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What We Love….

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Phil* 3:7-8 “But whatever were gains to me, I now consider loss for the sake of Chri$t. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the  surpassing worth of knowing Chri$t Je$us my L0rd, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Chri$t.” I have been thinking a lot about how we give up things for that which we love. We sacrifice and make a way, not because it doesn’t pain us at times, but because we believe the sacrifice is worth the loss for the gain to come.   The family I live with now has a “cousin-brother” (as they call them here) living with us. He is an extended family member from the village who couldn’t afford to go to school most of his life. When we was afforded the opportunity to come to a bigger city and have the chance to go to school and earn an education, he left his family to come live with his “uncle” and pursue a better life.   Many Indi@ns here leave their family and travel to bigger cities or even