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Press On While There's Still Time

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Time. In some ways it flies by! In other ways it takes forever!   Think about it.   I’ve almost been married for 20 years.   How is that possible?    Yet, we have been through so much!   Time. No one has enough of it.   We all want more of it.   But God is above it.   For us, right here, right now, we are seeking to make the most of it!   We press on. We’ve faced many hindrances along the way.   I fear in listing them I will likely forget some, but here’s a few:   sickness, surgeries, meetings- offering us a chance to get off the island which is crucial to our survival, but also include days of travel, the basic challenges of caring for yourself and your family in a place where nothing is easy or convenient, language and cultural barriers, disappointments, deaths of co-laborers here in Madagascar, as well, as family and friend in the States.   Many times we don’t get to attend funerals.   The physical needs of the people here are enough to drowned out any joy.   It’s one moth