New Language

I am learning my first new language (the third I am familiar with) in 5 years. It's ASL! After 3 years at RIT, I knew next to none, but in the last three days I have learned enough to have whole conversations. It's a little unsettling when you meet a deaf student at the Crossroads and they are in shock that I've only been learning a few days.

I have come to one conclusion in the midst of this: only God could be responsible! It's been quite a humbling experience to be learning so quickly, when I have been forgetting all I learned for years. 

A little backstory: Three days ago I befriended an RIT student named Keith who is deaf. He is an older student, and his experience has been very helpful in my learning sign. He has actually taught sign at a community college before! He inquired about playing racquetball when he saw I was carrying a racquet, and we went from there.

It's been neat to see how God is using things like racquetball to accomplish so many things. If we pull off a deaf/hearing weekly racquetball game, hearing students will have an opportunity to make awesome friends and learn sign, deaf students will feel more a part of IV (I hope), and everyone will get the opportunity to play a game they like with awesome people.

Praise the Lord for this craziness!