About the Author

Mirna Deborah Balyeat grew up biculturally, living in Dallas, Texas and Managua, Nicaragua. She and her husband, David, served as missionaries to Argentina for nine years, where she coordinated the language and cultural learning for the new missionaries entering the country. Her husband is an associate pastor, and the president of the ministry No Más Violencia International, Inc., which provides Latin American churches an outreach tool to spread the Gospel in their communities. Deborah currently teaches Spanish at Dallas Baptist University and is completing her doctorate in Spanish linguistics at the University of Houston.