Peach Deaf Ministry

Merry Christmas everyone! This is our second Christmas in Yucatán. Since we are great traditionalists, we decided to follow up our rotisserie chicken Thanksgiving with steak and shrimp Christmas. Three ribeyes and a big bunch of shrimp cost less than a ham or a turkey. Good stuff! This last week were were able to see…

White Christmas? Not in the Yucatán. Great Thanksgiving Chicken New outreach opportunity Hurricane Wilma update Conference in Guadalajara New Deaf in attendance

We had a wonderful meeting in Guadalajara. Though there was some sickness while we were there, everyone had a great time of fellowship. I think the illness actually forced us to slow down and really get some much needed rest. I returned home in time to get ready for our weekly Bible study with the…

This week (November 15-21) I am in the second largest city in Mexico. Guadalajara is the home of Missionaries Gary and Ann Layne. They are hosting a conference for Missionaries and Pastors who work with the Deaf in Mexico. This is one of three meetings a year that we gather for. But with camp being…

We have gotten some questions as to whether Hurricane Wilma will be near us. Thank you for your concern. She will be hitting about 3 hours east of us, but then is supposed to turn to a northeastern track. If that happens, then she should not be much of a factor for us except for…

We have been praying for an opportunity to work with a 9 year old girl and her family for quite some time. They live in a village about 30 minutes south of Mérida. I have been able to start meeting with her family and working with them and a few friends on learning sign language.…

Here is our October letter. Inside you will read about: One year anniversary of being here in Mérida Summer Trip: Deaf Camp under water More Deaf contacts This letter is several weeks late due to our computer being down. Thankfully we are up and running again.

Our new Bible study is going well. We have one new girl (29 years old) that has faithfully attended and have a couple of others that have come off and on. We learned this week that one of our faithful girls to the Bible study is at risk each week she comes. If her father…

Things are picking up quite well for us now that school has started again. We have had some visitors to our new Deaf Bible study. We are expecting more this week. These have come because of added exposure at the Deaf school here in town. I have been given many more students this semester and…

The last several weeks have been quite a ride. Here are the highlight events and how it all worked out. Hurricane Camp International Trip Wreck Visit Back Home Funeral Server Crash Conference Normalcy? If you are ready for the drama…read on.