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A Senior Reflection: Minh Towner

Posted on May 2, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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  My life has been a struggle, trying to survive in a foreign land far away from those I knew as a child and adult. This struggle took a different turn, had a different meaning after I accepted my call to attend PTS. Initially I felt like I was lost in the wilderness, a sojourner in…

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A Mission Reflection: Southeast Asia

Posted on April 25, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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Her name is Ester. Upon inquiry about what she does, without hesitation she looked us straight in the eyes and said she’s a servant of God.  She uses art and puppets to reach and teach either stories she has written or stories from the Bible to children of the highlands.  It all started with an…

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A Mission Reflection: Chiapas

Posted on April 4, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Yesterday I was driving on the bumpy roads deep in the heartland of Mexico surrounded by smells, colors, and people that were completely foreign to me a week earlier. This morning I am sitting in my favorite Pittsburgh coffee shop and it is hard to believe. I am slowly readjusting to the radical change…

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