Today, the Yami people still prefer to live in their well-insulated traditional homes, and the concrete buildings serve as warehouses or animal stalls.
現在雅美族人仍穴居在冬暖夏涼的傳統半地下居室內，水泥平房多只充當倉庫或作為飼養牲口之處。為了學有所用，田雅各志願到蘭嶼服務。