Word: isabell
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turned out, she found her faith -- and her fate -- much closer. At a Bible-study class she met a man named Paul Fatta. He was somewhat controversial; he claimed that the Adventists got some of the Bible wrong. But, says Kathy's mother Isabel, who is in her 40s, "Paul was a nice guy, very caring, and seemed to be smart. I met his mama." Husband Guillermo looks at his hands. "This Paul Fatta is alive," he says. "The FBI is looking...
...their comfortable home in Martinez, near San Francisco. They proudly show off paintings by Kathy. Isabel points to a Disneyland cup bearing the name of her younger sister Jennifer, 21. And finally a gray stuffed rabbit, intended for a little girl named Chanel...
...asked me," says Isabel of Kathy. "She said, 'Mother, do you think I should go to Texas?' " Fatta had introduced Kathy to David Koresh, and Koresh had invited her to Waco for Davidian Passover in 1991. "I said, 'No, you don't know what you're getting into, and it's another state.' " Kathy went anyway. Isabel actually manages a smile: "She was stubborn." She and Fatta talked about marriage, but then broke up; Koresh had prohibited relationships...
After a while, her younger sister moved to be with her. Isabel didn't understand why. Only later did she hear that Kathy had been pregnant -- by Koresh. "That was the worst thing that ever happened in our lives," says Guillermo. Isabel glares at him. "Well, at the time," he adds emptily. "Now it's nothing...
...front of the first row, which ion a theater this crowded, is probably better avoided. Eric Levenson's projection screens are movingly utilized to present a photo montage of the African countryside and the life of the town-ship. This is a play that won't take apologies like Isabel's of "white selfish ignorance" as any excuse; it demands unmitigated attention, allegiance and hope...