“We were naïve in thinking that this amount of time would be enough to ground him.” said John. “Now, we know to expect to have to deal with problems as they arise and that some things take a long time to sort out, but to never give up.”
As Ana Rosa D’Ercole does root canals, fills cavities, and fits gold crowns on molars, she also looks for opportunities to help her patients with their souls.
For the past 25 years, this newsletter has provided a real-world view of how Navigators are serving God to advance the Gospel among the nations. Worldwide is in fact filled with stories about how God is empowering us to joyfully persevere in the face extreme opposition.
When this joy invades my life, it settles in the inner citadel of the soul. It is there regardless of circumstances. It is boundless. It will not displace the emotional highs but will delight in them. It will not disappear with emotional lows but will live above them.
Describing himself as “downcast, perplexed, hard pressed on every side,” Paul tells of “troubles, hardships, distresses, beatings, imprisonments, riots, hard work, sleepless nights” and “hunger.” But he remembered four realities which kept him going during that dark time.
