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The Frederick News-Post Online - Frederick County Maryland Daily Newspaper
Frederick-based Debbie Colbert, a 51-year-old wife and mother of two, will go to Nigeria in March to share her faith. Colbert is deaf, and though she speaks clearly, she signs as she speaks.
After chatting on Facebook with people in Africa -- where she's always wanted to go -- she connected with members of the Christian Mission for the Deaf in Ibadan, a welcoming group that said they'd put her up and put her to work.
Colbert did not grow up in a religious family but credits her husband with helping her establish a deeper understanding of the Book of Yahweh, which includes the first five books of the Torah, as well as the New Testament. The couple began studying the Book of Yahweh at home with their children 12 years ago, and Colbert said she has come to a greater understanding of the meaning of the text. The family often ask each other to empathize, for instance, with people mentioned in the Bible and how they themselves would have reacted to such situations, she said. She'd like to bring some of that knowledge to children in Nigeria.
"I don't want to change their beliefs," she said. "I just want to share and get them involved."
Colbert also plans to see what needs the school has and raise funds to help them when she returns.
Those interested in sending donations to the school in Nigeria can contact Colbert at yahluv@comcast.net.
Frederick-based Debbie Colbert, a 51-year-old wife and mother of two, will go to Nigeria in March to share her faith. Colbert is deaf, and though she speaks clearly, she signs as she speaks.
After chatting on Facebook with people in Africa -- where she's always wanted to go -- she connected with members of the Christian Mission for the Deaf in Ibadan, a welcoming group that said they'd put her up and put her to work.
Colbert did not grow up in a religious family but credits her husband with helping her establish a deeper understanding of the Book of Yahweh, which includes the first five books of the Torah, as well as the New Testament. The couple began studying the Book of Yahweh at home with their children 12 years ago, and Colbert said she has come to a greater understanding of the meaning of the text. The family often ask each other to empathize, for instance, with people mentioned in the Bible and how they themselves would have reacted to such situations, she said. She'd like to bring some of that knowledge to children in Nigeria.
"I don't want to change their beliefs," she said. "I just want to share and get them involved."
Colbert also plans to see what needs the school has and raise funds to help them when she returns.
Those interested in sending donations to the school in Nigeria can contact Colbert at yahluv@comcast.net.