I LOVE YOU
Raya weekend was spent at a church camp for our family. We were not really up to it as we had tons to do and was quite upset that only half of our church members were going. This was supposed to be our church camp yet half of the participants were people from other churches. Nevertheless, it was all difficultly planned and the day has come for us to go so we packed up and went.
Romans 8:28 comes to mind now. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose".
The camp was a success. New friendships were forged and I had the opportunity to learn from other hearing impaired people from both KL and Singapore. I have always known that when opportunities are given us, we grow and learn better and this is so true looking at the lives of the hearing impaired people at the camp.
Comparing those from Singapore to the hearing impaired from Malaysia, I noticed that the sign language used by the Singaporeans are more sophisticated (if I may call it that) than that of the Malaysians. I believe this is due to their education system. The school for the deaf here teaches in Bahasa Malaysia but the international language is English and that is the language taught world wide. Having said that, it worries me that our country can never move ahead if our leaders do not see the need to learn from others and educate the people accordingly.
My children too had a good time. It was 3 days of no computer, and no TV. I didn't even see them use their MP3s at the camp. They learned to communicate with the hearing impaired and had a good time playing games with them.
It was very sad for us to say goodbye to our new friends but I am glad that this will not be our last meeting. The next Hearing Impaired camp is in the planning and I hope to meet more new people in future.
