by Cara Fay | Jan 29, 2014 | Official Blog
In 1975, LBT was invited by partners to help with the Krio New Testament translation in Sierra Leone. The New Testament was dedicated in 1986 and LBT helped on a consult basis with the Old Testament. In 1999, the Bible Society in Sierra Leone took over the...
by Cara Fay | Oct 24, 2013 | Official Blog
The Megahans have been traveling again. Recently we went to the Botswana towns of Kasane and Kavimba. These are towns near Chobe National Park. Kasane is near the border with Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Kavimba is across the Chobe River from Namibia...
by Cara Fay | Oct 17, 2013 | Official Blog
One of the things that aspiring Bible translation workers are taught is to regularly pray for those who will be the mother tongue speakers working with them the translation into their own language. It was impressed upon us that, no matter how well we prepared...
by Cara Fay | Sep 25, 2013 | Official Blog
The meeting with the clan head of Bubuabong, Obudu, went well. However, the meeting did not take place as early as we had agreed, because the clan head was in court this morning. Bishop Aju came from Ogoja and stayed with us until the clan head was ready to listen to...
by Cara Fay | Sep 18, 2013 | Official Blog
Tamba Kangor never went to school. He had no formal education. He was a business man in rural Sierra Leone. During the RUF war, he made his living by going in and out of Guinea to buy and sell goods in the local market. (The Sierra Leone Civil war centered in the Kono...