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674. We Couldn't Preach, but We Could Love. From March 1988 Ensign. Great ideas to remember with many refugees in the world!

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This lovely article was in the March 1988 Ensign.  With much turmoil and suffering in this world, I hope we all can remember to LOVE ONE ANOTHER! This was reprinted in LDS Living recently, from lds.org. We Couldn’t Preach, but We Could Love By  Annette Stevenson Print Share In the refugee camp … The plane glided above the peaceful green islands below. I looked out of the window in awe. Surely we were headed for paradise! One month earlier, my mission president had informed me that I would be sent to serve in a Vietnamese refugee camp on Palawan, an island between Vietnam and the Philippines. My companion had come from one of the refugee camps in Thailand, where she had been serving with twelve other LDS lady missionaries. She was strong, reliable, and full of charity. I remembered my introduction to her at the airport. I had heard that lady missionaries sent to the refugee camps ran the risk of losing their missionary discipline, and I was almost certain that sh