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STAFF
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Co-Executive Director |
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Noah Buchholz, Deaf, founded Deaf
International with his mother, Debbie Buchholz, in January 2005. He travels
around the world preaching and teaching. He has traveled to Bahamas,
Trinidad, Romania, and Moldova. He also works with various sign language Bible
translation teams in different countries. He is currently a student at
Wheaton College, double majoring in Theological Studies and Ancient
Languages. He also is the associate pastor of First Baptist Deaf Church in
Olathe, Kansas where
her mother is a pastor. He serves as on-camera translator and bi-lingual
counselor on America Sign Language Bible Translation team at Deaf Missions
in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
During his free time, he enjoys working with things related to Deaf International, reading, writing, thinking, and eating
Greek food.
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Co-Executive Director |
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Rev. Debbie Buchholz is hard-of-hearing and comes from a family of
genetic deafness. Her parents are deaf and her seven children are all deaf
or hard-of-hearing. She has a BA in Management and Human Relations and MA in
counseling, and has completed here seminary studies designed specifically in
Ministry and Christian Education for the deaf. Rev. Buchholz is a pastor of
First Baptist Deaf Church in Olathe, Kansas. She teaches a multicultural
class at MidAmerican Nazarene University, and serves as on-camera translator
and bi-lingual counselor on America Sign Language Bible Translation team at
Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Rev. Buchholz and her husband Allen enjoy traveling and spending time
with their children.
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Executive
Development Director
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Elijah Buchholz, hard of hearing,
has born to the family of Deaf. He lives in Olathe, KS and attends MidAmerican Nazarene
University for Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy. He has received
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Missouri Kansas City.
His goal for Deaf International is to help it to expand and grow in any
way possible so that the Deaf can be given the gospel as well as equal
rights.
Movie buff and reading is two of his hobbies. His
favorite thing to do is watching Kansas City Chiefs football game.
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Executive
Marketing Director |
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James Jones, deaf,
has
graduated N.T.I.D.
with bachelor in Arch. Technology. He now lives in Overland Park. He
has worked for Federal and County Government for 20 years
in Engineering and now he works for The Whole Person as a deaf
specialist for the last 8 years. His some goals for Deaf International are
to help promote public relations and hope to expand more mime ministry in
other countries.
Some of his hobbies are photography, editing videos,
miming. He also loves all kinds of sports and collects World Series items.
His favorite thing to do is biking, giving mime shows, attending open-captioned movies and spending time with his family.
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Public Relations |
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Jacob Buchholz, hard of hearing, has born to the
family of Deaf. He is currently a
student at Harvard University. One of his goal for Deaf International is to
provide any assistance necessary to help spread the Gospel to an unreached
people group.
He likes to watch football and movies. He also likes to sing praises to
our Lord and eat really good pizza
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Board Memeber |
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Bill Ainsley, hearing, has graduated from
Roanoke Bible College with Bachelor of Science and also has taken several selected
courses from Gallaudet University and other universities. He now serves as a
contract interpreter with Deaf Services Unlimited. He has experienced as a
private practice interpreter, Deaf studies Department Head/instructor at
Roanoke Bible College, and a minister for Central Christian Church for Deaf.
He has served as a National Rid Legislative
Committee Member (93-97), and a former President of Iowa State Registry of
Interpreters for the Deaf. One of his goals for Deaf International is to
enhance communication between the hearing world and the deaf community.
During his free time, he loves to travel,
ski, play basketball, swim, and read.
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