Suffering..

We had the pleasure of a guest speaker in our SS class yesterday. She was PHENOMENAL to say the very least. She is from another country... and she is a principal of a school of which she is one of 10 in the ENTIRE country!! She told us stories of having to hide her students... {alot like a modern day Hiding Place, CTB} She told us stories of parents being threatened that their children would be taken from them FOREVER if they were caught at the school! She told stories of how God opened doors so they could have a permit! She told us stories of SUFFERING for God's sake! And she counts it JOY!!!! People... there are those out there that REALLY know what that means and feels like EVERYDAY! We don't have a clue! Would I be willing to send my boys knowing that if caught they would be put in a Government home forever? I'd NEVER see them again! That is TRUE FAITH! May we be challenged to step out in FAITH and do the work GOD has called us to do!