Life is a series of acquiring and giving up, gaining and losing, initiating and implementing, progress and reversals, success and failure.
Life is dynamic, never static.
She knew God's call to Bishop Claude Dubuis' missionary Texas would present struggle, hardship, isolation, and even danger. But her heart was ready and her courage bold. With heavy heart Mother St. Andrew watched her beloved homeland recede into oblivion, emptying her of the comfort of family and friends and long-cherished Alsatian customs and traditions. But trust in the providence of God would help her and her one companion, Sister Alphonse Boegler, to adapt to a new life. That trust was well rewarded.