Going through hardships and challenges in one’s life is very important for growing. Mary T. Martin Sloop demonstrates how she got through certain obstacles, in her book, Miracle in the Hills. Mary and her Husband, Eustace, overcame the obstacles of having no doctors, few teachers, and no electricity. The Sloops moved to the mountains of North Carolina in 1909. The mountain people did not have any other doctors until the Sloops arrived, and Eustace was needed everywhere. He would have to travel through extremely harsh conditions, and sometimes would not make it back in time to tend to other patients that were in need of immediate care. In order to take care of all patients, “[They] decided [they] must meet circumstances the best way [they]