Ruth (left), the deaf lady who was baptised last year and Aliisha (centre), the deaf Muslim lady who is so committed to attending church, came to our Sun Run on 27th. Unfortunately they arrived after the event. Ruth had walked all the way from by the airfield and probably set off at 7.00am - the same time we started the fun run! When she arrived on foot at 9.00am she was in time for the ‘bring and share breakfast.’ We enjoyed a laugh together.
Exemplary time management by the deaf for our Kings Kids planning meeting was encouraging; however I had a challenge because the interpreter was late! Eventually she and more hearing turned up and we had useful deaf awareness training followed by planning. We hope to have a total of 40 mixed deaf and hearing for our Kings Kids week commencing 16th Jan.
Our friend, Walter, also a UK YWAMer who is deaf in one ear is coming to join us on staff so we look forward to that.
Christmas Day we had a surprise visit from Ivan. He cycled 10km on an oversized bike with bare feet in order to greet us and thank us for supporting him through Eruba Deaf Unit. Ivan came to the Kings Kids programme last year and as a result of seeing his enthusiasm to learn we spoke to his mother and Pastor and agreed a financial partnership to get him into deaf school. He is doing well. It was a blessing to see him and to share some time together. The kids on the base were so friendly to him which reflects the increasingly warm welcome that the YWAM base gives to deaf visitors. H.
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