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Challenges overcome
This article originally appeared as a Web Original on January 15, 2014.
I took Christian Science Primary class instruction because I love Christian Science and wanted to deepen my understanding of it. I was working in the research department of a state university in my country, the Philippines, at the time I took class.
One immediate benefit was that a supervisor said that I became kind and patient after I’d gone abroad for class. Until he said this, I wasn’t aware that I used to be impatient and quick to get angry. This change in my attitude also improved my work, so I was promoted from an assistant researcher to research specialist and then instructor in the university.
About the author
Estela O. Badol lives in Baguio City, Philippines.

April 7, 2014 issue
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Letters
Catalina, Karen T. Hasek, Jana Rowland, Jane Keogh
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Have you forgiven Judas?
Dorothy Estes
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Angels on a train
Heather Libbe
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A 'Rocky Mountain high'
Annette Dutenhoffer
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Your present standpoint
Mark Swinney
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Impact moments
Carol Rullman
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"Spiritually interpreted, rocks and mountains..."
Photograph by Steve Ryf
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'Really free!'
Mary Trammell
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Challenges overcome
Estela O. Badol
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Everlasting arms of Love
Nate Frederick
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Shining on stage
Stephen Hanlin
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Giving eliminates loneliness
Kayla E. McCulley-Stevens
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Grateful teenager shares healing
Jeffrey Ross
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Son's finger healed
Russell Whittaker with contributions from Andy Whittaker
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Prayer wipes out knee pain
Donald A. Wilson
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A grateful, fulfilled life
Hannelore F. Fuchs
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Marathon prayer
The Editors