Sister Stan's Children News & Letters

What greater act of love can one make than to give oneself wholly and entirely for the relief of the afflicted? Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying” “whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, “Here I am, Lord. Send me.” - Isaiah 6:8

Let me tell you a story, not the kind you hear every day, but the kind that reminds you of the quiet, powerful work still happening in the far corners of our world.

In a small village in northern Ghana, a baby girl was born under a wide African sky streaked with gold and dust. Her name was Anna. She had soft brown eyes and a quiet presence. But as the months passed, something seemed different. Anna did not babble like other babies. She did not form words. She did not call out for her mother. And in the region where she was born, silence can be misunderstood.

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