Greetings! I just want to share what we did in Brazil in 2 months ago. When I first moved to Brasília, Brazil last year, we tried to look for a church that has deaf ministry. We went to several churches in Brasília but they all have interpreters for deaf. Nothing’s wrong with them but I prefer to have a deaf ministry that has deaf leaders. We found one church in Taguatinga (near Brasília) several months ago and we go there regularly. A deaf pastor there asked me to preach on Saturday last July and I gladly accepted. Since LIBRAS (Brazilian sign language) is completely different from ASL, I took a LIBRAS course. I wanted to learn LIBRAS. And, I worked very hard to prepare my sermon in LIBRAS. I wanted deaf people in the audience to understand what I said. I asked people to help me to learn LIBRAS on certain words for my sermon. I thought it went very well. For my sermon, I shared my testimony of how God changed my life and share my experiences for my missions. I also preached about 4 soils parables by Jesus. I thought it’s important for deaf people to understand this parable. I felt that the audience was influenced by my sermon. Also, a deaf pastor asked my wife to sing a song. My wife has a wonderful voice to sing. She doesn’t sign on a song but they have an interpreter to sign for her.

My wife sang a song called “Worthy of it all”.

I shared my testimony of how God transformed my life.

Group picture after my sermon

I got a certificate for complete a LIBRAS course.

After my sermon, there was a Brazilian version of baby shower party for us. They celebrated for our upcoming baby. Our baby will be born on late September or early October. They gave us plenty of diapers!

Pray for my wife’s pregnancy will go well and to have healthy arrival of our baby daughter. We named our baby Hannah Alyssa.

Thank you for your time!