LARRY AND SUSAN SALAY

Mission Emphasis: Larry and Susan Salay are Wycliffe Bible Translators who are working with the Salasacan Indians of Ecuador. Originally part of the Quechuan speaking Indians of Peru, their tribe was forcibly resettled years ago to a small mountain top area in Salasaca. Hence their dialect differs substantially from both today’s Quechuan language and also their Spanish speaking host country. Their religion is a combination of Catholicism and animism. The Salays and their partner, Shedd, were befriended by a small evangelical church in the village of Salasaca, and as the Word of God is translated into their own heart-language, the pastor of that church has become very anxious that the work be accomplished. Since most of the Salasacans are illiterate, Susan’s primary task is to develop both the desire to read and also the literacy skills needed in order that they might read the Bible when it is completed.

Fun facts: Larry and Susan were both residents of the Hudson Valley with Susan having graduated from Arlington. They were introduced to Wycliffe by another of HRC’s missionaries, Caryl Mallory. Larry and Susan have two young children, Robbie 6 and Emily 2. A few members of our congregation also know Susan’s mother, Zelda Steiers, who lives in Lagrangeville and loves to visit her grandchildren in Ecuador.

HRC support: The Mission Team would love to develop a closer partnership with the Salays. To that end, we have organized a trip there in August to assist them in the completion of their second story addition to the translation center. The downstairs office will also see some rooms partitioned off for a living space. Together with some of the children from the small church, we will also be putting on a VBS as we jointly seek to evangelize the regular attendees of the now popular “Kids Club”.

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Sponsoring Organization: Wycliffe Bible Translators

Email: LarrySusan_Salay@SIL.org

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