Covenant Life Church was proud to send out Kayla Rohr as our very first full-time missionary. International Christian Centers for the Deaf (ICCD) is committed to making a meaningful and significant impact in the lives of the 70 million deaf around the world, especially in countries where they are rejected and ignored. Founded in 1992, ICCD seeks to meet the needs of the whole person: spiritual, social, educational, and financial. We minister to deaf children in a residential school in Mexico. For Kayla's latest update, please click here.

Kayla's Bio

My passion for sign language began in middle school when I was introduced to sign language. From that moment on I was fascinated with Deaf culture and its language. I love sign language and working with children deaf and hearing. As a result I chose my profession to be a Sign Language interpreter. I graduated from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT in 2009.

I have worked closely with ICCD as a part of their missions trips to Rio Bravo,Mexico in 2011-2013. These rewarding and heart wrenching experiences of serving Deaf children and using sign language to further God's kingdom led me to becoming a missionary with ICCD in May of 2013. I believe that God is calling me to use my gifts and talents to serve Him to fulfill the Great Commission. Who would have know that God used that moment in middle school to give me a passion for sign language and call me to serve the Deaf community.

In September of 2014 I embarked on my first missions assignment to Nassau,Bahamas with a goal of partnering with a local church to establish a Deaf Ministry and Outreach Program to deaf on the Family Islands. After 2 years and 4 months of hard work and rewarding experiences we with God's help were able to accomplish our goals. I thank God for the Deaf children and teens whose lives were changed as result of our work. To God be the Glory great things He has done!

Now I am currently serving full time in the ICCD Home Office as the Bahamas Coordinator, Office Support Staff and sign language interpreter. I look forward to seeing where God will lead me next as I faithfully serve Him in reaching the Deaf for Christ.