This has been such an
eye opening interview for me,
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and I hope it has
been for you as well
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to think that the
third most popular language
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in the United States
is American Sign Language
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and that there is
two million deaf people
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just here alone in the States,
much less around the world.
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And what is that you're
mother always told you, Esther?
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She always told me
Jesus cannot come back
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until the deaf hear about Him.
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Amen and amen.
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So give us a closing thought?
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Well, first of all I
want to say thank you to 3ABN
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because I know that
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you have gone
through the effort of putting
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closed captioning
on the programming
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and also for transcripts online.
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And some of my deaf friends
will actually send me a link.
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It's like, "Oh,
you got to see this,
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you got to read
this, this is great."
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And it warms my heart
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to see that 3ABN has
been blessing deaf people
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including my personal friends.
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And one thing that
I want to stress is
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if you see a deaf
person or know one,
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make friends with them,
make friends for eternity.
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Amen. Amen.
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And know that, you know,
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I just want to thank you
for being a voice for the deaf
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because I have not only
a little hearing problem
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but the...
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From that virus it
also scarred my vocal chord
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and not having a voice that
you recognize is interesting.
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The deaf often
not only cannot hear
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but they cannot
speak so or well anyway,
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so thank you for
being their voice
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and for bringing
this to our attention.
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We want to thank Esther Doss
and the North American division
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and Three Angels Deaf
Ministries for their work,
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but we also want to
thank you for your support.
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Now, our prayer for you
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is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the Father
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and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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will be with you always.
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Bye-bye. Amen.
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