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Laura Kukendall
Restricted Access Country
My
country is very small, but very populated. The majority of the people follow
Islam. They are a warm, friendly people who love to entertain and want my friendship.
Many people in the country are poor, but resourceful. Nothing in the country
is wasted.
I live in a four story brick home. We rent the entire building, the ground floor
is our Guest House and my colleagues live in the flats on each floor. I live
with another single lady. We have helpers in our house since some of the preparation
of food and clothes washing is very time consuming. We also have gate watchers
to control who comes in and out of our compound. We have running water and natural
gas for cooking. I have a cell phone for security reasons. I also have email
and internet service.
We frequently have power outages and have learned to live without electricity
at times. We must boil our water and soak (or peel) our fresh fruits and vegetables
to get rid of germs.
I have a car to get around, but otherwise would use local transportation such
as rickshaws and baby taxis. Recently I have decided it is better to have a
driver take me, rather than driving myself.
We wear the local dress which is very modest, but also colorful. We eat the
national food often, which is usually eaten with the right hand, rather than
with silverware.
I attend Bengali church in the morning and English church in the evening. We
have growing churches with local pastors, but most pastors have other employment
as the congregation can't support them in full time ministry.
We have the Bible in the local languages as well as many Christian helps, novels,
and children's books.
Our other ministries include a hospital, Bible college, Bible Correspondence
school, evangelism and church planting, camp and youth work, schools, handicrafts,
agriculture, and translation.
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