ONE PERCENT OF THE U-S POPULATION IS DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. THIS WEEKEND DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING FROM ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST ARE IN PENSACOLA FOR A THREE DAY REVIVAL. TONIGHT IS THE SECOND NIGHT OF A THREE DAY REVIVAL AT MYRTLE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH SPONSORED BY THE BAY DEAF FELLOWSHIP. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE REVIVAL BUT ORGANIZERS SAY THAT IT WON'T BE THE LAST. A FEW CHURCHES IN THE AREA PROVIDE INTERPRETERS DURING THEIR SUNDAY SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING...BUT THIS WEEKEND'S REVIVAL IS STRICTLY IN SIGN LANGUAGE...THE ONLY INTERPRETER IS ONE FOR THE HEARING.

Annetta Jernigan/Revival Co-Organizer; "You feel the excitement from the music as it flows through your body and to see an entire group praising God with their hands it's an awesome feeling."

PEOPLE TRAVELED FROM TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, GEORGIA AND EVEN IOWA FOR THIS REVIVAL. ORGANIZERS SAY THIS IS THE ONLY REVIVAL OF THIS TYPE IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. LAST NIGHT AROUND 75 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE DINNER AND WORSHIP SERVICE... TONIGHT THERE WERE OVER 50. SUNDAY SCHOOL STARTS AT 9:15, THE WORSHIP SERVICE FOLLOWS AND THEN LUNCH... AND CHARLES, ANYONE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.