At the beginning of this term, I had the amazing opportunity to have a former Sakeji teacher (who'd given 32 years of her life to teaching at Sakeji) stay at my house. With the amount of people that she wanted to see and spend time with, I realized that the only reason why I was able to get to know her a little bit was because of the fact that she was staying with me.
I got to hear some fascinating stories (including things like her house burning down, one of her students being bitten by a snake on a field trip, how God called her to Zambia, of countless people's lives that she touched), hear her testimony, and learn some from her dedication and life given to the Lord. She was easy to talk and relate to, very funny, and also a very spiritual but very humble woman.
We hear so much about some missionaries in the past, like Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, Gladys Aylward - who have truly done amazing things for God's kingdom, but there are so many other inspiring people out there who have devoted their lives to God's work, both over-seas and back home...and it is always an honor and inspiration to get to know them a little bit.
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