Sweet Ehna

In 1995 God chose to reward a young woman with a beautiful

baby girl. Ehna was made in the image of God and

created to do good work which He planned in advance for her

to do. She was a blessing and an inheritance from God. She

was soon diagnosed with hydrocephalus; a condition that can

be treated with medication or by surgery.

Her condition was left untreated and she was abandoned to

an orphanage. When she was 4 years old Ehna was

transferred to a mental institution. Here, she lay

undressed on a sheet of plastic because there were no

diapers. She laid in her own waste in a room full of

moaning children with an aching head.

Birthdays came and went. She couldn't even have a toy or

anything to interest her while she lay for long hours

waiting, staring at the ceiling. Ehna was one of 25-30

children waiting for one worker to take care of them. If

the worker could work for 15 hours straight, this would

give her 30 minutes to spend with each child. This would

be all the time Ehna would have each day for interaction

and would include washing and feeding her.

When Ehna was nine years old the little boy next to her

died. All the children around her were so small and weak.

They were all over four but, because of untreated

illnesses, malnutrition and lack of any stimulation or love

they didn't grow.

When Ehna turned 10 there was no birthday party. Her

day was just the same: a bed and a room full of children

crying out for help with no one answering them. No one told

her that she looked older, because she didn't.

Ehna had a friend in the bed next to hers named

Christian. One day Christian became ill.

Ehna worried about her best friend. Both girls were 11

and both had the same medical condition. One day in May

Christian died.

More of her birthdays passed, without her even knowing....

and, yet, she still stayed the same. She was still the size of a

three year old even though she was 15. She never learned to

crawl or sit up and could barely speak. She couldn't even pick up her head because of the Hydrocephalus and poor conditions. In 15 years she had never had a chance to go outside. Oh, the violence of the hatred that the world showed her.

Then one day...

He walked in.

She knew him.

He had never left her these 15 years.

But, today something was different.

Today, he picked her up, held her close.. and

carried her outside

Some of the children that she left behind

heard her say,

"I see it,.. the sun!"