The Little Train Engine that Could

The other week while we were at Knockpatrick, a team stopped through to check out the school. We learned that the group worked for a linguistics organization named SIL. The organization does alot of the research and legwork for organizations like Wycliffe Bible Translators. Anyways, they were touring the island to study the sign languages of Jamaica. They informed us that they would be traveling to Montego Bay soon and so we offered for them to stay with us as we would be in Montego Bay as they were passing through. Everything worked out as we moved down to MoBay. On Thursday, they arrived and stayed through Tuesday. The group consisted of a couple, Jason and Elizabeth. And, a single, Christy. Elizabeth did her Grad work at Gallaudet University and has a strong understanding of deaf culture. Christy is deaf and is very open, honest, and willing to share about her perspective on things. We tried to take advantage of the opporunity to try to close the gap of our ignorance regarding deaf culture. It was an awesome opportunity and we learned so much. The group was fun and we enjoyed having them around for a few days. I caught a quick video of Christy reading a "The Little Train Engine that Could" to Drew. Drew hides his ability to sign and his ability to understand sign. I am not saying that he understood all her sign as she was reading the book, but it was interesting that he kept with her for as long as he did. There are certainly times that we wonder and pray that God will use his growing gift of being bilingual.