An example of disability being an advantage in reaching some peoples
May 25, 2010 by John Knight
Some close friends of ours recently returned from where they are translating God’s word to spend several months in the United States. It is best not to be specific about the country or the people groups with which they are working.
As I expected, they had some great stories. This one particularly delighted me.
Some people fluent in American Sign Language were called to our friends’ country to work with deaf people who communicate in an entirely different signed language. I neglected to ask if these missionaries were also deaf.
In less than two months they had enough skill in this new language for them to begin evangelizing the deaf community in that country!
I know it is not wise to generalize from one specific example; these missionaries might have been given unusual linguistic giftings by God.
But how great is it that a people group, in this case the deaf community of that country, didn’t have to wait years for the gospel to be presented in their own language? How many people will enjoy Jesus forever BECAUSE they were deaf in this life?
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An example of disability being an advantage in reaching some peoples
May 25, 2010 by John Knight
Some close friends of ours recently returned from where they are translating God’s word to spend several months in the United States. It is best not to be specific about the country or the people groups with which they are working.
As I expected, they had some great stories. This one particularly delighted me.
Some people fluent in American Sign Language were called to our friends’ country to work with deaf people who communicate in an entirely different signed language. I neglected to ask if these missionaries were also deaf.
In less than two months they had enough skill in this new language for them to begin evangelizing the deaf community in that country!
I know it is not wise to generalize from one specific example; these missionaries might have been given unusual linguistic giftings by God.
But how great is it that a people group, in this case the deaf community of that country, didn’t have to wait years for the gospel to be presented in their own language? How many people will enjoy Jesus forever BECAUSE they were deaf in this life?
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