John and Donna met in Mexico City in 1983 and were married in Oregon the following year, both having experienced the call of God on their lives to serve Him in foreign missions and Bible translation. They feel blessed to have been involved with the Guevea (gay-VAY-ah) Zapotec people of southern Mexico in the completion and production of the printed and audio Guevea Zapotec New Testament (NT). NT distribution was begun in Guevea in 2019 and its formal dedication took place on March 14, 2020. John and Donna thank God for the churches and individuals that have prayed for and supported this project through the years to make it possible for the Guevea Zapotecs to read and/or hear God’s Word in their language.

The Kreutzes are currently living in Oregon, making trips to Mexico to facilitate distribution of the NT and other Scripture and literacy materials. They stay in touch with Zapotec church leaders and encourage them in promoting use of these materials in the communities where Guevea Zapotec is spoken. While not in Mexico but at the computer working remotely, they do exegetical checking and clerical work on Old Testament books that have already been drafted (by hand) by native speakers, and are working on the completion of a Zapotec-Spanish bilingual dictionary-grammar.
Please prayerfully consider joining their Wycliffe ministry team through prayer and/or financial partnership.