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I am because you helped me so I could pay rent and buy food, but even more grateful because I got my vision, but most of all because I got to know Jesus Christ and was saved." It was often heavy to walk among all these refugees. In relation to the need, there was so little I could do for all those who lived on the shadow side. But I was glad for every ray of light and sun that found its way.

Many thanksgivings for the help of dear Norwegian friends has risen to the throne of grace. - How many mothers were grateful when we admitted their sick, miserable little ones, and when these in our home became healthy and happy and got to know Jesus.

It was good to come home from the refugee camps to the dear children and hear their welcome greeting: "Pari jegak mairig", - welcome mother - as they ran happily towards me. After all, our home was the bright spot in all the trouble down there. Had I not had the children; it would have been difficult to endure all the distress that surrounded me.

What a difference there was not on the small after they had received good care and nutritious food. I think of little Asaduhi when her mother brought her to us. She was treated by a doctor for a long time and had to stay in bed. Little by little, she recovered and could eat more. She was with us for a long time and was completely healed. She was a sweet girl, was like a little housewife, wanted to help the other children, and learned to love the Savior. She was a wise little one who soon learned to pray, and it was touching to hear her pray for us all in her little bed in the evening. She learned many songs and scriptures by heart. I had Sunday school with the kids and every Saturday we had a little Bible and prayer meeting. When she recovered and came home to her mother in the camp, she was a small witness there. It is my hope that she will follow our Lord Jesus and become a blessing in life. Let's pray for this.

One night when I was down in the Urfa camp, some women asked me to see too a little sick girl in a poor home. In a dark, eerie room, the little sick one was lying on some rags. Her father was dead, and his other wife had left them. There were 2 older girls aged 14 and 12 and an old aunt besides Meleke who was ill. The biggest girl wove carpets, but it did not provide enough to feed so many. Her aunt was old and sick and full of gout so she could not move. I was delighted to be able to help them and to include Meleke (means angel in Norwegian) in our home. She soon joined us and was happy with the other little ones. She was a sweet little girl which we loved. Praise be to the Lord for His great grace toward me. Had he not led, preserved and sustained me during the difficult years of distress, I would have been rooted in my misery.

Many of God's words have shone to me like stars in a dark night, especially this: When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Is. 43, 2. His promises do not fail, no, they stand firm forever. Without his grace, I would not have been able to help in the dire distress and the terrible murders. His alone be the credit for what I have accomplished for this haunted people