Volume 2, Issue 3 June 2009

If I then, your
Lord and Teacher,

John 13:14-15
have washed your
FAY FOOTPRINTS feet, you also ought
to wash one an-
other’s feet. For I
Lutheran Bible Translators have given you an
example, that you
also should do just
Actively Waiting as I have done to
you.
On Ascension Sunday, we heard a sermon on the topic of waiting.
The phrase “actively waiting” was repeated several times and it seemed to fit
perfectly with what we are experiencing in our lives right now. Those of you
who receive our email updates know that we have officially reached a level of
 Praise God for the incredible
funding to be approved to pursue French visas! We are still speaking through
support we have received from
the end of June because we are hoping to gain further support in the form of
family, friends, and strangers
regular donations, but we are so thankful for all of you who have joined this
alike!!!
team in various capacities. We are humbled at what God has done in a few
short months (at the beginning of the year we were just 35% funded!).  Pray for discernment as we
As we detailed in the last newsletter, visa application is sort of compli-

Pray For Us...

decide what to pack, what to
cated but right now we sit, waiting, as various paperwork is processed. When leave, and what we need to
you receive the next prayer letter, we could very well be in France! On the buy
other hand, if the processing takes longer than we hope, it could be November
before we leave. In some ways, we feel like we are in a bit of limbo because  Pray for us and our families as
plane tickets cannot be bought, but once they are bought, it may be just a we begin to say goodbye
few weeks before we’re on our way!
In this time of waiting, we are not sitting idly, we assure you! We  Pray that the visa application
have been very busy packing for two different countries (we are hoping to go process would go smoothly
straight from France to Cameroon– see “In His Time”), saying goodbye, and and quickly
preparing for our final speaking engagements. Likewise as Christians, we ac-
 Pray for our children through
tively wait; we keep our eyes focused on the Lord as we wait for Him to re-
all of the transitions
turn. By His grace, as we wait, we stay busy completing the work He has for
us. Our ultimate goal is to help bring people to faith by translating the Bible  Pray for the Nizaa
for those who do not yet have it in their heart language, but there are many
intermediate steps and all of them are very important. So here we sit, busily
waiting.

Possible Assignment
In February, our supervisor took a trip to Cameroon. One of the things he was doing while there was discussing possible lan-
guage groups we could work with when we come. After discussing this with the president of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Cameroon, they decided that the best possibility at this time is probably with a group
called the Nizaa (nee-zah). They are a group that is largely Muslim with about 10,000-15,000
speakers. They are located in the central portion of Cameroon near the Nigerian border (see the
star on the map). We will give more details as we learn them- we are currently sifting through a
dissertation and a Master’s thesis about the group! A couple of Norwegian missionaries have begun
some literacy and translation work but the translation work, especially, did not get very far. Please
pray with us for discernment in deciding if we will work with the Nizaa, and, if so, that God would
prepare both us and the Nizaa to work together.
Following the Family
When we brought Lucy home from the hospital and, as
predicted by my mother, Sam instantly seemed much bigger
and older. He is officially two years old. Since we last wrote, he
has completely given up his paci and has begun peeing on the
big boy potty. He will very proudly tell you "Sit. Potty. Get
M&Ms. Just one." Hopefully he will continue to sit on the potty
once he doesn't get M&M's anymore…
Not much to say about Lucy. She's a sweety and hardly ever
fusses. She does have a little reflux like her brother did, but she
doesn't seem to care as much about it. She will yell at us if we forget
about her, but who can blame her for that? You can read more about
what the adults have been up to on the front of the newsletter.

My Greatest Joy Top: All smiles; Right: Lucy’s baptism; Bottom: Eat-
by Sharon Vega, Missionary Personnel Supervisor ing ice cream on his 2nd birthday
Thank you so much for your participation in sending the Fay
family to Cameroon to serve with us in Bible Translation ministry! In His Time
By the time a new missionary is ready to go to the field, I have been June– Say goodbye in Topeka, speak at
following them for more than two years as candidates and then pre- churches in Kansas and Nebraska, and make a
field missionaries, working through questions, references, training, short trip back to Indiana for our Commission-
preparing for and successfully accomplishing partnership develop- ing June 14
ment, finally the residence issues of their new country and the celebra-
Last week in June- Speak in Las Vegas, NV
tion of a commissioning service. I grow close to each missionary and
the families as they struggle with the challenges of intense study, con- First half of July- Meet with the French
stant travel, and preparing to live in a place they may have only seen consulate in Chicago and visit the LBT Service
in pictures. It is always hard to say good-bye, but it is also very joy- Center
ful as they go to do what God has put on their hearts, and my prayer
July- Pack for France. begin to pack for Cam-
will go before them and continue with them as they fly away to their
eroon, and say goodbye in Indiana
new homes and lives. The Fays have stayed focused on their goals
and have achieved a growing, involved base of church and individual Early August- Leave for France
partners. They have made the goal of an average at 100% of the
needed funding. Their household project is complete. How can you January 2011– July 2013- In Cameroon
continue to help? The biggest need they have at this time is for each
of you to continue your prayers for them and your sustaining finan- The mission of
cial support. Again, thank you for your partnership– that all may LBT is to help
know the good news of Jesus Christ. bring people to
faith in Jesus
Christ by making
the Word of God
Write to us at: Send financial support to: available to those
Kory, Cara, Sam, Lucy and Fay Lutheran Bible Translators who do not yet
30 Garden Point P.O. Box 2050 have it in the lan-
Zionsville, IN 46077 Aurora, IL 60507-2050 guage of their
kcfay@lbt.org (Make checks out to Lutheran hearts. For more
www.fayfootprints.com Bible Translators and write Fay information on
ministry or Fay Vehicle on the LBT go to
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