ASL = American Sign Language for those who don't know.
I read a recent post on dubs knocking at doors and asking if anyone knew ASL.
Here's my experience.
I attended a JW sponsored ASL course about 4 years ago in a neighboring congregation. There were about 15 students in total.
The lesson was not to exceede 3 hours and afterwards we would go straight out into service.
The lessons were fun and we were given homework assignments to learn the various signs etc. Some were made up such as "elder" and "ministerial servant"
One particular sister who was in my car group was very aggressive in her recruiting tactics. She would take a note of the "Deaf Child" signs and literally start asking the householders on the street where the "deaf child" lived.
I was horrified at this approach - she was quite willing to force her literature onto deaf minors.
Another recruitment tactic was to phone various numbers (can't remember the criteria) and see if the caller knew anyone who was deaf.
Because the "message" had to be simple, I got the impression that some members of the deaf community thought the dubs were interested in them as people not because they were trying to recruit.
A lot of work and effort goes into making the Bible available to those who are hard of hearing but the dub message is always the same.
If you attended an ASL class for dubs what were your experiences?