Ashenhurst said the impetus to put down the shaver for a month came in the form of a message to Anderson from Hailey Aderman, regional director of special events for Special Olympics Wisconsin. â
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The handmaids were also daughters of Laban, and thus were the same nationality as Rachel and Leah. Upon delivering the handmaids to Jacob as wives, they also freed them so that their children would not be considered slaves but legitimate sons of Jacob.