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When I fl ew them home, one


woman was sitting in the co-pilot seat holding her new baby. The dead body of the other woman was tied to the fl oor. I remember to this day her braided hair as we placed her body into the plane along with her dead baby. This young woman’s mother was also with me in the plane, sitting right behind me. She was crying and groaning throughout the fl ight. It was terrible. I also cried in my heart while I fl ew the plane. The young men who were the


fathers of the babies did not know anything until I landed. I had to go tell one of them that his wife and baby were dead. Again, the thrill of victory and


the agony of defeat. For me it is a mystery why life


always has two sides—happiness and sadness, life and death, victory and defeat, winning and losing, ups and downs, gains and losses, laughter and tears. But this is the reality of life. In ministry, God gives us the opportunity to walk with His people in every circumstance of life— sharing their joys and their sorrows. In every case, we share our lives, along with all God has given us, and most importantly, we share the hope of glory in Christ.


A short video of the Rus Rus hospital


may be found at http://www.cogwm. org/index.php?option=com_video_ catalog&vid=00026.wmv


Ken Anderson, who was a long-term missionary


in Central America, now serves as fi eld director of Asia/Pacifi c.


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