Caption: Pastor Miya Kori pastors a small Deaf church called Tajima Shinai Christ Church in the city of Toyooka, six hours west of Tokyo. She has been involved in an advisory capacity on the Japanese Sign Language Bible translation project. Even though Pastor Kori has fluency in several spoken and sign languages, she agrees that the translation of the Bible into JSL is essential. “[JSL] was the first language I learned,” she explains. “I can understand it clearly. When I was little, we didn’t have the JSL Bible. My father was such a good story-teller in JSL. He shared all the Bible stories with me. Now I want that for others through the JSL Bible.”
Photographer: Heather Pubols
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Country: Japan

Copyright: Wycliffe Global Alliance 
Photo Taken: 12/12/2013
Keywords: Japan asian cross sign language