We are currently partnering with Network 211 to develop their global Deaf outreach platform. This year, we are expanding the site by adding two new sign languages, Nigerian Sign Language and Colombian Sign Language, with plans to continue growing this list in the months ahead.
AGWM has also launched an exciting new Deaf ministry strategy called the Global Deaf Peoples Initiative (GDPI), aimed at reaching the 123 unreached Deaf people groups around the world. In the coming months, we will be working closely with the new GDPI director, Emory Dively, to better understand how we can contribute to this global effort. We remain committed to collaborating with the international Deaf community to evangelize, disciple, and strengthen Deaf ministries worldwide.
Our work in Colombia continues to grow as we partner with MSC Deaf Church, develop CompartirLaBiblia.com (a Deaf Bible resource platform in Colombian Sign Language), and host conferences for the Deaf community. We are encouraged and inspired by all that God is doing among the Deaf through AGWM in 2026 and beyond.
On the family front, we are celebrating several milestones this year. Sarah Nadine will graduate this May and plans to attend Evangel University in the fall, where she will pursue a career in medicine as a pediatrician. James will be a sophomore in high school next year, and Dede is preparing to complete her PhD this summer in Education.
We continue to see God open incredible doors to reach this amazing yet vastly underserved and unreached population, the Deaf. Thank you for your continued prayers and support as we follow His leading in this mission.