Remember my friend who decided to throw everything she had here and go to Kenya to do missionary work? Well, I received a letter from her today. Well an aerogram to be more precise.
Kenya from her description isn't an easy country to be doing missionary. Besides preaching and evangalizing, all these priests have to care for these people's meals too and also to find ideas to help these people develope in terms of being self sufficient.
When you think about this, dont' we have alot to be appreciative for. Here was have stuff yet we complain, about how bad our country is balbalbala. Moving and emigrating to another country to find a better future while these people in Kenya doesn't have time to think about future when they have to think about surviving today.
My friend mentioned in her letter that many many times, she felt like packing her bags and leaving. Being a lay missionary there, she also have to help carry stuff, like manual labour. of course being a girl and being raised in a pampered way, she is totally not used to this. yet she perservered.
I believe that would make her a better person.
She has been there since Feb 21st.......... how time flies. She was worried that I wouldn't receive her letter until after she come back next month.
Time sure flies, I wonder when I will have the courage to let go of everything and follow this unbeaten path.
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