One summer Bernie May, once a JAARS pilot in Peru but now Wycliffe's U.S. Director, flew his plane from California to a meeting in Oklahoma. He was called out of his meeting for an urgent call from Forrey Zander.
Forrey was excited. He had met a young woman named Thangi from a large Asian country. American missionaries are not allowed in her country. Thangi had just completed her master's degree in communications. Her father, a national missionary there, had asked her to pray about returning as a Bible translator. Half a million people in neighboring provinces speak twenty languages and dialects, most without the Scriptures.
Forrey suggested that Thangi apply to the Summer Institute of Linguistics. She wanted to, but it was a week before the enrollment deadline and she was $1,000 short of having the tuition and fees. Forrey had called Bernie to ask if he could find some money for this urgent need.
