SIL International started in 1934 as the Summer Institute of Linguistics, a small summer camp whose purpose was to train Missionaries for SIL's sister organization, [[Wycliffe Bible Translators]], and to prepare Missionaries for taking the Words of Christ far afield, particularly where minority languages were spoken. | SIL International started in 1934 as the Summer Institute of Linguistics, a small summer camp whose purpose was to train Missionaries for SIL's sister organization, [[Wycliffe Bible Translators]], and to prepare Missionaries for taking the Words of Christ far afield, particularly where minority languages were spoken. |