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Betchie Ashworth couldn’t stop shaking. She had feared that her husband’s heart had wandered since their arrival in the Philippines a few months before. Now she was faced with the awful truth, confirmed by other believers—he had left her. In their home in Davao, she fell to the floor, shivering, her heart throbbing with pain. Feeling lost, alone, and humiliated, she cried out in prayer, “Oh God, how did this happen?” Her husband had been instrumental in her salvation 12 years before. After six years of marriage, she had followed him to the mission field. Weeping, she fell asleep on the couch.
Every week that passed made it painfully clearer that he was not coming back. Born in the Philippines, she had become a U.S. citizen and had brought her family to the States years ago. She was alone in her homeland.
You can find the complete article in the Summer 2008 issue of Calvary Chapel Magazine, which has already shipped. To subscribe click here.
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