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The author is currently a fourth year student at St Scholastica's College, Manila.  She shares what lessons she had gleaned from an article we featured in our January - February 2007 issue.  We welcome our readers' comments, reflections and realizations on the stories we feature.

 

Dear Father Seán Coyle,


PAX!

 


I want to share my thoughts on one of the articles in the January-February 2007 issue of Misyon, New Year in February.

 

From what I read, the article was about a Filipina who struggled with the fact that she couldn't be with her loved ones because she was on missionary work. But she chose to endure the pain, heartaches and feelings of loneliness because she believed that God wanted her to be there. That was God's plan for her, and because she was loyal and faithful, she said ‘yes’ to God, just as Mary did.

 

The most significant learnings I gained from the article were the ‘three lessons’ that the author herself wanted to share. The first lesson: we should learn to be open to anything and everything, especially things that can help us grow in God's love. The second lesson: there's always a grain of goodness in each person; we have no right to judge other people. The third lesson: mission is not a one-way but a two-way path.  Through giving, missionaries (even us non-missionaries) can in turn receive.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to my thoughts. Keep up the good work, more power and God bless!

Giselle Manahan

St Scholastica's College

Email:  gie_19_spongebob@yahoo.com.