NARRATOR: Meet the Wild brothers, Morgan, Hudson, Kian,

and Asher.

They're modern-day missionary kids

growing up in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

When they were young, their parents, Mike and Libby Wild,

brought them to live in the world's largest island

to share the gospel with an unreached tribe.

Their lives may seem different to others,

but discovering exotic wildlife, adopting orphaned jungle

animals, and speaking a tribal language

is all very normal to these brothers.

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NARRATOR: In their real life DVD series "Adventures

in Creation," the Wild brothers share

what it was like to grow up in the jungle and their idea

of the ultimate adventure.

All right, we've got the Wild family here, minus Libby.

But let me see if I got this right.

Mike--

That's right.

--Hudson, Morgan, Asher, Kian.

Yes, sir.

All right, I got it.

Mike, what got you to say, I'm going

to move my family to Papua, New Guinea?

That's a big step.

Yeah, the Lord really just laid it on my heart.

I don't know.

Once I learned that there were still

people left on the earth that didn't have access

to the gospel, didn't have any Bible

in their language, any scripture,

and I just felt compassion.

And I just couldn't think about doing anything else.

Are you actively engaged in translation?

I am.

Yep, I'm a translator.

Is that part of the whole mission

to get a Bible into their language, their heart language?

It is.

That's definitely part of it.

The ultimate goal is to have a mature indigenous church,

and so having the Bible is an important part of that,

and a strong literacy course.

How did you get the boys involved?

Well, it's kind of like pioneer living.

We're out there in the jungle, and it just

takes the whole family to survive.

So anything from doing the chores, helping to cook,

chopping wood for the fire, helping with medical needs.

They're all fluent in the language.

So just helping out.

All right.

They're fluent?

Yeah.

You speak tribal?

Yeah, they speak the tribal language.

How hard was that for you to learn, Hudson?

Well, the one language is quite complex and difficult.

But we went in at such a young age

that just interacting with the kids so often,

we just picked it up, starting with a few phrases,

like, what is this?

What is that?

We could just build off of that.

How different is it from English?

Quite different.

Yeah, totally different.

Do you think in it?

Sometimes, yeah.

There are different words that we know,

we don't use in English that they have.

So even in our conversation just in the house with each other,

we use [INAUDIBLE] words to substitute.

Are there different words to describe spiritual experiences?

I'm not sure.

Definitely.

Their language is just about as different from English

as you can be, in the whole grammar structure.

But yeah, they have different-- it's the same meaning,

but different ways to say it.

And so it's a different way of thinking,

kind of a roundabout way of seeing everything.

How do you approach preaching the gospel to a group

where their language structure is different,

their spiritual concepts are different?

Where do you start?

Where do you begin?

Yeah, that's such a good question.

Well, we started back in the beginning.

They're animistic people.

So they believe that evil spirits control everything

in everyday life, and they live to manipulate and appease

these spirits.

So they didn't have a concept of the creator God of the Bible.

So after we learned the language,

we actually studied the culture as well, language and culture

at the same time.

And then once we're ready to teach,

we started at the beginning with,

before the beginning, God, and the creation.

And we just talked chronologically,

laying foundations through the Old Testament

before we even got into the New Testament.

So by the time we got into the birth of Christ,

they understood the creation, the creator, God's attributes.

They understood that they were sinful,

that we're all basically from the same garden,

the same village, and the name of that village

is Outside of Eden.

Outside the Garden of Eden.

We were all born outside.

That we're all born with the sin nature and have fallen,

and there's no way we can save ourselves.

So by the time we got to the story of Christ,

the foundations were there, and they

could understand the gospel.

Yeah, before you preach a savior,

you have to preach, what are you being saved from?

Exactly.

And if you don't have that grounding,

it's not going to go anywhere.

Yeah, so important.

How often do you guys come back to the States?

Oh, about every three and 1/2 to four years.

That's a good stretch of time.

Yeah, and Morgan, you're going to come here and go to school,

right?

Yes, sir.

Describe for us what your first experience was-- I

assume you've been to a supermarket.

Oh, yeah, definitely.

What was that like, to walk from the jungle

into the supermarket in America?

It was amazing.

My eyes were everywhere at one time.

And yeah, living in the jungle for so many years

and then coming back here, especially to the States,

it's just always a crazy experience.

But yeah, first time stepped into Walmart, all the aisles,

the bags of every kind of potato chip you can ever dream of,

it was pretty amazing.

Why did you focus on potato chips?

Just because-- or the cereal section.

There are all the cereals.

I don't know.

There's just unlimited everything, pretty much.

Unlimited abundance.

Yep.

And you go from a jungle environment,

where you've got to really search, into unlimited.

Are you ready for American culture?

I'm getting ready.

Yeah, I feel I'm getting ready more and more every day.

It's definitely different.

What would you tell Americans they're missing?

Ah.

We're the land of abundance.

We have supermarkets with everything.

But what are we missing?

Well, it really depends.

I think one thing I find is that if you grew up here and lived

in America your whole life, sometimes

you might miss out on just learning

about diversity of culture.

You're kind of isolated from the rest

of the world, what the real world's like out there.

And as MKs, one of the privileges

is just being able to see and experience

different cultures, different languages, different people

at a really close level, and then get to live that.

So that's one thing, I think, just the cultural variation.

When you grow up, what do you want

to be when you get through with the school?

Well, I've always had a heart for missions, just

like my parents.

And also, I enjoy cinematography, filmmaking.

And potentially I would like to combine those two,

but I'm not much sure.

But something along those lines.

That would be great.

I would-- did you do the cinematography on the DVD?

Yes, sir.

Well done.

Thank you.

It's actually beautifully shot.

I'm looking at the open, looking at it, going, this is amazing.

Thank you.

Yeah, very good stuff.

My brothers played a large part in that as well though.

It couldn't have been just me.

So everybody was involved, the whole family.

All right.

Well, let's get the youngest involved.

Asher, I understand you like to collect bugs.

Yes, sir, I do.

What are you going to do with that collection?

Well, we all kind of collect bugs.

And right now, we have over 1,000 different type

of insects, and we kind of donated them

to this guy named Mr. Hank.

He's a scientist.

And we donated him to his little small museum.

Wow.

Are you trying to catalog the various insects that

are in the jungle?

Because that--

Yeah.

--I imagine, is unexplored territory.

Yeah.

Hudson, I know you're trying to do that with birds.

Have you found new species?

I'm not sure yet.

I'm still trying to get some identified.

OK.

What got you guys into that?

Because that's more than just missionary work.

You're now a naturalist.

It's like the British missionaries

from 150 years ago.

Yeah, from back in the day.

Well, yeah, there's not a lot to do inside,

so it's a good outside activity.

And also, we just have an amazing opportunity,

because we're so out there that basically anything you catch

has a good chance of being something new.

And so it's so much fun to just go and collect stuff

that you think might be a new species and stuff.

That's so much fun.

Kian--

That's so much fun.

--do ever feel deprived?

I've talked to a lot of missionary kids,

and sometimes I get that--

No, not at all.

--that they feel that they missed out or that there was

a richer experience for them in another culture.

I think the experience that I've had in the tribe

is way so cool that I couldn't have anything like that

here in the States.

So you wouldn't trade it for anything.

No.

What's God's call on your life?

Oh, yeah, I'm with Morgan.

I think that being a missionary is really--

and there's lots of need in that in the world,

and so I think that's a good way to go towards.

I'm still young, though, so I'm not sure yet.

That's a good call.

I like that.

Mike, how in the world did you convince Libby to go?

She's awesome.

Yeah.

It didn't take much convincing actually.

We were kind of-- had started looking into missions a bit,

but I was thinking maybe coastal stuff.

I used to be a boat captain, interested in marine biology,

so I was thinking a coastal area.

I saw this video about tribal people

not having the gospel in this kind of a documentary,

and that was my first exposure to that, and I was just rocked.

I was like, Libby, we got to go someplace like that.

If there are still people, groups, like that left,

and the only reason they're unreached

is because they live in hard places or the geography--

because of their geography, they're isolated.

So I'm like, I'm young, let's go do it.

And she's like, all right, let's do it.

So she's great.

Is this is a lifetime thing?

It is.

Yeah, definitely.

We're a ways into the work now.

A church has been planted, and we've

been discipling believers.

That was really what we focused on our last term,

was discipleship, and we've taught a lot

through the New Testament.

And of course, I have to translate it

before we can teach through it.

So it kind of goes hand in hand.

Yeah, but I'm still in the New Testament.

I have to finish translating.

The church has still a ways to go.

That's a lot of work, man.

It's a tremendous amount of work.

But the Lord's good, and he gives us energy to do it,

so we're excited.

William Carey spent his lifetime just

on the translation side.

Yeah, it's a long-- it's not a part-time job, that's for sure.

And you're looking for generations,

what you're planning now.

We want to see it continue on, for sure.

You're looking for generations.

For people watching, how can they support you?

Oh, wow.

Well, pray about getting involved.

There's still-- but as far as supporting us,

pray for our ministry.

Pray for the people that we work with.

You can find out about that by going to our website

WildBrothers.com.

There's still a huge need in the world.

There's still a lot of tribal groups, minority people groups,

that are still isolated from the gospel.

Don't have even one scripture in their language.

So there's a need for still people

to go and work with areas like that.

You're part of New Tribes.

Yes, that's correct.

And so if somebody feels called to say,

I want to do that too, there's plenty of opportunity.

Plenty of opportunity.

Yeah, there's still millions of people.

I think there's maybe close to 2,000 different languages that

still need a translation.

Still millions and millions of unreached people in the world.

Outside of Papua, where would you say is the greatest need

today?

Wow.

Wow, let's see, I think the 10/40 Window,

there is definitely needs.

And as far as minority people, like the ones

that we work with in the tribe, there's

South America, definitely Papua, where we work in Indonesia,

in Papua, New Guinea, parts of Africa,

and there's also the Middle East.

You know, a little bit different context.

There's a lot of unreached people

that live in big cities and urban jungles of the world.

Yeah, that's one of the untold stories that there are

unreached right in major--

Absolutely.

--metropolitan centers--

Even here in America, I think things are changing.

--that have been ignored, and how do we get the gospel

to them?

Yeah.

Huge challenges.

Keep doing it.

Yeah, I think it's great.

And I love the DVDs.

And that's great cinematography.

You got a future.

Well, if you want to see more of these amazing missionary kids,

just get their DVD series.

It's called "Adventures in Creation."

You can also get copies by going to their website.

Say it again, WildBrothers.com.

And guys, thanks for being here, and thanks for your heart.

And--

Thanks so much.

Thank you.

--may God bless and speed your translation.

Thank you.

It's wonderful.