How Judy Came to ESD
Judy More’s association with ESD began when a work colleague
handed her one of the school’s newsletters.
Her colleague had met Betsy Hoke at a conference for teachers of the
Deaf. She had been receiving the
newsletter for seven years before passing it on to Judy.
Judy read that copy of the “With These Hands” with great excitement. She e-mailed Betsy Hoke, the principal at the time, to see how a teacher of
the deaf from New Zealand, who used a different sign language, could be of any
use. In January 2006 Judy came to carry
out some teacher training and workshops and stayed on afterwards to aid in the
classrooms.
Visits through 2007 to 2009 on a tourist visa convinced Judy that
God wanted her to make a longer commitment.
Judy has now been granted a religious visa and arrived back in
January. She can now stay until May
2012. 