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Visiting the La Vega Congregation
By Jac | March 30, 2009
Last week a Bethelite and his wife who work in translation came down to the DR and he gave a talk at the La Vega congregation. One of the brother’s in Anton’s Spanish class is an elder in that hall, and he invited us to come, and to bring Jess with us. It was fun, since it was the first time Jess has visited another sign language congregation. Also, two of her closest friends, Roxanna and Yasiris, two awesome deaf women, are in that congregation. If you are in sign language you might 
recognize the brother as Jeremy Mallory (or Malory, I have no idea how to spell his last name), and his wife Debbie. He is used a lot on the DVDs because he is such an expressive and experienced signer, and having see him give multiple talks at the New Jersey 3 day assemblies, Anton and I both knew what an amazing speaker he is. Needless to say, the Kingdom Hall was packed! People turned out from congregations hours away to see the talk. There were 144 there with over 80 deaf. It was a great talk, and a really nice opportunity to see so many of our 
friends. Both Jeremy and Debbie knew Anton from when he was at Bethel, and we have many friends in common, so it was nice to get caught up. Jessica was her normal shy self (when it comes to new people and crowds, she immediately becomes very, very timid), but that didn’t stop her from meeting Jeremy and Debbie and thanking them for coming, and for all their hard work at Bethel before she ran off to chat with her friends.
The talk was the same week as the Watchtower about being a ‘Steward of God’s Undeserved Kindness,’ which talked all about using the gifts and talents God has given us. It made me think of this brother, and his wife, who sacrifice so much to do the translation work that they do. It has to be difficult being mobbed by people at the hall and being known in every congregation. It really makes you appreciate the work they do all that much more when you see that they really never can relax. Imagine if you knew who wrote the publications, or even more, if they had their picture on every one. Although these brothers and sisters just translate, they are still the faces of ASL that we see every week at the meeting and on every Bible study. It has got to be hard to be that brother, or his wife! Thank Jehovah for such wonderful humble men and women to do this much needed work!
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