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Night workshop, anonymous adults working leather with lamp and simple tools, shared bread nearby.
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1 Thessalonians 2:8-9

Sharing lives and labor

A Ministry That Shares Its Life · 1 Thessalonians 2

Story guide: Their love shares the gospel and their lives through costly labor. This is an interpretive visual essay, not a record of an otherwise unreported event.

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8So, longing for you in this way, we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

9For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working night and day so as not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

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