pühapäev, mai 28, 2006
the distressing disguise
excerpted from http://www.balticsworldwide.com/missionaries.htm
The men are mostly alcoholics, the poorest of the poor. Every winter men outside this home freeze to death. Others die of gangrene or infections, sleeping under bridges or in makeshift tents in forests. Many live covered in lice which they contract from pulling out of dumpsters everything that might keep them warm. Most of them reek of alcohol. Some smell of urine or feces. It would almost take a saint to deal with them.
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“We pray to get strength,” Sister Sanjihba says. Despite the faith and optimism of the sisters, they are still human beings living in the real world. “You need the day in to get strength,” says Sister Sanjibha. “It is not always easy to be patient and kind to the poor.”
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The men are mostly alcoholics, the poorest of the poor. Every winter men outside this home freeze to death. Others die of gangrene or infections, sleeping under bridges or in makeshift tents in forests. Many live covered in lice which they contract from pulling out of dumpsters everything that might keep them warm. Most of them reek of alcohol. Some smell of urine or feces. It would almost take a saint to deal with them.
...
“We pray to get strength,” Sister Sanjihba says. Despite the faith and optimism of the sisters, they are still human beings living in the real world. “You need the day in to get strength,” says Sister Sanjibha. “It is not always easy to be patient and kind to the poor.”
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