Greetings to all! I just want to share about my next mission, Chile. My family and I will go to Chile for 2 months (December and January). On first 2 weeks of this mission, it will be DOT workshop for Bible translation. After 2 weeks, we want to help people whatever God leads us to. I’m eager to see their Bible translation for Chilean sign language and what God wants us to do in Chile.

Pray for us to have God’s guidance and wisdom in Chile and use us to help others in need. We want to let our light shine for others!

I will post a blog when we’re in Chile and give some updates.

Thank you for your time!

Last week, we had a deaf conference in Brasilia. Our church invited 2 pastors (one from Goias and other from Rio de Janeiro) and an evangelist from America. We have been planned for this for months. The American evangelist is Tim Smith. I have met him few times in the past. He’s a great evangelist. He travels a lot internationally. Anyway, he’s not familiar with LIBRAS (Brazilian sign language) so we had a plan. There is a guy named Rodrigo. He knows both LIBRAS and ASL. Rodrigo sat at the front row and interpreted ASL on what Tim said into LIBRAS for me. Then I copied what he interpreted in ASL on stage with Tim. It’s little unusual but it worked out well. Overall, the conference went very well because it was impactful for all of us. There were about 60 people attending.

Greetings to all! I’m happy to share that the workshop in Angola was going well. There were some new and old translators that we already trained last year. We trained them with new methods and procedures that we help them to follow. They were excellent and they have good knowledge of God’s Word. We also trained a new tech person who is responsible for tech work like camera and editing videos. They did some completed chapters of Book of Romans. Hopefully, they will finish a whole book of Romans in next few months. I pray that they will continue to work on the New Testament until they completely all books of the NT. God bless them abundantly!

Greetings. I forgot to post it on my blog before going on the trip to Angola. However, I’m already here in Angola. Things are going well on the first day of the workshop. They have a lot of new translators so we had to train them with our methodology today. They are doing really well because they have been preparing for this. We are working on the Book of Romans right now. Pray for them to continue to have wisdom for God’s Word so they can translate it into their sign language. I will share an update after the workshop completes. Thank you!

Greetings! My pastor at Brasilia church invited me to preach for men group at his parents’ farm last weekend. We wanted to impact all men who attended by God’s Word. We shared God’s Word and we also strengthen each other. I preached about sin that caused many men to lose faith. I encouraged them to stand firm against enemies. We strengthen our faith by supporting each other. Also, we pray for one another. Then a pastor preached about responsibilities for men. It impacted me that I really need to get better. I want to thank God for this opportunity. We definitely need this. Hopefully, we will do this again someday. Here are some pictures I want to share.

Greetings! I came back home from Chile last week. The trip was great! I got to meet the leaders and few translators. They have been working on their Bible translation since they started 3 months ago. I’m impressed with their commitment without any support from Bible translation organization. Most projects usually wait for financial support from organization and then they start their project. But not with this Chilean project. They did on their own. I also observed that they were helping and encouraging each other. They were making sure that translation is correct, clear, natural and understanding. They are getting some quality experience. I felt that they need some training for translation work and some equipment they need for better tech work. Hopefully, one day we will come back to Chile to train them and provide tech equipment they need.

Greetings! It’s been a little while since I made a blog. I’m glad to have an opportunity for mission which will be in Chile. The purpose for this mission is to observe their translation project. They have been doing it for 3 months without any support from any organization. We want to check if they need support from us. They may need training for translation work in the future. I will be there for a week and I’m looking forward to meet them and their leaders. I will update with you after this mission completes.

Pray for me to travel to Chile safely and use wisdom & guidance for this mission. Also, encourage and support them when needed.

Blessings!

Greetings! I’m happy to report that this leadership conference in Rwanda went very well. It was very productive. DOT leaders and project leaders had a lot of great discussions. We trained them for three days. We covered important topics about Bible translation. This included translation principles, methodology, resources, spirituality, and fund management, etc. The project leaders were eager to return to their home countries. They want to start working on their translation work soon. I believe this conference will help them to make sure their translation to be clear, understanding, natural, and accurate. I’m excited for their work to start soon. We had a long pause of several months. During this time, we had a lot of discussions to make sure they are following our translation methodology correctly. Pray for them to translate more efficiently. May they be able to spread out their translation videos to deaf people who do not know about God’s Word.

Greetings! I am excited to inform you that my colleagues and I will travel to Rwanda. We are going there to train DOT project leaders for a few days. This conference will start on April 29 to May 1. There was a pause for all projects for several months. We wanted to make some changes in procedures for Bible translation. We want to make sure their Bible translation to be clear, understanding, accurate and acceptable by the deaf community. There will be at least 10 countries representing at this conference. It would be great for us to meet out project leaders again.

After this conference, they will go back and start to work on Bible translation. We hope that it will be more efficient and better quality in translation.

Pray for everyone involved to arrive in Rwanda safely. Pray for wisdom and guidance to lead this conference. Pray also for help to lead their projects more efficiently.

Many blessings and thank you!

Rwanda is known for its breathtaking scenery. It is often referred to as le pays des mille collines (French: “land of a thousand hills”). The capital is Kigali, located in the center of the country on the Ruganwa River.

Greetings! We had a staff meeting in Kenya on the beginning of March. Everyone on staff lives in various countries. Kenya is a logical place to have meetings. Anyway, we have discussed the new changes we make for all projects. We want for all projects to have quality translation in their national sign languages. We want to establish mentoring relationships for projects. We aim to restructure teams to involve translators and experts. This will ensure videos that have translations are clear, natural, accurate, and acceptable. There are also some new procedures and modifications for them to follow. We want them to use resources to help them to understand the words and passages. I believe this will help our projects to be more efficient in translation work. These are really significant changes we are making for them. Pray for all projects to accept those new changes for them so they can be more efficient.

The next step would be a workshop for all leaders of our projects, late April. We are looking ahead to train them and hopefully, it will be helpful for them and also for us. Pray for the planning for workshops to go well. All leaders arrive, and the workshop will be fruitful and beneficial for all of us involved.