The Semato Deaf School is one of the several Mercy Ministries available to the Africa Mercy crew here. Mercy Ministries are opportunities for the crew to go off ship and visit/volunteer at existing organizations. Every Wednesday, a group leaves the ship to go to this particular school. I had to work today... but I hope to make it back there next week!
It was a very fun experience for me last week when I visited, as I had never visited a deaf school before. My initial thought was that it would be a very quiet place...but it was quite the opposite! But the children and staff were so welcoming to us. When we walked into the school courtyard-area, we were swormed by 50+ kids who all shook our hands inidividually. It is their culture here to recognize and welcome each individual person. So that is what they did. It was so nice!
After they welcomed us, we went into their main classroom. They introduced each of us, and then we were each given a sign-name. Since I was wearing a headband, my sign-name was the motion of placing a head-band on my head. One of our day crew taught a little lesson about forgiveness, we did a craft, and then we played some games outside together. It was a great afternoon!
Warm greetings from all of the kids.
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Warm greetings from all of the kids.
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We stood at the front of the classroom and were given our sign-names!
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A view of the classroom.
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Passing out craft supplies to the kids.
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Craft Time.
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"Azafady" in Malagasy means "I'm sorry" or "Excuse me." This word was part of the craft as the lesson we taught was about extending forgiveness to people.
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Playing games outside.
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Playing games outside.
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Playing games outside.
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As always I would love to here how y'all are doing at home!
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Lindsey
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