A letter to my mom from Shirley Naidoo

2-15-1997

Dear Mrs. Sharon Zenger,

Greetings and good wishes to you.  I am your daughter Michelle's friend from South Africa.  Michelle is a wonderful and a loving Sister.  I have learnt allot from her. All about the bible.  By the way my name is Shirley Naidoo and I need a favour from you.  Will you kindly write back to me giving me imformation all about the U.S.A.  You see my brother is a diesel machanic.  He has all his paper and he wants to setting int he USA or New Zealand.  Can you please get information has to how he can go about settling in the U.S.A. I want to know these things please.
1)Are the jobs plentiful
2)what is the wages
how long has he to wait for the green card
3)How is the food prices
4)How much is the acconmadation.
5)Can he at a later stage send for me, my mum and two of my little children
6)Will they accept us all
7)I am a divorced person and depend on my brother for a living.
8)Does my brother stand a chance to settle in your country.

I am so sorry to burden you will all these problems, but I know that the Lord Jesus will help you to get all these informations for us.  I will really miss Michelle when she leaves in June.  By the way I am an Indian woman and I have taught Michelle to cook a Indian dish which she is eager to prepare for you and the rest of the family.   Hoping for a speedy reply.

May the Lord richly bless you for all your kind deeds.

Please give my regards to the rest of  your family.

Yours faithfully
Shirley Naidoo


(Just a side note, Shirley was later baptized, after I had left the area.  She never did immigrate to the US or to New Zealand.  My understanding is that she started a catering business and cooked Indian food for others (her food was incredible!!!)  Shirley was one of my favorite investigators.  I am now in contact with her son, who was 3 at the time I was there, through Facebook)