Mary Beth, Mabe for short, arrived at our house around midnight August 7th. She was greeted with lots of hugs and ticked off barking by my dog, Frost, who is normally gentle and thrilled to having people over. This time, however, Frost was freaked out by this person who dared to arrive so late at night in a cap and scarf. She pretty much held that first night's offense against Mabe for several days, but eventually did warm up to her.
Mabe stayed with us for little over a week. It was nice to get a chance to catch up with her and hear all about her time in Kenya working at a school for Deaf children. She has such a heart for them and it pained her to leave. Mabe is gifted in working with children. She knows how to relate to them. What make them tick and what helps them learn. She did so much good there and I know the Lord can't wait to use her again, now that her time there has ended. Speaking of which didn't end well. She was working for Peace Corp, but they fired her. See, Mabe made waves, by showing the teachers what works to help the children learn. The children started improving and making leaps in their education. They didn't like being shown their errors. Once she slipped up and traveled at night they proptly fired her as well as make false accusation about Mabe doing inappropriate things with the male students. We were floored by this news and wished we could have done something about it. Mabe hopes to make it back there for a visit to see how the kids are doing. For now she is back in CA, but we are trying to lure her to move here by us. You know, entice her with snow and a small city with not much to do :-\. I don't know if it's working.
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