From my Corner

Anna of Norway was known as “Indian Anna” among the indigenous Guarany tribes in the Northeast of Paraguay. She had been a missionary in the country for over twenty years, working with Guarany people in different places linked to one of the Pentecostal denominations. When she discovered that one tribal group in the Curuguaty region had not yet been evangelised, she decided to start working among them. Anna was not allowed to move into the tribe in the beginning, so she found a place in the forest just outside their area where she set up her camping tent. After fourteen months living without any comfort, she was invited by the chief to move into the tribe area and they built a house for her. As a nurse, she had quietly helped women and children and gained their confidence. After a few years, a church had been planted and many of the Guarany Indians had accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Lord… 

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