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And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all,
able to teach, patient,
in humility correcting
those who are in opposition,
if God perhaps will grant them repentance,
so that they may know the truth
2 Timothy 2:24&25
Pray that Betsy would be a servant of the Lord.
How Betsy Came to ESD
When she was 12-years-old,
Betsy Hoke took her first sign language class, accompanying her mother who had
met a deaf woman through her job.
Betsy helped with a deaf ministry in her church from 1977
until 1980, when she left to study education of the Deaf at Penn State University. In 1983
Betsy Hoke graduated with a Bachelor's degree in education of the Deaf and a Pennsylvania state teacher's certificate.
Betsy's pastor at Calvary Bible Church in Hanover PA knew of the ministry
at E.S.D. and passed a copy of the With
These Hands newsletter on to her.
She wrote a letter and was soon talking with her home church and
representatives from the school regarding the needs of the school and the way God was leading.
In August 1984, Betsy arrived
at E.S.D. as a short-term teacher.
You can use this photo to see how the classroom environment has (not) changed in the intervening years.
(1984 staff - Betsy is center of back row)
Below (1998 graduating class, Betsy is far right)
To commemorate 25 years of service the school staff and students
also honored Betsy with a rocking chair in May 2010. Members of WMD and
former co-workers in Canada presented her with a plaque.