Jan 2023 Update from Brooke Bateman

Please pray for me to have deep wisdom and discernment as I work with multiple languages and cultures, now adding teams from the Asia Pacific area. In November I officially became part-time with the Asia Pacific area as a project liaison. My month of travels through that region allowed me to meet Deaf translation teams in that region. It was exhausting to travel for 6 weeks in a row but also SO REWARDING. It gave me a deeper understanding of what is going on in Bible translation in other parts of the world and various needs. There are just so many needs. It was amazing to see how the Deaf in surrounding countries network and support, train and encourage one another.

PRAISE the Lord for the relationships being developed between myself and women in Deaf Asia, Romania, Ukraine, and Mexico. Please pray for me to have the Words of hope and life to share with them. To know how to walk alongside each one the way God desires. ;)

Praise God that my health has been better thIs past week. However, I still need continued prayers as I will have lab work done to determine the cause bouts of extreme fatigue and how to be healthy again.

Lastly, please pray for our neighbors in Ukraine. I am working with a team to develop children's and youth bible books in Ukrainian Sign Language on a visual media platform. Please pray for funding for this!! I am so excited. But in our conversations I see and hear the realities that they face. All dealing with rationed power. Some only have power for 2 hours a day. Their homes are cold too. I am working with friends in Poland to see about getting generators purchased and delivered to their homes throughout the country. We would like to get them lanterns and sleeping bags too. the lanterns are crucial because the Deaf depend on light to communicate.