Deaf Adults Bible Study

Today was Bible Study day (Sunday) - held at Gospel Primary School for the Deaf - for deaf adults in the community.

The bible study was led by Fiji's first officially qualified deaf teacher - see photo of man in blue shirt to the left. He works at Hilton Special School, led a programme at the church this morning & led the bible study this afternoon. Not sure when he finds time to rest! A lovely guy & so very welcoming. He has a sign name similar to fishing as he loves to fish! With the class, he 'thanked the Lord' for having me here in Fiji. Sweet! We also did lots of sign singing to church songs - though my signs were not much good as I didnt know the songs. But I did try & I think that was appreciated.

Everyone is trying to get me to return again to Fiji or to stay longer to teach because teachers with signing skills are needed here. My students were at the church for deaf people this morning (including the school principal!) & were full of praise for me as their teacher & were proud to introduce me to deaf adults in the community. I felt proud to be their teacher!

It was a fun day & it was great to meet more deaf adult Fijians. So very friendly & welcoming! I'm slowly picking up more & more Fijian Sign Language - which is fun to learn!

Tomorrow it is public holiday - the Queen's Birthday. So I might go visit all the deaf kids in the 3x hostels (i. little girls ii. teenage girls iii. boys) - most deaf kids that go to school here - live in hostels as their families live on the smaller islands or in the villages far from here.

Cheers!

PS: Photos of the kids below are hearing children of deaf adults. So cute!