Growing in Virtue
“It is good that everything is not always to our liking; for adversity makes people look into their hearts in order to realize that they are exiles and must not put their hopes in any worldly thing.” The Imitation of Christ My prayer is that through this experience of mission life, we can have our eyes more solidly fixed on the Lord. I must admit at first glance, I might think that we are failing in this goal. But, upon more reflection, I recognize that gold is tested by fire, and the struggle we are living is refining us. Never have I been so grateful for the everyday things in my life. When you are never quite sure if you will have running water when you wake up in the morning, leads to a true gratitude the mornings you do. The more homes I walk into, the more I realize it is a luxury to have a ceiling, and I am truly grateful we had the ability to put simple plywood ceilings in our bedrooms. Living in a house that has rooms with floors that cannot be mopped, f