Thursday, May 28, 2009

Day 10 already! We can't believe it and we aren't quite sure if we're going to want to come back to the U.S. either. We went to the deaf school again today and did devotions and worked in the classrooms. It was hard to watch the students struggle in their academics. The teachers do a good job, but they have difficult tasks in teaching the students, some of whom are not only deaf but also have learning disabilities. It broke our hearts to watch twelve and thirteen year olds not be able to say their alphabet. Despite the sadness of it all, we are still loving working with the kids there and learning a lot of sign language. We also got to participate in the P.E. class where they were learning a dance. It was fun to watch the students and get a little taste of Jamaican culture. After JCSD, we went to the beach and relaxed. Then we moved from our third floor rooms to our much smaller first floor room where we will be staying for the remainder of our trip. Although our kitchen is larger, we only have one bathroom for seven girls, no air conditioning, and much smaller rooms. We are learning to make do with what we have though. Suitcases under the beds, deoderant in the windowsills, bedposts as closets. We also have a lovely view of someone else's bathroom from Amy's bunkbed. But Jamaica is so wonderful that we don't mind too much and we can handle the living situation if it means getting to stay in this beautiful country.

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