Kenyan Sign Language
More than 200,000 people who were either born deaf or became deaf when young, are cut off from God’s Word and need a Bible that uses their grammar and vocabulary. Deaf Kenyans have almost no access to the kinds of educational resources that would teach them skills like reading or history. The Kenyan Sign Language team will translate three sets of Scriptures in a DVD story format that presents truth to the Deaf Kenyan community in a form they can readily understand. DOOR has a longstanding ministry to the Deaf of Kenya and other countries around the world. The Seed Company is partnering with DOOR to publish 110 stories as a “primary Bible” in DVD format for the Deaf community. These stories will quickly provide the local church with the tools it needs to share the gospel and build disciples in the community. Wycliffe Associates is overseeing the construction of DOOR’s new international training and translation center, which will include video studios, editing rooms and dormitory space.
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Praise God that deaf Kenyans will be able to see the Word of God in their language for the very first time.
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Pray that construction work on the training and translation center will be completed by December 2010.
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Simon, a deaf Kenyan man, went through chronological Bible storytelling training and is a DOOR graduate. Pray for wisdom for Simon as he works on translating Bible stories in Kenyan Sign Language. Pray that God will provide more consultants with a specialty in sign language.