Betty grew up in a wonderful Christian home hospitable to missionaries and other Christian speakers.  She regaled in the stories and wished she was called to the mission field!  She had to overcome shyness though and soon found joy in speech, debate, and English in school leading to her pursuit of studying linguistics to learn to speak and translate the Bible in a new language.  She followed the Lord’s leading to Ecuador and trusted God through every disappointment and challenge that came her way.