SECOND TRANSLATION The story chosen for the second translation was, “Jesus Paralytic Heal” (Jesus Heals the Paralytic), from Mark 2:1-12. INFORMAL COMMUNITY TESTING TO DEAF CHILDREN This was a mutually beneficial exercise: The Deaf translators got to practise their introduction and Bible story translation; the children learnt about God; the children got to ask very…
On returning to South Africa after two weeks of training in Kenya, Lisa, the Executive Director of Hands With Words, was able to oversee the construction of the partitions, the electrical installations, air-conditioner installations, the painting and the purchasing of equipment for the filming and editing rooms. The building and equipping of the rooms took…
After being back in South Africa for about one week, under Jim’s guidance and the input of our facilitator, Diane Lovell, with Lisa acting mostly as interpreter, the South African Deaf Translators were able to translate their first Bible story into South African Sign Language, including an introduction to the story which provides background information…
