Sami Jo was a missionary to Cambodia. She lived in a hut in Thailand next to the DMZ. She was a skilled and highly educated physical therapist and used her ability to work with soldiers who had lost limbs in the war. She was there to serve God. She was there for God to use her abilities to help amputees and through her skill to share the Gospel. At least that was what she thought. Then, she was put on the assignment of lancing boils and bandaging sores. No physical therapy, just boils. No great need for her skill set, just bandaging open wounds. But, through this humbling experience, Sami Jo learned about obedience. She learned she wasn’t serving God because of her skills, or what she could offer, but God was looking for people that would obey Him.
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