Volume 3, Issue 1 March 2010

If I then, your
Lord and Teacher,
have washed your
FAY FOOTPRINTS

John 13:14-15
feet, you also ought
to wash one an-
other’s feet. For I
have given you an
Lutheran Bible Translators
example, that you
also should do just
as I have done to
you.

Preparations

We have now been in France for 7 months which is roughly the half-way
mark of our time here. The tentative date for our move to Cameroon is the end of October 2010. In order for us
to be ready for that move, a few things need to happen.

Here in France, we are continuing to work hard to learn this beautiful (and somewhat challenging) French language.
Our language learning situation has changed somewhat since the last newsletter we sent out. We have both reached
the final level at the school which means we are now splitting the weeks so that Kory goes three days a week and Cara
goes two days a week. The rest of the time, we study on our own by reading, listening to the radio, watching T.V.,
and talking with native speakers. We have also found a private tutor; Cara will begin this month by spending a few
hours each week with him. It is exciting to be at the point in our learning where we participate more easily with the
culture around us– it is not easy to listen to the radio or watch T.V. but with some patience it is manageable. Our con-
versations can go a little deeper now that we can express our opinions and desires. Please continue to pray for our
language learning and that our motivation would remain high. Pray also for our health as we have been pass-
ing around a cold for about 2 months and we are VERY ready to be done with it.

Across the ocean, Cara’s parents packed up and delivered our belongings to the shipping site in January. Our belong-
ings will begin their long journey by boat at the beginning of March. Pray that everything would arrive in Camer-
oon in good condition.

Around the world, we have hundreds of people praying for us and for the Nizaa people in Cameroon. We are hum-
bled by your support of this ministry. It is such a joy to see the way Christ uses the Church to make all of this hap-
pen– we are just the feet and cannot walk anywhere without the
rest of you! Praise the Lord that our monthly financial sup-
port has increased! Pray that in His time and way, we would
receive the needed funds for our vehicle (see back for more
details).

The kids are quickly becoming good friends. It’s Cara and our friend Anna (missionary with Wycliffe Bible
fun to see them interact more now that Lucy is Translators) in front of our school on a beautiful snowy day.
getting older! She turns 1 on March 31.
Accurate, Beautiful, Our House and Vehicle in Cameroon
and Clear
One day in class last month, our pro-
fessor gave us the word poisson
which means ‘fish’ and told us to de-
fine it in French without using a dic-
tionary. Of course, in order to define
a term like poisson, you have to know
the word for ‘gills’, ‘fins’, and
‘scales’, things that define precisely
what poisson is. No one in the class
knew these terms, so we had to find
ways to explain it. Of course, de-
scriptions can only go so far. They
may give an idea of what poisson is,
but it can also create misconceptions.
For instance, we said that it lived un-
der water and could only breathe un-
der water, people keep them as pets,
they live in groups, they do not have
feet, we can eat them, and they lay
little eggs. In our opinion, we had
accurately portrayed it, but our pro-
fessor said that from our description,
she pictured a legless chicken which
lives under water. Not exactly what
we wanted her to picture. Precision
is essential in defining terms and will
be important as we go about transla-
tion work in Cameroon. Without it,
the Word of God may easily be mis-
understood and misconstrued. Thus,
we must strive to translate not only
beautifully and accurately, but also
clearly. May God guide us and all
others involved in Bible translation to
ensure that His Word is understood.
David, Kory, and Sam during David’s recent visit to see us in France
Write to us at:
Kory, Cara, Sam, Lucy and Fay
11 rue de la Libération
73000 Barberaz
FRANCE
kcfay@lbt.org
www.fayfootprints.com
When we arrive in Cameroon, we
will need a quality vehicle that can
handle the not-so-paved roads in
Cameroon. We are in need of
about $20,000 more in order to
buy the vehicle we are looking at.
We will also, obviously, need a
place to live and furniture to go in-
side. We recently spent a large amount of our housing fund on solar panels
and accessories to power the electricity of our house. We anticipate needing
a bit more money to buy things like beds, chairs, and cabinets. For this rea-
son, our household set-up fund has been re-opened.
Trip to Cameroon!
On May 2 (which happens to be Sam’s third birthday!), Kory will leave for
two weeks to go to Cameroon! He will travel with our supervisor, David
Maffett. They will land in the capital city, Yaoundé, then fly to Ngaoundéré
for meetings with the leaders of our partner church in Cameroon, the EELC
(L'Eglise Evangélique Luthérienne au Cameroun). Afterward, they will travel
with the head of the translation department of the church, Daniel Touka, and
Martin Weber, a fellow LBT missionary, to visit the town we hope to move
to, Galim. There, they will continue research of where will be the best place
to locate and begin to get acquainted with leaders and potential partners in
translation work for the Nizaa.
Please begin to pray for his
visit, that these initial meet-
ings would set the stage for
God’s Word becoming acces-
sible to the Nizaa.
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faith in Jesus
Christ by making
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