For two years I worked after school from
5-9:00 pm Monday through Friday, also
on Saturday 5-9:00 pm and Sunday after
church from 1-5:00 pm.
Upon graduation from high school, I
started working full time at the same
store I had worked for the past 2 years.
It was at this time the pastor of my
church had encouraged my parents to
talk to me about going to college. Of
course they had no money to contribute
due to the low income of our family. It
was at this point we found out through
him about a Baptist college that had
financial assistance for those who could
not afford on their own to pay. I had
always wanted to be a teacher and now
the LORD had opened a door for me
to accomplish that goal. The LORD
definitely had His guiding hand in the
leading of many to assist me in getting
my education to be a teacher. Low interest
loans, National Defense Grants, and
occasional money from my church; as
well as getting on the student work/study
program allowed me the finances to get
my education. So, if I wasn't in class, I was
working in the college library processing
books. Four and a half years later I graduated,
receiving the Award for the "Most Outstanding
Graduating Senior in the Field of Education."
Thus began my life in teaching for the
next 33 years to the present day.
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