Ghosts and Monsters

This is a picture of a dear old lady and her grandson. The boy’s name is EhHtuWa. He is 7 years old and mostly lives with her because his Father has left the family and his Mother is very sick, receiving medicine at MaeLaCamp on the border.

The Grandmother brought him to us because she needed help. EhHtuWa goes to a very small government school in the village next to her village. Usually she goes to get him after school, but one day, a year ago, school let out early and she was not there. The little boy set off walking by himself. (In my area the people do not like to do anything by themselves because they are desperately afraid of the ghosts and monsters).

On the way the little boy saw a terrifying Monster/Ghost and he screamed and screamed and screamed, until his grandmother came and found him.  From this point on, the child becomes restless during the night. It seems he jerks his arms around, gasps for air, and has nightmares about bloody-looking monsters. The clinic at his Mother’s location has treated him with Phenobarbital for seizures, but this has no effect on him. I believe it is demon possession, as I have seen this many times here. I prayed with them that day, and they stayed in BYT for the night. The next day we found out the boy did not have any problems during the night! Praise the Lord!

We prayed again in the morning with them and spent a long time working with the grandmother who is a firm Buddhist. In fact she lives right next to a large pagoda 2 1/2 hours away, and is the one who takes care of all the idols! We discussed the best way to get help for the boy, and told her that only Jesus could take the problem away. We invited her to attend the Friday evening meeting in our church. BletJhaw actually went to the hut where she was staying and brought her to the meeting himself. Then BletJhaw did the worship, telling about the demon possessed boy whom the disciples could not cast out his evil spirit, but Jesus could. He told about Mark 9:23 where it says “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth”

Presently, with the Mother’s consent, we are trying to get him into the Seventh-Day Adventist school – Sunshine Orchard, or another SDA school on the border.

This is a very bright and beautiful young child. Please pray for him and his family.

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