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D u r in g a m o m e n t a r y lull in the rush and flurry of life here, one of our Wycliffe nurses brought in two little Tzeltal Indian ladies. One responded to treatment and was soon ready to go home. The other, Manu- ela, needed surgery. We all hastily had our blood typed and after Linder, Frances Jackson (Biola ’43-’47, ¡B. Chr. Ed.), and Mauro, our Mixe helper, each had given her a pint of blood, she was ready for surgery. Through the preparation, surgery and recovery, Manuela showed no fear, but a sweet beauty shone on her face at all times, even through pain and discomforts that would have got ten any of us down. As she went into the operating room, Frances asked her if she were afraid. She said, “No, I’m not afraid. Jesus loves me and He is with me.” And He was. The evening of the operation I re lieved Frances, the nurse who was with her through the hour-and-a-half operation, so she could get something to eat and a little rest before her night watch. As I sat there with nothing to do but meditate, I put my self in Manuela’s place. Everything is foreign to her. She lives miles from civilization. She has never seen cars, two-story buildings, stoves, refrigerators, running water, let alone a hospital. She speaks only Tzeltal, so the English and Spanish spoken over her is just so much gib berish. Even Frances speaks a dif ferent dialect of Tzeltal. Yet here in THE KING'S BUSINESS
Only 21 this Mixe woman has already lost two children. Now the woman and her husband are both new Christians. Biolan Frances Jackson teaches a blind man how to read in Braille Tzeltal.
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