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May God give you a reward, both in this life and in the next century, for your sincere and ardent love for us, genuine, unfeigned, unshakable and unchanging. You, my most honest and noble lord, have already shown a lot of evidence of your affection for us, despite such a remote location: they are numerous and great. We thank you for this, and we would like to write to you constantly, but we cannot, as much as we would like, but we write as much as we can. You know that at present the roads are almost impassable due to winter weather and robber attacks. Therefore, do not blame us for negligence if we remain silent for a long time, and attribute this to the absence of letter carriers, and not to our negligence. If only it were possible to send letters more often, we would not consider it difficult to write to you unbearably. We find pleasure for ourselves in giving you your due greeting more often. Knowing this, write to us constantly about your health. What you say you sent to us, no one delivered to us here, but the messenger turned away from the road, fearing robbers. However, we earnestly ask you in advance not to do this and not to introduce yourself into troubles and difficulties. Your sincere and ardent affection serves us as a great gift from you, and, constantly using it, we always remember your love with delight. The paragraphs in the text were arranged by us. – Editorial staff of “ABC of Faith” You might be interested in: