The School for the Deaf

The Deaf represent one of the largest unreached people groups in the world. Isaiah 55 founded the Instituto Isaías 55 School for the Deaf in 2006. First learning Mexican Sign Language (LSM) and then advancing to Spanish, students also receive teaching with a grace-based, gospel-centered Christian worldview. The school also provides weekly sign language and daily life skills classes to the students’ families. Instituto Isaías 55 staff have also taught sign language classes in the community at large and offer sign language translation for the city government, helping to increase both awareness and accommodation for the Deaf.

The Vocational School

An integral part of the ministry to the Deaf is teaching them marketable skills that help to prepare them for the future. To that end, Isaiah 55 started the vocational school, Centro de Oficios Serdán, where Deaf teens and adults can learn skills such as welding, sewing, and carpentry. The program expanded to include hearing adults from the surrounding neighborhood of Aquiles Serdán. The Centro workshop employees have completed a variety of small-scale manufacturing projects.

The Community Center

In Aquiles Serdán, the neighborhood immediately surrounding the mission, Isaiah 55 is working to develop a community centered on the worship of Jesus. In a neighborhood geographically located between the prostitution district and one of the largest city dumps, we seek to improve the educational opportunities of our neighbors and mirror the work of redemption we see in the gospel. The I55 community center is a safe and welcoming space where kids come to learn, hang out, create art, gain computer skills, play sports, and most importantly, meet Jesus through Bible teaching and the love offered by the Christian volunteers. Annually, Isaiah 55 hosts VBS and other festivals and parties open to the kids and their families.