A Woman Named Mary
When I became a member
of my church, St. Barnabas on the Desert, I had the pleasure of meeting many
interesting people.
At the same time, I began my seven years of volunteer service at an inner city
school. As part of my work at the school, I needed to find talented, dedicated
individuals, who would agree to volunteer. At St. Barnabas I found a gold mine.
One of these nuggets of gold was a woman
named Mary.
Mary is one of the extraordinary people who shared their time
and expertise with the at-risk students at this school. Mary tutored students
in math once a week. How very fortunate to have such a talented person
volunteering her time, working with these below poverty level students.
Mary’s background includes a PhD in Micro Biology and minors
in both math and chemistry. For a period of her life, she was a professor at a
prestigious college. She was able to move students along quite rapidly, and
they loved her because she made it fun.
In Mary’s words, “This
is a wonderful school where students respond to tutoring very quickly. It is a
lot of fun working with these kids.”
To understand Mary’s dedication to others, you need to know
that she spends many hours in volunteer service to other organizations. Just one
of these is the St. Barnabas Annual Mexican Medical Mission. Mary coordinates the
mission, and once a year, Mary travels to Mexico, where she works with others,
providing medicine and other supplies to the needy.
Mary is truly an
inspiring person.
By Lois Jamieson
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