hilda received Christ as their personal Saviour at the age of ten, by hearing the gospel through children’s ministry.

Andrew and Hilda were both involved in youth group, church leadership and Bible college training before they met. Hilda worked as a local translator in the Pijin Old Testament translation project in the Solomon Islands. Andrew worked as a church planter with Queensland Baptist churches. They met when Andrew visited the Solomon Islands, were married in 1999, and then settled in Australia.

Andrew and Hilda completed linguistics studies in Melbourne in 2005. They have served with the Solomon Islands Translation Advisory Group (SITAG) as Scripture Use Specialists for seven years, from 2009 to 2016. Their work is in the Pijin language, as well as five tribal languages with translated New Testaments. They have been training a local team to produce Bible resources, lead Bible reading classes, and train church leaders in these six languages. They have plans to develop and multiply the Scripture Use work through further service.

Andrew and Hilda give glory to God for this opportunity to serve Him and to serve the people of the Solomon Islands.