Anna
Anna is 15 years old. This week she volunteered to come and interpret for me while Blet Jaw was off! She has a most incredible talent from God to understand and speak the Karen language . She was willing to interpret my prayers, worships and sermons, even though she had never done that before! Breck and I were ecstatic. Without her we would not be able to come to BYT this week at all because our Karen language skills are not good.The following incidents are solid proof that the Lord sent her to us this week, so that we could meet the emergencies.
- Jah Cher, an eleven year old female from WahSueTah had a severe allergic reaction to some type insect bite on her foot. Her face was swollen, she had a rash, her breathing was labored –chest heavy and she was not able to talk. Without immediate intervention, she could have turned anaphylactic.
- Jah Dah, a 38 year old male came from a distant village with a badly infected foot. He had punctured it with a rusty nail 2 days ago! He had a high fever and was heading for real trouble! He was able to get an incision and drainage with irrigation and wick, Antibiotics, and a Tetanus Toxoid injection.
- Three villages were visited and scores of patients treated. One of those was LaGlah, where eager people sat and listened about God! (See story: “The Presence of Jesus”).
- The FIRE coming to DJ’s house, changed directions because of prayer and the village saw the power of God! (See story: FIRE! FIRE!)
- She interpreted our prayers with every single patient. She interpreted a worship for Breck this Sabbath morning. She interpreted my sermon today, and of course all the communications with the patients and the builders.
In addition to this, Anna cooked every meal! What a good Karen cook she is! She puts ‘love’ into every meal! She also made quick friends with all the young girls of BYT. Everywhere we went people kept saying, “She speaks better Karen than I do!”Thank you Anna for a tremendous job! God is with you! He has given you talent. Please continue in His work!