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Moments with missionaries: Ross Chartrand

  • Post author:Ross Chartrand
  • Post published:2025/01/31
  • Post category:Forward in Christ/FIC News

My wife and I were standing in an empty living room of a new house filled with dust and echoes and not much else until our moving truck arrived. Neither…

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