Paul Strosnider served the Lord as an assistant pastor for five years and helped with church planting in the Marshall Islands. In 2000, the Lord burdened his heart for Deaf people, which he quickly began. Later, he and Rachel, who had also surrendered to deaf missions, were married. The Strosniders now serve the Lord as SWM missionaries to the Deaf at Ephraim Baptist Church for the Deaf in St. Louis, Missouri. Their goal is to turn this church over to a Deaf pastor, and establish other Deaf churches to fulfill the Great Commission.