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Resist becoming weary and discouraged with life
Television is limited. We get little news. The only phone we have is a cell phone, and it is a pre-paid deal where you buy a card that has a hidden number on it, and you program that number into your phone before making a call. Once it is programmed you walk around looking for a strong enough signal to get a connection, understanding that when you dial your number you will probably be given the message that the network is busy and you should try again later. When your call finally does go through, it often sounds like you are using two tin cans connected by a waxed string, and you are almost certain to experience a dropped call. Now I'm ashamed. I am only here for three years, and there are other Missionaries in far worse places, who have no plans to ever be anywhere else. I am ashamed because it is so much better for us than it was for those who came before us. They had none of the things I complain about, and I have Peggy. Some of the earliest missionaries shipped their belongings to Africa in caskets, they knew they would never get out alive. I am ashamed because of Hebrews 11, and I am ashamed because of what it says in Hebrews 12:3-4, "for consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary, and discouraged in your souls, you have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin."
Consider Him, and I'll see you in church.
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