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Service #12

Today I went to service alone, and later Sherson joined. My primary activity today was looking through the case files of four full binders, and checking if they had submitted a permission form for the Mission to represent them legally, filling out the results on a checklist. Although this was slightly dull, it reminded me that perseverance ultimately can pay off in the form of social change, and in filling out this paperwork, I know that my efforts resulted in the legal cases of these migrant workers in being solved and in their eventual receiving of their rightful treatment.

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