
I've been accepted into a program through Signs of Hope International to go to GHANA and teach in a school for the deaf! I am thrilled about this opportunity.
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." --Anne Frank
Over the seven-week break this summer, I was having that "what-am-I-going-to-do-after-graduation" discussion with my mom. I expressed that I did not just want to sit around and work a dead-end job before I start teaching in the fall. We discussed some options, and I began looking for an adventure.
A few weeks later, I was reading in our little community newspaper, The Holladay-Cottonwood Journal, about how the cast and crew of "Signing Time" (sign language videos for kids) went to Africa to meet and serve the Deaf community of students in Ghana. They went with a program called Signs of Hope International. I casually looked up the listed website.
I watched the video and thought about it. I read the testimonials and thought about it. I looked at the pictures and thought about it. I printed out a mission application and thought about it.
Needless to say, I applied. The application process was interesting (and a little stressful: I still don't know my blood type). They called for a phone interview. I waited. And hoped.
Then, they called to tell me I had been accepted! And now I am going to Africa in May to teach in a primary school for the Deaf. Thrilling! Frightening! Exciting! And let me say this: Heavenly Father answers prayers.
Now all I have to worry about is money and malaria. Africa! Drums. Baboons. Teaching. Students. Sign Language. I am just amazed.
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Let me be the first to say Brynn is amazing --- she's going to change the world in her little ways! We all love her and support her. Whatever it takes, we'll be there to help. Brynn, I know that you are committed and excited too. You have already shown that you will do whatever it requires to get to Ghana and do good things. I know that everyone will rally for you, just you wait...!
Awesome! We love you and know you'll be a great, loving teacher.
congrats brynn!!
the nielson clan (your neighbors)
:O)
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