tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post4021111765346912647..comments2022-03-28T10:35:49.338+03:00Comments on Missionary Mom's Companion: Loving Like Jesus While Being DespisedPhyllishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529794989164847124noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-87138732341268439912015-04-24T06:18:59.163+03:002015-04-24T06:18:59.163+03:00YES definitely experienced this. Even setting asid...YES definitely experienced this. Even setting aside how people view American women thanks to Hollywood (and, in Thailand, a lot of women who come for "sex tourism" just like men), I have experienced being disliked for moral reasons, and subsequent rumors from angry people when I did not bend my morals, and it took a lot of time before being resolved. It's helpful, though of course sad, to read of other missionaries going through similar experiences. EMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214930129742276172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-68842863647107432132015-04-15T20:32:23.529+03:002015-04-15T20:32:23.529+03:00Ashley, I am so very sorry to hear what you are go...Ashley, I am so very sorry to hear what you are going through. How devastating, and my heart especially breaks for your children! In El Salvador some people like Americans, others dislike them and much of that depends on their wartime and/or immigration experience with the U.S. However, no one has ever said anything to my kids! Your words were encouraging to read and I hope that you are encouraged by the comments and prayers of all of us!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877131860868110042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-6041190160268189072015-04-13T17:48:18.286+03:002015-04-13T17:48:18.286+03:00Thank you so much for your prayers, friends! I am ...Thank you so much for your prayers, friends! I am so sorry to hear about the similar things that you're experiencing, Phylis and Anna. Both sound so very difficult. I spent time praying for you both today and will continue to pray as the Lord brings you to mind as I deal with our own issues. Anna, wow, what a weight these challenges must be day in and day out. I praise God for you and your desire to follow Him where He has called, even as it means enduring dislike and even hatred. May the Lord be your strength and comfort and may His supernatural love flow out through you!Ashley Lhttp://formissionarymoms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-11323922151270797802015-04-12T01:06:56.502+03:002015-04-12T01:06:56.502+03:00Thankyou Ashley for this post, it made my heart bl...Thankyou Ashley for this post, it made my heart bleed. For us this has been our experience since moving to our community in remote Australia where we serve the local indigenous people. Being australians ourselves and with such a long and torrid history between white Australia and indigenous people, we have experienced and continue to experience dislike and sometimes hatred daily. It is most difficult when it is directed at my kids who to begin with didn't see it but have now begun to ask why their friends say mean things, exclude them, take things from them and sometimes be aggressive. Sometimes I wonder if this is a healthy environment to bring up kids as the anger which burns in me against those who act like this (and it is not everyone some have welcomed us with open arms) is neither godly or healthy but it is a potent reminder as you say of what Jesus experienced and continues to as 'we' insult Him. Thankyou your post has made me smile.Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-29138185551379856142015-04-11T19:13:31.438+03:002015-04-11T19:13:31.438+03:00I'm so sorry. Recently I had an encounter with...I'm so sorry. Recently I had an encounter with "separatists" who berated me and America and all foreign charitable organizations. (I was there to help them; it was so weird! And in between tirades they were asking me for more donations.) But it was just one little encounter. Facing that often and with children would be so much harder. There's also been another situation going on where someone has been very mean and nasty with me, not because of my nationality, but just because. I've been getting a lot of comfort from thoughts of Jesus' suffering, even though mine is nothing compared to what He did for us. Thank you, Ashley, for writing this and sharing your heart. I will be praying even more for you.Phyllishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529794989164847124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4088576474458664356.post-34572923381468016782015-04-11T18:57:28.817+03:002015-04-11T18:57:28.817+03:00Oh, Ashley! I am so sorry that this is happening....Oh, Ashley! I am so sorry that this is happening. I can only imagine how hard it is to be yelled at and unwelcomed in this way... and only so much harder to witness it happen to your kids. I'll be praying for you and your sweet family. How beautiful to see your heart's response to identify with Christ in this difficulty. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06426301677434550357noreply@blogger.com