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| Jaide, Loreen, Jamol |
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| Swimming with the kids |
Hello Everyone,
How is it going? Sunday, we had our first two deaf come to meeting. Jaide and I did our best at interpreting for them. Based on Loreen's (one of the deaf) head nodding, we did amazing. She agreed with everything we signed. When it was good, she nodded yes. When it was bad, she shook her head no. When she was bored she feel asleep. Great feed back. Unfortunately, Loreen does not know sign language or how to sign. Jaide is currently working on helping her understand that we all have names, and what the sign for name is. But, she is good at reading our faces and knowing what is good and bad. Plus she really enjoyed the meeting. We know she will continue to progress and learn. We had hoped for 6 deaf, but 2 is a great start.
Today, Wednesday, is our long day in the ministry. A group of us work our way up, going village to village visiting deaf along the way. In the last two weeks, I think we have meet or heard about 8 new deaf. Most deaf here do not know sign language. Teaching them is very challenging and at times frustrating. Its hard to help someone who has never learned how to learn, to learn. It is hard for them to understand that we are trying to give them a language. So, its small steps that we celebrate.
We had beef tongue curry the other day. A couple that live down the street from us had us over and put on a feast for us. Half way through dinner, she asked "what kind of meat do you think your eating?" Kind of a scary question. I guessed duck, I had no idea, it was curried and delicious. I was wrong, it was tongue. Even Jaide ate it. If you know Jaide, you know she could never be on the T.V show 'Bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmerman.' Meats ain't her thing. But she ate it up, did not seem to bother her. I was impressed. We also went swimming with some kids from New Amsterdam. The pool was really warm, like swimming in a hot bath. But it still was fun and refreshing.
Love,
G&J
We had beef tongue curry the other day. A couple that live down the street from us had us over and put on a feast for us. Half way through dinner, she asked "what kind of meat do you think your eating?" Kind of a scary question. I guessed duck, I had no idea, it was curried and delicious. I was wrong, it was tongue. Even Jaide ate it. If you know Jaide, you know she could never be on the T.V show 'Bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmerman.' Meats ain't her thing. But she ate it up, did not seem to bother her. I was impressed. We also went swimming with some kids from New Amsterdam. The pool was really warm, like swimming in a hot bath. But it still was fun and refreshing.
Love,
G&J
