Few of us have ever found ourselves marooned on a desert island with no compass. But many things in life can make us feel marooned. Like relocating to another country, for example, because it upends your entire world. Quite literally, if you have moved across the equator as well!
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One by one we watched them leave, quite often heart-broken, usually discouraged. But always leaving a big chunk of their hearts behind them. Graveyard life did them in, and it’s no surprise. It’s often dark and gloomy, oppressive and crushing.
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Sometimes, fleeting thoughts flash through my mind. Sometimes making me stop and ask, “Now where did that come from?” Others making me emphatically state, “I don’t even want to think about it!” Many just meander through for no apparent reason; this is one of those…
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Before leaving for the mission field, we had to pare our belongings down a great deal. But I decided to bring along three essential books. A medical book and what I call my hard times cookbooks.
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We no longer travel a great deal by train, but I remember the long train trips of our early carless years in Italy. When Hubby also rode an old moped 12 miles to work – even in snow or rain.
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The apostle Paul was sitting in a prison cell. The city in an uproar over this man who stirred things up wherever he went. I, in his place, would have asked, “Why Lord? I was only obeying you and preaching your word. So please get me out of this fix! I’ve done nothing to deserve jail!”
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Signora Sheila 