was sitting with great authority. He went near her and said in the name of Jesus , leave her! She fell down, and was delivered that instant. She later said, that she always felt as if a big rock is on her head, and when he said the name of Jesus, she felt that the stone fell down from her head.
Praise be to God.
James anna told this to Dad, and he wasn’t sure he can tell it to anyone in his college. Dad took him to kodaikarai. He loved the people so much, that he said, he wont return to bethel to study, but will be with the kodaikarai people to teach them about Christ. He refused to come. He stayed there all his life, till his last breath. Now his wife, Jemima akka is continuing the ministry from where he left.
I remember James anna telling about how the young girls, so naïve, get allured by trinklets that the merchants who come to the hills to sell. They give their goat, cow, to buy one small earring which would probably cost Rs 10. They were then taken to Bangaluru, to brothels and sold there. James anna searched and searched, but could not rescue her.
I remember his big smile, the beaming face and the moustache he has. I also remember Hyssop they used to make and screen printing at our agaram road home. Prem used to go sell it to make funds for anna. Jemima akka was mom's neighbor in Nazareth. Mom, dad did the match making. They got married in kodaikarai. I think they rode on a horse. An adventurer for Christ. To marry an adventurer for Christ, well that's another blog to be written about!
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