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the crime rate was spiraling out of

control as otherwise good people

turned to theft. As missionaries, we

spent lots of time finding needy

families and making sure they had

food and possibly a few simple toys

for their children, helped by

donations from church relief efforts.

As we spent lots of time in this

work, I was usually too busy to think

of anything else, but as I climbed into

bed at night, my thoughts turned to

home. My family, though not

wealthy, would have a bounteous

harvest from our garden and farm. In

my teenage years, my mother would

have me deliver plates of holiday