The Third Farewell
A Life Takes Responsibility for Decision
How do people make decisions?
When people make decisions, various factors come into play.
These factors include emotions, experiences, information, and values. In our lives, it’s impossible to always make the right or comfortable choices.
Sometimes, it appears as if we are making deliberate decisions, but the circumstances often dictate the outcomes.
Thus, our decisions are frequently influenced by unexpected factors.
Throughout 카지노 게임 사이트 life, I seem to have chosen the difficult paths without knowing why.
Why is that?
Could it be that I have emotional issues that lead me to be drawn to and decide on only the challenging and difficult things due to 카지노 게임 사이트 emotions or values?
The past three years in Pakistan felt like a novel where overcoming one barrier led to encountering another.
Through this time, I became bolder and grew significantly. I realized many things about what truly constitutes a valuable life.
My husband, who had been working in a place three hours away by plane, had to join me back in the big city where I was due to various complicated situations.
He, as expected, jumped into working diligently to help and build the church, and our house was bustling with the youth of the church every week.
I was still working at the hospital.
One day, 카지노 게임 사이트 husband's visa extension was denied.
Whatever happened in the other city must have had an impact, as there was no solution to the problem.
The immigration office gave him some time and then told him he had to leave the country. I was on multiple medications for tuberculosis, rheumatism, and kidney issues, and it had been about three months since I gave birth to our son. Our 1-year-3-month-old daughter was being taken care of by my mother in Korea, and now I had to part with my husband again.
It was extremely difficult to decide what to do.
Usually, when the breadwinner’s visa is denied, the whole family has to leave. However, I was conflicted about whether to follow my husband or stay behind to fulfill my duties with my young son without him. Every day was precious, but I couldn't sleep at night, tormented by the decision.
Finally, the immigration office notified 카지노 게임 사이트 husband to leave.
We had to prepare for our third farewell.
After praying for several days, 카지노 게임 사이트 husband and I decided that I would stay with our son. I felt that I would regret it for the rest of 카지노 게임 사이트 life if I didn't complete the mission given to me.
Holding 카지노 게임 사이트 son, who frequently suffered from amoebic dysentery and allergies due to bad water, I told him,
"카지노 게임 사이트 son, let’s live our best lives together. Let’s finish what Mom카지노 게임 사이트 has to do here and then go to where Daddy is waiting. Until then, let’s live happily."
The day finally came when 카지노 게임 사이트 husband had to leave. After putting our crying son to sleep, 카지노 게임 사이트 husband and I held hands and prayed. We promised that this would be our last separation and that we would always live together from now on. Encouraging each other to bravely overcome the tough times, we shared a tight hug, and 카지노 게임 사이트 husband left for the airport alone.
By now, 카지노 게임 사이트 husband and I had grown quite accustomed
to our third farewell.
Interestingly, both our daughter and son separated from their father when they were around three months old.
I never knew it would be so difficult for a family to live together.
It’s normal for a couple to get married, have children, and live together, but in 카지노 게임 사이트 case, our family had to be apart or together to complete the mission given to me.
The consolation was that there were people who helped us during our toughest times, allowing us to overcome.
Our family found out about our situation, and 카지노 게임 사이트 father decided that 카지노 게임 사이트 76-year-old grandmother should come and stay with me since 카지노 게임 사이트 situation was tough.
카지노 게임 사이트 grandmother also agreed.
“카지노 게임 사이트 dear, I will come with your grandmother and bring your daughter. Just hang in there a little longer,” 카지노 게임 사이트 father said over the phone.
He was bringing 카지노 게임 사이트 grandmother, who could help me with 카지노 게임 사이트 daily commute to the hospital with 카지노 게임 사이트 young son. 카지노 게임 사이트 father also promised to bring 카지노 게임 사이트 1-year-3-month-old daughter, whom I had longed to see.
Despite 카지노 게임 사이트 husband’s absence, 카지노 게임 사이트 family of three would now live together with 카지노 게임 사이트 grandmother.
To meet 카지노 게임 사이트 family arriving in the evening, I borrowed a missionary's van and went to the airport. 카지노 게임 사이트 grown-up daughter toddled out.
The moment I saw 카지노 게임 사이트 father and grandmother, I couldn’t stop crying.
I was so grateful.
I felt incredibly sorry and thankful to 카지노 게임 사이트 father, who took a long flight with 카지노 게임 사이트 grandmother and young granddaughter to help me with all the hardships 카지노 게임 사이트 mischievous daughter had gone through.
After living apart for a year, 카지노 게임 사이트 1-year-3-month-old daughter didn’t recognize me and cried momentarily as many strangers greeted her. Suddenly, she saw a male missionary and called him “Daddy.” The missionary, taken aback, teared up and said, “Oh, I’m not your daddy. You’ll see him soon.” 카지노 게임 사이트 heart ached so much. It pained me to put 카지노 게임 사이트 two children through such situations.
카지노 게임 사이트 father was also deeply hurt and cried every day until his departure for Korea. He felt heartbroken seeing his daughter working in a dangerous place without her husband and urged me to leave everything and return to Korea. Although I couldn't leave, I understood 카지노 게임 사이트 father's love for me, and 카지노 게임 사이트 heart ached, leading to more tears.
During that time, neither 카지노 게임 사이트 husband nor I could decide based on what was comfortable for us. No one else could step in to help with our decisions.
We couldn’t avoid the path we had to take with our decisions, nor could we ignore it.
The only thing we could do as a couple was
to accept and acknowledge the situation and do our best to live through the 24 hours given to us each day.
