LIFE STORY-SIERRA LEONE-FAITH AMID POVERTY /AS TOLD BY ROBERT LANDIS

 We lived in missionary home with 11 wonderful people. We shared one kitchen, three toilets, two showers,  one telephone, one washing machine and one dryer. Electricity outages were frequent and unpredictable. Rats invaded the roof space, and cobras slithered into the basement.

Though living conditions were not ideal, the ministry was a joy. People respected the Bible and listened attentively.  Many studied and accepted the truth.  The locals addressed me as "Mister Robert." Pauline was "Missus Robert." After a while, though, as work at the branch office took more of my time and I was out in the field ministry less, people began calling Pauline "Missus Pauline." I became "Mister Pauline." Pauline liked that!

Many of the brothers were poor, but Jehovah always cared for their needs, sometimes in remarkable ways.  (Matthew 6:33) I remember one sister who had only enough money to buy food for that day for herself and her children, but she gave it all to a sick brother who lacked the money to buy malaria medication.  Later that day, a woman came unexpectedly to the sister and paid her to style her hair. There were many situations like that.

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