We are the Bill, Jennifer, Caitlin & Dallas Green.  God has called us to the Deaf of  Mexico to share the gospel of Jesus Christ in the state of Yucatan. There are an estimated 10,000 Deaf people in the city of Merida and before 2004, when our co-workers arrived, there was no one trying to reach the Deaf. For a year before we arrived, David and Stephanie Peach held a Wednesday Night Bible Study in a local church with a small group of Deaf teenagers. David also tutored in the Deaf Association here as a means of contacting the Deaf in this area. We arrived here in May of 2006 and began taking Mexican sign language classes through the Deaf association. Bill then began tutoring with David in the fall and in October of 2006 God led us to start a Deaf Church.

Many people do not realize that sign language is not universal. There are more then 200 official sign languages throughout the world and many areas don’t have an official language but use a series of “home signs” that only their family may know. Here in the capital city of Merida they are trying to educate the deaf, but in the surrounding villages there are  many Deaf who are without any type of formal education. They have no way to effectively communicate. Many may not even know their own names, if they even have names. Our main goal is to share the story of Jesus and to give the Deaf an opportunity to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. For those who have some education, this is a difficult thing for them to understand.  For others, who are not educated, we must first teach them to communicate before we can tell them about Jesus.

One of our goals is to eventually work with the Deaf in the villages. Right now we are working in the church we have started while we try to get a better grasp on the Spanish language and Mexican Sign Language. David and Stephanie plan to leave in about a year, as God leads,  to start a Deaf work in another Latin American country.  It is our desire to train the Deaf to reach the Deaf. Our prayer is that one day we will send out Deaf missionaries from Yucatan to other parts of Mexico. There are many directions our ministry could take and we are currently praying for God to show us His will.

While God has called us to the Deaf of Yucatan, we are not ignoring the hearing. We have started a campaign to get a copy of John/Romans and a gospel track in every home in the city of Merida. With a population of almost one million people this in itself is a huge task!

It has been estimated that if all the Deaf in the world were gathered into one country it would be the third largest country in the world. But, the Deaf are not in one country. They are scattered throughout the world and there are few missionaries trained to reach them. God has called us to bring the true message of salvation to this unreached people group in Yucatan, Mexico. As we strive to do this we would be grateful for your prayers.