Missionary Volunteer for the Deaf

These deaf people earn only $80 a year in Brazil.

Anthony Caloroso, Jr. and his deaf wife, Maria

This deaf baby girl has five months to live, unless she gets a costly brain operation.

Our Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Please let me introduce myself. My name is Anthony Caloroso, Jr. I am a self-supported minister. I have also been deaf since the age of 8 I had a liver transplant in 1994.

By His grace, I’m part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made--I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure.

My entire life has been dedicated to helping the poor, the needy deaf people; those who are suffering, those overlooked by good fortune, those who have nothing else but the courage to move on and who struggle in a cruel and unfriendly world.

I live with my deaf Brazilian wife Maria in Hortolandia, Brazil, South America. I am sacrificing for my ministerial life of helping the poor Brazilian deaf people to be stronger, healthier people and to keep away from this life's potential dangers.

I have spent much of Maria's and my money to help deaf people with transportation, food, clothing, etc, and to promote their needs in our churches. I just spent $175 on new glasses for a 26 year old deaf girl who was almost blind. Now she can see well.

We serve them for Jesus´sake but I am on Social Security disability, so my income is low.

I just formed the Missionary Volunteer for the Deaf organization to promote money donations:

• A) To build two DEAF HOUSES for the deaf people who don’t have money to live and need better education and training to find jobs.
  
  
• B) Deaf people’s low literacy skills in Brazil impact our province socially and economically and the costs of low literacy are in several thousand of dollars. We anticipate establishing a small school. They would be the better citizens in the community and elsewhere in Brazil.
• C) I founded a new establishment entitled, “Institute Rehabilitation Recovery for the Deaf” (IRRD) which serves deaf people who have drug and alcohol chemical dependencies: cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, ecstasy, inhalants, heroin and other harmful drugs and chemical dependencies. We also treat eating disorders, smoking, AIDS, mental illness and other diseases. We also help families with deaf children. Health and medical professional staff members will be provided to these deaf clients within the natural farming atmosphere.

Could you please donate some money to help us and our programs in Brazil?

Many thanks and God bless you all in His service to Jesus Christ.

Anthony Caloroso, Jr.
President
acaloroso@aol.com
Self-Support Ministry for Deaf