The White Falcon - 21.05.1993, Blaðsíða 5

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rfour weeks of practicing, the Pioneer Club
'as ready for their first performance. The
Christian group of children ages 5-13 was ready
to sing and sign a song for Icelanders at a
Reykjavik home for the deaf entitled ‘Our God is
an Awesome God.’ The facility is home to four
elderly deaf people ages 81 -92. In addition to its
occupants, the deaf home hosted several deaf
children to enjoy the performance too. Children
who performed were happy to share their newly
found language with people who actually ‘spoke ’
it. Ashley Richard, age 7, said, “I was happy to
be able to make the deaf people smile." Erin
Riebe, age 9, said, "It was nice to bring happi-
ness to the old people." (Photo by J03 (SW)
Andreas Walter)

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Sobodowski continued, “I immediately
felt incredible warmth and love for a person
who had been in my mind. I knew I had a
ster since I was 13-years-old, but my father
>uld not tell me anything about her. I had
de several attempts to get in touch with
her, but without a name, it was close to
impossible.
“What gives this story a unique twist was
ever since I was a child, I have wanted to visit
Iceland. I have studied about Iceland, its
people, geography and culture in depth.
Kolbrun teases me now because she says I
know more about Iceland than she does.”
Smiles on their faces and eyes twinkling,
they remembered how they called each other
daily for the first few months, making up for
the lost years.
“The first Christmas after we found each
other, Joe sent me five Christmas cards. He
hoped it made up for all the years he couldn’t
send cards,” Josepsdottir stated with fond-
ness.
Late night conversations upon
Sobodowski’s arrival in Iceland lasted into
the wee hours of the morning as they contin-
ued learning about each other. Josepsdottir
discovered th&t Sobodowski loved the cold
weather of Iceland, whereas she preferred the
wanner climates, like Florida’s.
On May 8, after months of correspondence
more than $5000 in telephone bills, the
o met in person for the first time, in Ice-
. Josepsdottir paused and smiled, saying,
My relatives and siblings readily accepted
Joe as another member of the family, every-
The Naval Air Station,
Keflavik, Fire Department
recently had a chance to test
their skills and knowledge
when one of three abandoned
buildings next to Merchants
Bank was set afire, Astvan-
dur Eiriksson, Deputy Fire
Chief, asks the community to
bear with the eyesores. "This
is a valuable training tool for
ourfire fighters, we just don’ t
have fires on this base. The
Fire Department thanks the
basefor the usage of the build-
ings for this vital training."
(Photo by J03 (SW) Andreas
Walter)

one loves him.”
Sobodowski stated, “In a way this is like
the past, which was a big question mark,
brought into the present and tied together,
which unites us with the future to go for-
ward.”
Sobodowski lowered his voice and ear-
nestly stated, “ People are the most important
thing in the world. Now that I have been able
to link up with the person that I have loved all
my life, my life feels complete. Now I know
what was missing. To be with my sister is one
of the most rewarding things I could ever
wish for.”
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