It seems like most of my christian life the Lord seems to have me "waiting" for one thing or another. I used to fight it so badly until a brother in Christ said to me many years ago, "Dana, the word "wait" is a verb and a verb is an action word." I realized that the "waiting time" is the preparation time...the learning time....the time when we concentrate on the "still small voice" of our wonderful Lord and He leads and guides us into His perfect will.
Well, I am once again in that "waiting time". This time it is for the perfect place to have this school for the Deaf. I had prayed for six months before I came here that God would provide the house for the school. What He did provide was a disaster in the beginning but now has become "home" and the school for the Deaf. We are crowded and really need more space. The church who rents to me needs this house for their Preschool and at first wanted me to move but now they are asking us to share the house with their preschool. This to us, will not work but.........there doesn't seem to be another house available to us so....... I am waiting! Waiting for a miracle! Waiting for my Commander and Chief, Jesus Christ, to say. "This is the way, walk in it."
On another note: the mice seem to have left my house! I have been wooing a stray cat. He comes and eats and leaves. Perhaps the mice sensed his presence and decided it was a good time to leave.....I don't know but I am happy to find little evidence of them. I had been praying about this as the mice here have a dangerous disease. I still find those giant cockroaches once in a while but not as many as before. They seem to "hang out" with the mice so maybe they left along with them.
The children seemed to have turned a corner in their education. This past week has been awesome! I see the "lights coming on" and as if a door has been opened. I have six children reading sight words and doing simple math. These are kids who six months ago didn't even know their names. The middle group is writing well and on their way to reading and the younger kids are signing and learning their letters and numbers. They are all learning their signs and communicating with each other. The most important aspect of it all is that little by little they are understanding the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I started with just introducing vocabulary and signs and now they are understanding where Sin came from and what God has provided to cleanse that Sin.
I have two new students from Mamon. These children lost their hearing when they were little but had already learned to speak and they have maintained it pretty good. It's a challenge for me to teach them as they are much higher than all the other kids. God is helping me and they are adjusting very well. I did a full review of the Gospel message for them and they were just fascinated. They prayed with me to receive God's gift of salvation. Time will tell if it was with understanding or just copying.
I only have around six weeks left of this school year and then I will fly home on May 13th. I am anxious to be back home with my husband and family and friends but sad that the kids won't have anything for the three months of vacation. I am working on getting some people interested in helping take them to Deaf Camp in August. It will take some fund-raising as Camp is pretty expensive and they all come from poor families.
Life goes on here in D.R. One day at a time and sometimes one step at a time. And in every moment there is GOD! All-Powerful.....All-Knowing........and Ever-Present!
Blessings to you who pray for me and this ministry in the Dominican Republic!
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