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quickly, said Mrs. Hickerson, partly because Maria was exposed to English at the orphanage. She and new sister Jennie are enrolled at Fresta Valley Christian School near Marshall and are looking forward to Christmas and, later, a promised visit to Disney World.

“She’s a real sweet little girl; you’ll find a lot of these children are,” said Mrs. Hickerson. “I guess because they’ve never had, like the children have here, they are just so appreciative of what you do for them.”

During the entire process, Mrs. Hickerson was harboring some doubts, which she said are normal. “You’re, thrilled but you have a tendency to say, ‘Am I doing the right thing?’ It’s not for everybody—some people can adopt, some can’t.”

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