SISTER RICHARDSON
DECEMBER 9, 2013
I hope you all are enjoying the snowy cold while it is 80 degrees and lovely sunny beach weather here every day.
Our week started out slow with Sister Sullivan coming down with the
flu. And then surprise! I got the flu too. Yay empathy! But it was a
short version of it, thank goodness.
Some trials in this area are car sharing...hard to get where we
need to. I'm trying to convince the other sisters that it is possible
to bike in a skirt and that it doesn't matter that helmets look
dorky...we're making progress.
But the highlights of the week have definitely been trying to win
over the hearts of the deaf members so that we can start teaching them
and their friends. And we are making progress! They all are very
enthusiastic about us being here. We went to the deaf sunday school on
Sunday...yep i didn't understand all of it...but at least I said the
closing prayer!
We had an AWESOME ward christmas party on Saturday. Look at the
facebook of Darcy Davis Fewkes for all the pictures! It was a
Whoville/Grinch themed Christmas party and it was incredible. I have
never seen a better planned/decorated/organized/fun ward christmas
party. And the deaf members brought in total, 4 deaf non members to the
party! Woo! One of the deaf couples here asked us over for fhe!
Progress!
I just adore these deaf members. They all have incredible
stories. It takes humility to be able to function as a deaf person in a
hearing world.
But the best moment of the past week was last night. We went and
watched the Christmas devotional with this sweet young family. Their
oldest child Jeffrey is deaf. He's in 3rd grade. Oh my goodness he is
incredible and his family is incredible. He is fluent in sign and also
learned to talk. We had scriptures with them last night. Jeffrey is
sitting there on the couch with his dad and he is reading the new
testament aloud, while signing it, while comprehending it and answering
questions his dad asks. Their whole family has learned to sign..even the
little kids. The 5 year old sister said the prayer...completely in
sign while speaking it as well. Man, it was inspiring. If that little
boy can accomplish all that while being deaf...then surely I with my
working ears can figure out sign language and be able to be confident in
communicating with it.
I played organ in sacrament meeting. Everyone was so funny as they
were so excited!! They haven't had someone to play the organ in
forever! I find it funny that the people that I have been called to
serve (the deaf members) aren't even being served by my organ
playing...they don't know the difference.
Life is good! We are still trying to figure out what we're doing
and trying to find people to teach...but the gospel is still true and
always will be :)
Sister Richardson
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