About me
I had the privilege of growing up in a Christian home. My parents were actively working and serving in our local church until 2010 when my father answered God's call to missions, and our family began deputation to go to the Dominican Republic. During our time on deputation, the Lord convicted my heart for my need for salvation, and I received Christ as my Savior in 2013. Shortly after receiving Christ, I began to feel the Lord leading me to surrender to the mission field of Brazil, but it would be a couple years before I would answer His calling. While serving with my family on the mission field, I had the opportunity to work in bus ministry, children's ministries, music ministries and deaf ministry. In 2015, I had the opportunity to attend church camp in the Dominican. While at camp, I finally surrendered my life to the Lord to become a missionary in Brazil. I graduated Bible College with a degree in missionary education. During my time in college, I was able to improve my skills as a deaf interpreter and spent much time working in Deaf ministry. After graduating, I was able to teach in a Christian school for a short time before being accepted by BIMI and starting deputation full-time.
About My Ministry
During my trip to the Amazon in 2022, The Lord opened my eyes again to the great need present in the region for a deaf interpreter. Our group came in contact with 8 deaf individuals who were from different parts of the area, they did not have a church where they were provided translation services, nor did they have any hearing friends they could communicate with. They understood most of what I could communicate with them and were hungry for the interaction. During the time we spent with them, I had the opportunity to witness to the group, and one of the men trusted Christ as his savior.
My immediate plan after deputation is to live in the city Ribeirão Preto, attending language school for both Portuguese and Brazilian Sign Language. There are undoubtedly thousands of deaf people in Brazil with no one working to share the gospel with them. Part of the ministry I hope to have is training others to interpret for and work with the deaf.