A Different Way to Worship

Last summer there was a camper that was in his 50’s or 60’s. That week was his first time at camp. There was an older counselor that had been matched up with him. The camper wasn't communicating a whole lot, at least that we could see. We soon found out that he couldn’t hear. During the first day of camp there wasn't a lot of communication with him.

For the first time last summer, we had a gal at camp who knew sign language. She wondered if he knew sign language so she sat down and started signing to him. He started signing back to her and they had a good conversation. No one told us he knew sign language.

There are always a lot of things going on during chapel. You always have to be aware of what is going on around you because you might miss something. Every once in a while I am lucky enough to see something amazing taking place. During chapel that week, this camper was across the pew from me. I watched as this gal stood right next to him and signed the songs to him. The thing that really impacted me was that he was trying to learn and sign the songs along with her. If this gal hadn’t of been there, he wouldn’t have been able to sing/sign these songs. It was an amazing thing to watch them worship.