Celebration day!

Today was a full day. We started with the celebration/graduation and ended with presentations of gifts and the Bible in sign language on DVDs that the student/translators put together over the past 11 months.

It was an awesome privilege to be a part of the process. They even asked me to bring a greeting from Christ Community Church in Tucson. I kept it short - short enough to include the text of what I said here:

Praise the Lord!

My name is Mark Newhouse.

I bring greetings from Christ Community Church in Tucson Arizona, in the United States. This church loves you and is praying for you. And there are people all over the world praying for you.

We are excited because we know that God loves you.

We are excited because we know that God sees you.

We are excited because we know that God hears you.

We are excited because now God speaks to you in your own language.

And we are excited to hear how God will use the Bibles on DVD as you take them with you to share with the Deaf in Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia, and Burundi.

Thank you and God bless you.

I hope to write a longer post about today and add some pictures, but now it's time to go to bed.