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HISTORY
I met a young girl, that is deaf, high up in the Andes Mountains of Peru. She was without
any means of communication (outside of gestures) in 2002.
When I returned to the states, I researched how
the deaf were educated in Peru. To my surprise, most are educated in schools for the mentally retarded without the use
of qualified teachers of the deaf that sign! Through the internet, I met Isabel Rey, the Director of the Programs for the
Deaf through Scripture Union International in Lima, Peru. We have now developed a relationship and work to help improve the
future for the children that are deaf in Peru.
In August 2006, the first team of 12 went to Lima. This team
was made up of youth and adults both deaf and hearing. During our week mission trip, we toured schools, spoke to high
school students about their future, shared with parents on how to encourage the schools to educate their children, and
we did a service project at a school. The second team went in June 2007. While in Lima for the 10 days, we shared
bible stories in sign language at three different schools with classes for the deaf, took a group of children that are deaf
on a field trip to a ruins just outside Lima, shared with parents, visited with at the deaf club, and offered a conference
for those in Peru wanting to be an interpreter for the deaf. Our main goal on this mission trip was to bring down funds; to
purchase a printer so that sign language books can be printed and give money to purchase books for the children and the adults.
If this is something that you feel would like to do, please go to the applications session and send your information.
The next mission trip to Lima, Peru to work with the deaf will be June 28-July 7, 2008.
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| Signing "I love you." |
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| Team #1 |
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| Our Service Project to the School |
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| Team #2 |
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| Bible Story TIme |
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