From Buddha to Christ + Convelascent Hospital
Power to Cope from Buddha to Christ – Samilia & Anthony
+ PTC in a Convalescent Hospital — Dottie Langdon
Samilia gives a fascinating account of life in Sri Lanka as a young girl in a Buddah-worshipful family. Faithful to the ideas instilled, yet unable to maintain a peaceful spirit as required by that teaching, she would write out her deeds and needs on paper, fold the paper into little boats and let them float down a nearby river. It sounded peaceful, but she was anything BUT peaceful when, with other university students, they discovered missionaries “destroying” their culture with Christian teachings. Her story changed abruptly when the anger within erupted in violence. Yet the missionaries had something within them that was different—and she paused and wondered. Listen to her account and that of Anthony who wisely taught her about Christ and realize the power of God’s Word as written simply in the gospels. You’ll hear how her life was transformed when the simple concept Jesus shared in His word spoke directly to her need.
Finally, in a brief conversation with Dottie, the program ends on a peaceful note from a woman in her 80s…at peace with a future she didn’t choose—but has chosen to accept. She now lives with a variety of other oldsters at various stages of mental acuity, whom she enjoys sending to their own corners or rooms when she tires of having them follow her around. It’s her life and, somehow, she finds power to cope with it, by maintaining her sense of humor and drawing on God’s power regularly!