At the Deaf School

We have had two days here in Sonsonate serving at the deaf school and we are having a blast and a half! Monday we performed our good Samaritan skit and it went swimmingly. We made bracelets and necklaces with a cross bead and the kids are super fond of the color red! So we got to hang out with the little kids playing basketball and soccer in which we proceeded to get creamed, but it was really fun! After lunch, the small kids departed for their homes and the older kids, who were our age arrived. Basically we just exchanged questions about what we like to do in our free time, what we want to do when we grow up, etc. and it was really encouraging to see what they had planned for the future. Everything was interpreted by Oscar whom we met the first day with the handicapped children in Cojutepeque and one of the teachers who works at the deaf school. It was a really fun day getting to communicate with the kids there despite the double language barrier, but we communicated more than we thought possible, which was great! Tuesday we did similar things and we were able to do a different skit which involves a group of people searching for God's love but running into a wall that represents the sin we are all born with. But God comes and opens the door in the wall and the people knock and God answers. The skit went great and we wrapped it up by doing a craft that involved drawing and writing on a cross. Embarrassment commenced as we did some pretty funky dances that the kids loved! It was a lot of fun. So we did more basketball and soccer and talked more with the kids. We love getting to know them and they are all so enthusiastic and happy! " -Ashleigh and Micah