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BROKEN BUT STILL USEFUL!!!

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BROKEN BUT STILL USEFUL!!!   I thought to share this again with someone who is broken and feels useless.  So, after Nysc 2018, I returned to where I served to assist with a long-planned project (NCCF Rural Rugged), knowing how helpful I might be to them. The first day, during our evening cooking, we are to make rice. During this process, the basin on which we placed our large filter broke due to the weight. So we all left to find another basin. Meanwhile, we were about to throw it out when I realized it could still be beneficial. Unconsciously, I made the following statement:  "Broken Vessels Can Still Be Used"  One of the Sisters Coordinators, Mamo, who had traveled from another zone to assist, grinned at me, either because she knew what I meant or because she was asking, "What usefulness?"  It was so nearly entirely Broken that it was of no use. In order to be fast with our cooking, we just kept it on one side then looked for another basin. Therefo...