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In Reluctant Praise of Boredom

By Madeline Turley | March 28, 2025 | Comments Off on In Reluctant Praise of Boredom

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Even in the midst of a pandemic, FMS was able to establish a new mission site along the U.S.-Mexico border in February 2021, and ministries in Bolivia, Jamaica, and Washington, D.C. are thriving, even if they look a little different than pre-pandemic times.

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