Back to our routine

We've enjoyed a couple of very special weeks, with visitors from the US. It's been a great experience for the children. Watching people on TV really doesn't give you an accurate assessment of their culture like meeting them can. It was especially nice that we had several Christian teens here working with us. There is nothing like a good role model.

Now the days are settling back  into their normal routine. The students are glad to come, to see each other, and to learn. I've always been amazed at how very rare it is for a deaf student here to be shy at all!  Ask a question, and every hand goes up! Who wants to read the book to the class? All hands go up again--even those who aren't really able to answer the question or read the book!

The weather is hot once again, after a brief reprieve of cool and breezy days, when it was down to the 70's. The heat can be a distraction.

Next week the directors will begin a deaf church service which will meet on Sunday afternoons. We'll be able to use the school lunchroom for this meeting, and it will be open to deaf people from the school and the community. Although we do have devotionals and weekly Bible study with the children, we see the need for something more in depth for those who are wanting to grow in the Lord. Deaf children are not able to fully participate in their parents' church because of the language barrier.

We hope to have a local deaf pastor preach at the meetings. He is currently out of work, so it will depend somewhat on the job he eventually gets, if he will have the time free to preach twice on Sundays. He already preaches for the deaf at another location on Sunday mornings.


Please keep this new ministry in your prayers. We believe that feeding the spirit is as important as feeding the mind and the body.