Missionaries say A LOT of goodbyes. To short-term mission teams who move in and out of the ministry. To friends and family who visit for a week or two. To summer interns. To nationals who move on. To fellow teammates who leave the field permanently or for weeks or months of furlough. When every hello…
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Beauty and Sorrow
“I need to see beauty,” Giles exclaimed. It was not a typical Tuesday. We had just found out that our dear friend, who was then lying in a hospital bed, struggling for each breath, had received a grave diagnosis and prognosis. A rare form of cancer that insidiously permeated the fluid in his chest cavity which was also quickly…