{"id":8224,"date":"2022-07-08T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T19:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/child-soldier-rescue-rd-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:20:35","slug":"deaflympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/deaflympics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Deaflympics&#8221; &#8211; RD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Help Reach 10,000 Deaf People With the Gospel in Tokyo<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This November, <strong>more than 10,000 Deaf athletes, coaches, and supporters from over 70 countries<\/strong> will gather in Tokyo for the Deaflympics. Many of them have <strong>never seen the name of Jesus signed<\/strong> in their heart language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For some, this may be the only time they meet a believer who can share the gospel in a way they truly understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our IMB missionary team is ready to go \u2014 fluent in sign language, partnered with Japanese Deaf churches, and prepared to share Christ face-to-face. But without your help, we cannot send them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And here\u2019s how you can make it possible: <strong>$5 provides 1 Olympic pin<\/strong> \u2014 a powerful tool that opens the door to a gospel conversation in sign language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your gift will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide pins to start gospel conversations in sign language<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send our team to the Deaflympics for the entire event<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share the gospel online with Deaf people watching from home<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose your impact today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$25 provides 5 pins<\/strong> \u2192 5 gospel conversations<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$50 provides 10 pins<\/strong> \u2192 10 gospel conversations<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$100 provides 20 pins<\/strong> \u2192 20 gospel opportunities to share Jesus<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We must raise <strong>$110,000<\/strong> to send the team. If we miss this deadline, thousands may return home never having met a believer who can share the gospel in their language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your gift also helps cover the travel costs for our team to be in Tokyo throughout the event, sharing the gospel with as many people as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please make your gift now so the Deaf can meet Jesus in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    window.rd_script_args = {\"form_id\":\"f1794223-6f81-4ab9-aa42-de02abf70515\",\"organization_id\":\"41567\",\"simplified\":\"true\",\"lmcid\":\"\",\"p2p_tracking_code\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raisedonorsprod.azureedge.net\\\/embed\\\/embed.js\"};\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"  simplified raise_donors_form_container\"\n     id='imb-give-form' >\n    <script src='https:\/\/raisedonorsprod.azureedge.net\/embed\/embed.js' data-rd='f1794223-6f81-4ab9-aa42-de02abf70515' data-organizationId='41567' data-lmcid=''><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/generosity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}