(Jesus tell us . . .) “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20

3 Deaf People on 3 Continents . . . Bringing People to See Jesus.

2023 We had 3 deaf people ordained/commissioned and installed into ministry on 3 different continents!

WOW!! That is amazing! Thank God for ALL the Deaf people willing to become trained and serve Jesus!!

This is why we do the training! Please God, continue guide more workers for Your Harvest.
We very much appreciate your prayers and your support to continue Deaf Outreach. I am humbled and inspired by all God is doing. Please pray for all our workers in Deaf Outreach!     

Rev Kofi Akorful Anaman
June 2023
Ordained and Installed as pastor for the deaf in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana

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Rev Julian Mazzeo 
October 2023 
Ordained and Installed as pastor for the deaf in Lutheran Church Australia

Deaconess Becky Jungklaus 
November 2023
Commissioned and Installed as a Deaconess for the deaf in the Texas District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 

Outreach Updates National
September, we began the ZOOM training classes; mentoring the current and New Seminary Students in EIIT and on-campus as they begin fall classes; ongoing mentoring of Deaf leaders; High School and College ASL classes, and ...........

Outreach Updates International
Confirmed Africa training for after Christmas. plus received invitations for training in Papua New Guinea in April and India in August.   WOW!!  

Please pray and share
Please share our news with people and ask them to pray for us.  We know EVERYTHING is possible with God - we treasure all the people praying for God to raise up more Deaf leaders around the world.  

Pastor Michael Prenzler and Deacon (soon to be Pastor) Julian Mazzeo attended Immersion Week 2023 and stay with us the following week as well.  They serve the Adelaide Deaf Community Church.  Pastor Michael showed us many signs that are different in ​Auslan (Australian Sign Language) 

​The annual Deaf Immersion Week was held in St Charles, Mo from 17-21 July 2023.  We were blessed to have 67 people from all over the US and 2 from Australia attend. 

WLDO Pastor Bud Palmer offered live Worship on Facebook Live.

Sunday 9:30am
www.facebook.com/bud.palmer2/videos/10220416574260181/

A 70-year-old Deaf man in Liberia had never had his own Bible. He has one now! He is using it to study and teach others. One of those he is teaching is a deaf Muslim boy who is eager to learn more about Jesus.

We have visited congregations who have a deaf ministry or would like to start one but, are unsure how to do it.

When we began this journey of living on the road to do full-time training we decided there were only two things we needed for us to continue:
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1. People wanting to be trained; and
2. God provides the funds needed.

So far, God has provided both. There are so many people who want to share Jesus with deaf people.

God has blessed us with financial gifts; but, we are finding that we need help. We do not charge anyone for conducting our workshops. We do ask for the hosting group to help us with our costs and expenses; but, it is not something that we demand. We depend on support from you – people with a heart for Deaf Outreach and are willing to financially support this Outreach. You are in our daily prayers. We thank God for you and your support.

Please pray for us and all the people God will bring for training in 2020. We thank God as He continues to work in the hearts and lives of His people. We pray He will continue to guide us and show us what He wants us to do.

God Bless you!!

John & Dacia Reinke
Missionaries

Another hot day and very humid day! Breakfast was the same – scramble with sausages, plantain, black tea with milk, and banana. Jake showed me how they iron their clothes. I found it to be very interesting. They have a heavy iron and then they put heat charcoal in it. I took some pictures of it and plan to show it to my family, friends and churches.

A lady who took care of the food let me try and put a big bowl of things in it and put it on my head. It was fun to try it! You need to have a good balance and be strong to hold. I saw a woman on the way to church this morning and she was carrying a big cooler on her head! Amazing!

I spent some time with two deaf ladies who both became very ill with Ebola and typhoid. I asked them what happened when they got sick. Christine was hit with an Ebola and end up staying in a hospital for 7 months. They gave her pills to stop the Ebola. It took her a long time to recover from it. She said it was very scary. All her families had to stay away from her and no visitation until she was completely heal from it. What’s very sad was her brother’s wife died from Ebola. Then he remarried to 2nd wife and she also died from Ebola! Lorpus, another deaf lady, was sick with typhoid. Her family assumed she had an Ebola and had to stay away from her but that wasn’t true. Her niece, Mom and aunt all died from an Ebola. They all took their bodies and burn it.
People have been asking me for money today and I had to say no. One little girl said she wanted me to buy her a bicycle. I said I’m sorry that I can’t and explained to her that it will not be fair to others.
It has a wonderful week for me to learn many different things about Liberia. I give thanks to God that I’ve been healthy and have no problem with food and the weather! I look forward to share my experience with church people, my family and friends!

Wow! Today was an exciting day. We left early this morning to avoid the traffic and it went well. Last night we were in traffic for over 3 hours. Our deaf were there to meet us at 7:00 AM this morning. We started having class at 8:30 AM and we went all day today. We talked today about many things about their faith and how the Bible applied to their life. I'm sure for many people it is not normal to talk about marriage and what that means and sex life and so forth but deaf here are very blunt.

They asked very specific questions about how and why the Bible and their faith means for their daily life. Today was Deaconess Catchpole’s first full day of teaching and I know it was hard understanding and working in a new language and a new culture.

Please pray for us as we tried to share God's word in a way that deaf people here will understand and be able to share with others. Several people have shared with us that life and Liberia has become much harder as the economy is not as good as in the past. I thank God for our deaf people that they are all working together, and they want to continue spreading the gospel. We have several that are having their own training with deaf and helping them to understand about life but also about Jesus.

I want to thank all of you who have given to support World Lutheran Deaf Outreach and help to support this training. We help to pay for the
transportation and food for the deaf people while we are in the workshop and without your support this would not be possible. Many of the deaf are so excited to see us after 2 years and they thank God for the studying and training we are able to do together

• Please pray for the deaf and the travel that God would keep all of us safe
  
• Please pray for the many that fall who are neglected and several that we met who cannot read.
  

We have one new Muslim girl coming to class and she is talking about wanting to become baptized and be Christian. Plus several Jehovah Witness deaf are coming. They are studying and talking about it means to be baptized and be Christian. Becky was saying there is so much to do and we need more people to come help us! I agree and I hope we can ask and more people will say they are willing to learn and come and help do the training with us.

Thanking God for all his gifts and his love for us and for his people!