Elizabeth Kramer by Nigel A JAMES
Pure of Heart!
Help,
when given can sometimes keep flowing forever, and the help that
Elizabeth Kramer and her husband gave a young Ethiopian lad some ten
years ago was just that kind of help. It came straight from the
heart, was given without question, and was pure. And, that's the
best kind there is! And, it all began at the end of an African day!
Following
the Blue Nile, Elizabeth and her husband Gustav had just driven down
from the mountains of Siemen and had reached the town of Baihr Dar on
the shores of Lake Tana. For ten days, they had been living and
breathing the smells and the feelings of an Africa that was still
very much Africa. They had marvelled at the colours of the sun in the
earth and had touched the invisible thatch covered huts of secretive
native villages. They had seen an unimaginable world and had felt
the pulse of eternity by becoming acquainted with a people who were
part of an ongoing never changing life. And now, with this
adventure behind them, Elizabeth and Gustav were coming back to the
modern and were about to visit the palace of the former Ethiopian
emperor Haili Selassie. But, then came the eyes!
Elizabeth
felt them first. There they were looking at her in a penetrating
“asking for help way”. And these eyes were special. They were
the eyes of sincerity and needing. And, as Elizabeth returned the
look she was getting her heart went out to the young well dressed
man who was asking. And, so it was, she agreed to provide the book
he was wanting. And his name was Johannes.
And
the book was the start of something quiet special. Over the years
Elizabeth and Gustav have encouraged and supported Johannes in every
way possible. Whenever he needed or wanted they were there, and it
was good so, for he had become their Spiritual Son. And they were
happy. And he came through. He successfully completed his studies
and turned his eyes towards Europe!
And
now Johannes is returning Elizabeth's and Gustav's help in the best
possible way. Now married and living in Germany, he is passing it
on to those who need it from him. And so this help will continue
for ever; and all because Elizabeth and Gustav came down from the
mountains and found meaning and wanting in two wonderful African
eyes.
Johannes
