Missionary Family Stands Firm amid Massive Struggles
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The year began with the death under suspicious circumstances of a local missionary.
Before that, the director of a native ministry in the Philippines was stunned by the sudden death of a 43-year-old pastor he had known since childhood.
In March he and his wife lost their adult daughter to cancer. The challenges of COVID-19 lay before him as he learned to press onward in faith.