The forecast for today was 80 degrees 80% humidity and thunderstorms, surprise, surprise. Today it was 80 degrees and 80% humidity and not a drop of rain. Surprise, surprise, I think the weather guys have just given up trying. They're only right when there are thunder storms. I have an announcement. I will be leaving the Evangelical school for the deaf early to become a weather man for Puerto Rico. I will then train a monkey to throw darts at a list of possible weather conditions. I'll be famous. Any who, Betsy, Kristen, Leo and Myself drove to the mountains today to attempt to enroll three girls into the school. These people live 30 miles outside of east nowheresville. Well when we finally got there they were glad to let us into their house and they were very nice. The whole family is deaf except for one lady who spoke Puerto Rican Spanish, and they new a sign language but it was definitely not American Sign Language. They had a strange blend of ASL and strange home signs we didn't know. So we eventually got a phone number of a social worker and some other important details regarding a custody battle, its all pretty sad, but we are hoping and praying that they will get to keep their kids and that we will be aloud to educate them and offer them a better future than poverty. It was, however, a really interesting experience being in their house and trying to talk to people that really had no nationally recognized language. I guess I got a taste of how it might be working in a really remote country and experiencing such a huge language barrier. It's cool though, God can communicate without words, and with that I would like to end this post with a quote from my slightly overweight cousin.
"Words are hard" -Trent Harms
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