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| Excerpt from the Iowa mission blog... "Peg & Dorrie Thursday August 14, 2008 | ||
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| Today was one of the most difficult days of my mission experiences. Usually I am rebuilding someone’s life but today Dorrie and I had to throw it away. Our job today was to clean out an attic. When we went to investigate what needed to be done, we discovered that the attic was dark, small and was not big enough for all of us. I went outside as Dorrie and Jill started to throw items out the small attic window. I was stunned to see that the items were children’s toys, stuffed animals and baby clothes. At that time the only receptacle to put things in was a plastic box and two plastic bags. As I began to fill these bags Dorrie can down from upstairs with a pair of tiny patent leather white Easter shoes. We both started to cry because the realization hit us that we were tossing out precious items that were loved by little people and their parents and grandparents. We asked Peter to get us more plastic bags as we felt that these items should not be just tossed on the curb to be picked up and dumped in the garbage. He said to just take the box and turn it upside down on the pile. I looked at him and told him that I just couldn’t do it. Peter was seeing this as a job that needed to be done and when he realized that I was seeing all of these precious items that needed to handled with care, he understood and let Dorrie and me continue to pack away these precious items with care. It is okay to feel the way we did, to cry and become emotional. These experiences put our own life and problems into perspective. They also show us that God is here to always get us through. I will always remember this experience with sadness but I have become a stronger person because of it. | ||
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