Dan Bennett – The Dan Bennett Family

Prayer Letter – 2nd Quarter 2026

July 14, 2026Dan Bennett

July 9, 2026

Dear faithful partners in the Gospel,

It’s hard to believe that half of 2026 is gone. We have been busy visiting churches and sharing the ministry with some of our supporting churches, as well as with some new churches that have never met a “missionary to the Deaf” before. God is working, and we praise Him for the opportunities that He has given to us to serve Him in the often-overlooked Deaf harvest fields.

Our travels have taken us from South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Iowa and California. Last month, Dan was invited to be the missionary preacher at the South Iowa Bible Camp in Chariton, Iowa. It was a lot of fun, but it was a special blessing to see teens and juniors memorize Scripture and respond to the invitations. There were many spiritual decisions made, and four young people made professions of faith. Glory, hallelujah!

Dan was able to visit five churches while in Iowa, and four for the first time. It was wonderful to meet some new pastors that have been standing firm in the faith for many years. They are doing a great work, and Dan was encouraged and blessed to be able to present our ministry for the first time in those churches.

We leave July 23^rd through August 4^th for our first “Connect With The Deaf” mission trip to Brazil! We are looking forward to taking this group to the state of São Paulo, Brazil to see the need for more laborers among the Deaf. We are asking God to do great things with us and through us as we visit four deaf churches in four different cities, hand out lots of John and Romans, sing, teach, preach, and whatever else the missionaries would like us to do. We want to be a blessing however we can. We are praying for those in our group, that their “eye will affect their heart!” Our next prayer letter will give a report of this Connect with the Deaf trip.

Please continue to pray for us as we present the need for more full-time laborers among the Deaf in churches and Bible Colleges. Our schedule is pretty full through the end of October as we will be in Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Florida, Georgia and Illinois.

If you would like us to visit your church and give an update and report on our ministry, please contact us as soon as possible. We are already scheduling meetings for 2027. We can be reached via email at danbennett@bimi.org, or by phone at (839) 235-7349.

That ALL may “hear,”

Dan & Becky Bennett

Prayer Letter – 1st Quarter of 2026

April 9, 2026Dan Bennett

April 9, 2026

Dear faithful co-laborers in the Gospel ministry,

We want to begin by conveying our gratitude to each of you that have continued to partner with us through the years. Because you have been faithful in “holding the ropes” for us in prayer and financial support, we have seen God do some wonderful things.

Our travels over the first part of the year have taken us to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio. We have had the privilege of reporting to some of our supporting churches, as well as being able to present our ministry in a new church. It is such a blessing to walk into a church and be greeted by someone that says, “I pray for you every day.” It is humbling, but also extremely encouraging to us.

We had the opportunity to be able to share our ministry at Ambassador Baptist College in Lattimore, NC. We were there for two days to talk with students about joining us for our “Connect With The Deaf” mission trip to Brazil July 23^rd through August 4^th. We are looking forward to taking a group of young people to see the need for more laborers among the Deaf. We are asking God to send some men that will plant and pastor new churches among the Deaf. We need couples, families, single ladies, and single men. We need anyone with a heart for souls and the Deaf to see the need! We are praying that their “eye will affect their heart!”

If anyone in your church has a heart for missions, please consider sending them with us on this trip. The cutoff date for signing up for this trip is June 23^rd. There are a limited number of spaces still available. Please pray about this opportunity of visiting the Deaf in Brazil, and seeing the need for more laborers in this largely unreached people group.

Our schedule is pretty full through mid-October, so if you would like us to visit your church and give an update and report on our ministry, please contact me as soon as possible. I can be reached via email at danbennett@bimi.org, or by phone at (839) 235-7349.

That ALL may “hear,”

Dan & Becky Bennett

Prayer Letter – December 2025

February 13, 2026Dan Bennett

December 11, 2025

Dear fellow laborers in the ministry,

Dan grew up in a Christian home as his father pastored for forty-nine years. While in a small church in central Florida, Dan’s dad had a large sign made that he used to put in their front yard every Christmas which read, “WISE MEN STILL SEEK HIM.” He loved Christmas, and he loved preaching about the first coming of our Savior. As we focus on Christmas, let us praise God as we are reminded of His love for humanity in sending His Son to be the Lamb of God that came in order to take away the sins of the world.

We have been quite busy reporting to our supporting churches over the past few months. We give all the honor and glory to God for how He has used us, and for how He continues to use us in His harvest field. We have been able to report in some of our supporting churches in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and finally in California. We have been encouraged by the response of so many that are excited about our new ministry in raising awareness of the need for laborers among the Deaf around the world.

We talked with some young people while at a Mission Conference in California and told them of our “Connect With The Deaf” mission trip to Brazil next year. We mentioned in one of the services that we are planning to take other “Connect With The Deaf” trips to other countries. To our surprise, we had several missionaries that came up to us after the service and asked us to consider taking a group to their countries since almost no one is reaching the Deaf where they are. Matthew 9:37 and 38 says, “The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He will send forth labourers into His harvest.” Please pray with us that God would call more missionaries and church planters among the Deaf.

While in California, we were able to visit one of our daughters, her husband, and our granddaughter. To our surprise, they made an announcement that they are expecting another baby next May! We were excited to find out that they are going to have a boy. Praise the Lord for His wonderful blessings!

On December 23^rd, we will be celebrating our 37^th wedding anniversary. God has been so good to us as we have had the privilege of serving our Lord and Savior together with BIMI for over thirty-one years, and twenty-six of those years were in Brazil.

At this Christmastime, we want to stop and thank each of you that have a part in the ministry to which God has called us. You are a special “gift” from God to us, and we appreciate you all so very much. May each of you have a blessed Christmas as you celebrate the birth of Jesus, wherever you may be.

From our house to yours, “MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

That all may “HEAR,”

Dan & Becky Bennett

Prayer Letter – 4th Quarter of 2025

December 11, 2025Dan Bennett

Dear fellow laborers in the ministry,

From our house to yours, “MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

That all may “HEAR,”

Dan & Becky Bennett

“Bloom Where You Are Planted”

October 16, 2025Dan Bennett

“Bloom where you are planted” is an old saying attributed to the 16th and 17th-century Bishop of Geneva, Saint Francis de Sales. For nearly twenty-six years, God “planted” us in Brazil. We did the best we could to “bloom” in all seasons of life. There were days of sunshine, as well as storms. There were times of fruitfulness, and also barrenness. Then, after twenty-five years and nine months, God “uprooted” us, and “transplanted” us into a “flowerpot.” We are not going to be “putting our roots” down in the ground, for we are now called to “bloom” in different places, in different circumstances, for different people as God moves us. We are happy to grow and bloom as God leads. We know that there will be sunshine and rain, but each place we visit will be a different opportunity to be used for God’s glory.

Where are you in life? Bloom where you are planted, but don’t refuse to be uprooted by God in order to spread the Gospel to those who have never heard or known of God’s Son and His salvation. One flower in a botanical garden may not stand out or be seen, but one flower in the desert will stand out and be noticed by many. Instead of complaining of being uprooted and replanted, BLOOM, and let the beauty of Jesus be seen in you today!

Prayer Letter – Third Quarter of 2025

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025Dan Bennett

October 16, 2025

Dear Faithful Partners in ministry,

The first part of Psalm 100:2 says, “Serve the LORD with gladness.” We have been very busy, but serving the Lord gives us joy and gladness. Here are some highlights of how we have been able to serve the Lord this last quarter.

In July, we were asked to go and preach to a group of Deaf teenagers that were going to the Bill Rice Ranch in Murfreesboro, TN. Although we did not see any salvation decisions that night, the Gospel Seed was planted. During that week of camp, two of those young people were gloriously saved! Praise the Lord!!

We also attended an American Sign Language Institute (hosted by Silent Word Ministries) July 10th-12th as a refresher course in ASL was needed. After serving in Brazil for nearly twenty-six years and using Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS), we believed that it was important to help us in the transition to go from one Sign Language to another. We were grateful for this opportunity.

On July 16th, we had the privilege to go to Camp BIMI at BIMI’s World Mission Center in Harrison, TN, and give an “Introduction to Deaf Missions” lesson to young people that have an interest in missions and are open to God’s will. We met several campers that know ASL quite well, some that are learning, and some that have shown an interest in learning. We pray that God would call some of these young people to the needy harvest field of the Deaf!

We began the month of August by driving out to Missouri to visit a supporting church, and then to a small city in Iowa to help with VBS. Although there was a small number of children that attended VBS, two of those children made professions of faith. To God be the glory!

We were able to minister in our sending church a couple of times in August, but we were still busy in visiting churches in Georgia and Alabama. It’s such a joy to revisit our sending churches and to be able to personally thank them for their prayers and support through the years.

In September, we visited a supporting church in Lakeside Park, KY, took part in a Missions Conference in Matthews NC, and visited two more churches in Lexington, NC.

Our home church hosted a “Fantastic Saturday” for the Deaf on September 20th, with 80 total people in attendance. There were 36 deaf people that came from eleven different churches, and five people made personal, spiritual decisions.

Concerning the churches in São Paulo and Arujá: We are hearing some wonderful things the Lord is doing as people are being taught and encouraged by God’s Word. Also, we are hearing about other churches in the states of São Paulo, Paraná, and Minas Gerais, who are interested in beginning their own ministry to the Deaf! This would be a wonderful answer to prayer, for the Harvest truly is plenteous!

Once again, THANK YOU for the part that each of you have in the ministry as we strive to reach those who are unreached with the Gospel. May God continue to bless you as you serve Him, wherever that may be.

That all may “HEAR,

Dan & Becky Bennett

WANTED: Mountain Climbing Christians

July 19, 2025Dan Bennett

Isaiah 52:7 – How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

When you think of extreme sports, what comes to mind? You may think of scuba diving, skydiving, cliff diving, hang gliding, drag racing, or some other radical sport that is perceived as a high risk of injury, or even death. On that list of extreme sports there has to be mountain climbing.

Mountain climbing requires a lot of training, strength, determination and endurance. The mountain climbers must have a good understanding of the mountains on which they will climb, study the terrain and watch the weather. Many mountain climbers want to scale the highest peaks where few have gone before. Adventure, conquest, success and adrenaline are all part of mountain climbing. When the mountain climbers reach the top of the mountain, they may yell, scream, or even get emotional about what they have achieved. To some climbers it may be a prideful achievement just to show others what they have accomplished. They may want to get on the news channels, or even get mentioned in the Guiness Book of World Records.

In Isaiah 52:7, these mountain climbers are not out for applause, but they are out to take the “good tidings” and spread the Gospel. This sounds a lot like pioneer missionaries that go to remote areas of the globe to tell those in hard-to-reach places about Jesus. These “mountain climbing missionaries” go with the call of God on their lives, the Word of God in their backpacks, and the love of God in their hearts to unreached people groups around the world to publish salvation. To be a mountain climbing missionary requires a special call from God, unwavering obedience, great faith, unconditional love for God and souls, and a life-long commitment to do God’s will.

It may not be necessary for you to climb the highest and most dangerous mountain, but you should be willing to go if it’s God’s will for your life. Would you go if God were to call you to go? Not everyone is called to go to mountain ranges or remote areas of the jungles, but God has called some, and because they obeyed, a church was started, and many wicked “heathens” were saved. To God be the glory!

Do you want to do something extreme? Be a missionary to unreached people. There could be unreached people around the corner from where you live. There could be Muslims at your local convenience store. There may be Hindus at hotels where you may stay as you travel. You may encounter Deaf at the grocery store. Don’t miss those opportunities to share the Gospel.

May God give us more mountain climbing missionaries with beautiful feet to proclaim the Good News of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ!

Written by DLB on July 14, 2025, while having devotions and reading in Isaiah.

Prayer Letter – Second Quarter of 2025

July 3, 2025Dan Bennett

Dear Friends and Supporters,

In Second Corinthians 5:7 we are reminded, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” I (Dan) have been meditating on this verse recently, and it gives me great comfort to know that, even when we can’t see what’s ahead, God sees everything, and He will never lead us in the wrong path.

As we mentioned in our last letter, we asked that you continue to pray for a pastor for the Deaf church in São Paulo. Just last month, God answered our prayers and sent a pastor to the Bible Baptist Church for the Deaf in São Paulo! God miraculously worked and brought back a former pastor of the Deaf church that had already served there for seventeen years. He and his wife have been away from the Bible Baptist Church for twelve years, and God answered our prayers in a tremendous way. THANK YOU to all who prayed with us about this!

A few weeks ago, Pastor Lucas in the Bible Baptist Church for the Deaf in Arujá baptized two people, a husband and wife. This is a hearing couple that started coming to church at the end of 2024 because of a deaf family member who is a member of the church. After hearing the Gospel and receiving Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, they have been faithfully going to church, growing spiritually, improving their sign language ability, and serving the Lord. They have been a wonderful blessing and help in the church in Arujá.

Just recently we spent five days at BIMI for Enrichment Week. This is a time set aside for missionaries on furlough to get enriched, revived, relax a little, be encouraged, and enjoy good fellowship with other missionaries. Our mission board does a wonderful job of catering to the children and teens to make sure they have an awesome “E-Week.” While there, Dr. Mike Edwards preached the Word to us with some timely messages that ministered to us in a special way. We also were able to talk with other veteran missionaries about our new ministry and get some ideas, suggestions and direction for possible ministry opportunities. It was a necessary time for us to get away for a few days as God confirmed to us that the need for more laborers to the Deaf is urgent, and that God can use us to be instruments in showing this need to others. Although we are only in the beginning phase of this new ministry, we are excited about the possibilities of more people surrendering to Deaf missions.

In August, we will be going to a church in Iowa to help with Vacation Bible School, and then to a church in Maryland to help them start a Deaf ministry. Thank you for your prayers for our family as we minister there.

We are still in the process of calling pastors to schedule meetings in our supporting churches. We would be happy to give a report in your church of our last four years in Brazil, and also to present what we believe God is doing to open up new opportunities for us in order to have a greater impact in the Deaf world. We want to visit as many of our supporting churches as possible, so please get in touch with us at pastordaniel.brasil@gmail.com, or you can call Dan at (839)235-7349.

That all may “hear,”

Dan & Becky Bennett

Prayer Letter March 2025

March 19, 2025Dan Bennett

March 13, 2025

Dear Friends and Supporters,

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9)

I (Dan) just recently read the autobiography of Hudson Taylor. I learned that he first arrived in China in 1854, but due to failing health he had to return to England in 1865, after having spent just eleven years on the mission field. Hudson Taylor felt that it was a great calamity to have to leave China, “just when it was more fruitful than ever before.” He later learned that it was a “necessary step toward the formation of a work that God would bless as He has blessed the China Inland Mission.”

Our family moved to Brazil in May of 1999 and, although there were difficult times of testing and trials, God was always faithful to guide us and provide for us. For nearly twenty-six years, we have seen God work in wonderful ways in Brazil.

As we mentioned in our last letter, God miraculously provided a pastor for the Deaf church in Arujá. We ask that you continue to pray for a pastor for the Deaf church in São Paulo.

In 2023, God began to work in our hearts about returning to the USA. Just as Hudson Taylor had a love for the people of China, God had given us a love for the Deaf of Brazil. Leaving Brazil was not in my plans, but Proverbs 11:14 says that “Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.” When we sensed that God was leading us to leave Brazil, Dan talked with the pastor of our sending church, Pastor Tyler Donough, as well as talking with several other men of God to receive counsel from them. They confirmed what we have been taught and believe, that when God leads, we must obey. After much prayer and waiting on God, He opened the doors at the right time for us to leave Brazil on February 11, 2025.

Let me pause here and say that we are not retiring, but rather refocusing. We are still active missionaries in need of prayer and financial support.On March 1, 2025, we became part of the BIMI ARM (Assistance and Relief Missionaries) Personnel. We will live in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and will start helping the Deaf ministry in our sending church. We also want to help other churches to start or rejuvenate their Deaf ministries.

With our experience of working with both the Deaf and Hearing of Brazil and in the United States, we believe that we can help and assist church planters stateside and around the world. We can have a greater impact in mentoring, helping and encouraging local churches and Deaf ministries. We speak English, Portuguese, and can sign American Sign Language (ASL), as well as Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS).

As part of the ARM Personnel, we will be available to preach in Deaf camps and conferences, as well as to encourage and counsel missionaries and foreign nationals that work with the Deaf. We have witnessed “first hand” the tremendous need for laborers among the Deaf for many years. The Deaf population is an unreached people group that is white unto harvest, while the full-time laborers among the Deaf are very few.

After having worked with the Deaf in Brazil for many years, we believe that the Lord has called us to do more for the cause of reaching the Deaf of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We would be happy to give a report in your church of our last four years in Brazil, and also to present what we believe that God is going to do to open up new opportunities for us in order to have a greater impact in the Deaf world. Another veteran missionary recently told Dan that, “God has greater things for you than you can even imagine.” We have already begun to schedule meetings. We want to visit as many of our supporting churches as possible, so please get in touch with us at pastordaniel.brasil@gmail.com, or you can call Dan at (839)235-7349.

Just as God moved Hudson Taylor back to England in order to do something even greater that what he had done for eleven years, we believe that God is moving us back to the USA for greater ministry opportunities.

Thank you for faithfully partnering with us prayerfully and financially these many years.

That all may “hear,”

Dan & Becky Bennett

Sent out by Southside Baptist Church, Rock Hill, SC – Pastor Tyler Donough

Prayer Letter (3rd Quarter 2024) – Answered Prayer

September 27, 2024September 27, 2024Dan Bennett

September 26, 2024

Greetings from São Paulo, Brazil!

We want to say a big “THANK YOU” to those of you that have been praying for the request that we mentioned in our past few prayer letters. We want to relate to you how that God answered the prayers of His people in a wonderful way.

Around the beginning of April, Pastor Lucas and his wife, Rute (Ruth), felt that God was leading them to look for another ministry in which to serve. They have been serving in a church where Pr. Lucas was saved and studied for the ministry. We’ve known Rute since she was a little girl, and now she is a pastor’s wife. Rute grew up in the Deaf church in São Paulo, and she knows Brazilian sign language (LIBRAS).

In mid-April, Dan was in contact with a former pastor of the Deaf church in São Paulo, and Dan asked him to pray that God would send two men to become the pastors of the two Deaf churches. This pastor mentioned it to his wife, and she texted Pr. Lucas and asked him to pray about it. By the way, the former pastor of the Deaf church in São Paulo is Rute’s father.

Back in September of 2023, Becky saw Rute teaching the deaf ladies at the Women’s Retreat, and she did a good job. Becky decided to ask Rute to speak at our Mother’s Day Tea, and Dan wanted to invite Pr. Lucas to come and preach that same weekend. Dan called and talked to Pr. Lucas, thinking he was the assistant pastor, but soon found out that he was the senior pastor of the church.

Dan invited them to come, and he quickly accepted. He told Dan that they had been praying about changing ministries, and only one other person knew about it.

Pr. Lucas, Rute, and their two small daughters came for the weekend of May 4^th and 5^th. It was a wonderful weekend of teaching, preaching and fellowship. On Monday morning, Dan and Pr. Lucas sat and talked about the Deaf church for a long time. Pr. Lucas and Rute both told us that they felt like they were “at home,” and seemed to have really enjoyed their time here. Pr. Lucas said that they would pray about God’s will concerning him becoming the pastor, and that he would give us an answer by the end of June.

On June 24^th, Dan sent a message to Pr. Lucas just to let him know that we were praying for them, and if he had any questions to give him a call. He immediately called Dan, and he said that God had confirmed in their hearts that He wanted him to become the pastor of the Bible Baptist Church in Arujá. Glory, Hallelujah!!!! Praise the Lord!!!! That is a huge answer to prayer.

Let me also add another interesting piece of information: Pastor Lucas does not know sign language. Although that was a concern of his, Dan assured him that if God is calling, then part of the calling is preparing to minister in the language to which God calls a person. He is currently taking classes and doing well with what he has learned.

Pastor Lucas and family moved to Arujá in August, and he is excited about learning and communicating with the Deaf. The church people have really embraced the new pastor, and we are excited to see how God is going to use this family in the years to come. They are a young family with some ambitious ideas, goals and plans. They have already talked about buying property and building in the future. We praise the Lord that we have had a part in the birth, growth and development of this church. This is also fruit to your account! To God be the glory!

Please be in continued prayer concerning a pastor for the Deaf church in São Paulo. We have someone in mind that could be a possibility…just waiting on God’s perfect timing. When that prayer has been answered, we will let you know.

Thank you for faithfully partnering with us as we reach the Deaf in Brazil!

That all may “hear,”

Dan & Becky Bennett