There is a lady here named Dewaki.
She is deaf and mute.
But she might be the most adorable person Ive ever met.
loves her old hacker lady (dont get me wrong, that lady cracks me up!)
But Dewaki reminds me of the kingdom every day.
She is always smiling.
And though I have no idea what shes saying, man.
That beautiful woman has the joy of the Lord in her.
I remember sitting on a bench beside her one day while waiting on a bus.
We talked about all sorts of things!
Well,at least what hands gestures can communicate.
Sometimes I just have to make up what I think shes saying, but its so much fun!
I love talking to her.
That day, I told her I wanted to paint her fingernails.
So as soon as we got back, I found her and painted them.
Well, I painted one hand.
After all, you have to keep your right hand clean to cook food.
Interestingly enough, I thought shed have me paint the right hand since….
Well, some of you will know what Im getting at. 🙂
One night, I went into the church and was jammin on the drums, and she was in there.
I got up and let the little kid play (Babu is what they call him and it means littlest brother) and went out to Dewaki. We just danced around like goofballs.
It was so much fun, and one of the most beautiful moments of my life to date.
And so we come to something Ive realized I really want to do: learn sign language.
I just want to be able to communicate.
More than anything, I want to share the gospel of Jesus with the Dewakis of this world.
