After that, they all went back to class and that is when Marcy (She was the matron of the school) shared with us some of the history with these kids. One story she shared with us was about a boy named Conrad. He had more then just hearing problems - he was delayed in many other areas, he also had never even been trained to go to the washroom. He was 12 years old. I don’t know what was wrong with his family life and parents, but he was very obviously neglected and in need of a stable, loving environment.
Marcy graciously took him in and he stayed on-site with the rest of the students but he also lived close enough that he could go home on weekends or at the very least holidays. After a few months being there his progress came along great!! He was learning so much and catching on in school and he went home a couple of times throughout the year and just a few months ago he went back home again and didn’t show up again to school. It happens every so often that kids don’t come back, but Marcy was concerned in this case and contacted Conrad’s father and found out Conrad had died. There was a pit that was dug 6ft deep on their property and there had been a lot of rain and that pit was full of water, and Conrad was found upright in this pit. His family never did get an autopsy done, but Marcy decided it was important to know what happened and got one done for him and the results said he didn’t even have any fluid in his lungs. She never will really know what happened to him. Marcy and others put together funeral arrangements for Conrad and so many of his new friends and teachers showed up, but not one person from his family came.
Marcy is such an inspiration. There are about 50 kids that attend her school and because it is a private boarding school there is a tuition of course, but only a very small percentage of parents actually pay tuition, and Marcy still doesn’t turn them away. They rely on fundraisers and churches & very little money from tuition to feed all these children everyday as well as pay the bills that come with having their facilities (2 buildings for school classrooms all grades, 1 dining hall, and 1 two story building that is the dorms) and to pay for the staff. Marcy doesn’t money (or not much of any) until all of these things are taken care of first. And yet, she is joyful and praises God for all she does have and for bringing these kids into her life and school.
She also shared with us that she went to church that week and she had no food in her cupboards and her and her children hadn’t eaten since the day before and she was given a couple dozen eggs for the school and 1 doz for herself. She was THRILLED!! She didn’t know how she was going to find food for her family, and the children at the school. We also brought with us money “a love gift” and gave it to her and she wept and she gave all the glory to God and praised him for being “right on time!!” Then she left shortly after to go get groceries!
Then some of us walked down to a Basic school ( 1 teacher with 10-12 kids ages 3-5) that was down the road a little and as soon as we got there we got hugs from every single kid…it was so adorable! We went in their classroom and sang songs did a puppet show, then we took them outside and blew bubbles – that was a huge hit! All the kids we went to see LOVED the bubbles!!
Then we went back to the Deaf school to get the rest of the team and as we were walking back, some of the friendly neighbors offered us some coconuts from their trees! YUM! They were delish!!! Then we all headed back home and the girls took off to our dorm and we had a few hours of some good ole fashioned girl talk! Perfect way to end the day!
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