Scriptures for the Deaf–Getting the Story Out
The story behind the story…
Photo by Pete Houlihan
A significant part of my job here is to help get stories about what is happening in Bible translation and language development in Africa out for publicity. In January the first set of scriptures translated into Kenya sign language were dedicated and distributed. I arranged for two friends and fellow communicators to go to the event to cover it for Wycliffe. Andy from AIM did videography (using a camera he borrowed from Taylor of SIM), and Salome from BTL went along to conduct the interviews. Scott from Wycliffe USA commissioned us to do this and made the arrangements with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the US.
The video footage and interviews they did for me were passed on to Scott. Then, they were used in a recent news story that aired on CBN in the US. So cool. I’ve got it posted below so you can see it, too.
I’m excited to have been part of getting this story out to you. It was also cool to see so many partners working together.
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THIS IS FABULOUS!
Heather that was awesome to see! Love seeing God at work in and through His people.
Heather,
thanks for sharing. This is so cool. do you mind if I send this to our friends George and Susan (CCCI) who have recently moved back home to Kenya?
I’d love for you to share this with anyone, Brenda.
This is wonderful, Heather. Great to see this up. You’re doing a superb job with this blog!
Thanks for the encouragement, Dawn! Thanks to Scott for having the connection and asking us to work with him on this. Such an exciting opportunity. Hoping for more like this.