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Shattered Stump
After one week we were out of medicine and, when we arrived back at the truck, were presented with a man who had stepped on a landmine. His shattered stump was already severely infected and he needed to get immediate care at a hospital. We loaded him into my truck and Eliya tied his IV bags to the roof of the truck so that the infusion could continue as we transported him out. The sun was just setting as we secured the victim in the truck. Eliya turned to me and said, "My wife and son are somewhere back there in Burma. Now I have to go find them. Maybe next week I will be dead, ha ha." His teeth flashed as he laughed and shook my hand. I prayed with him and then he was gone into the night.
NB: Eliya did find his family and now he and his wife, Cat, have four children. Eliya was the first Free Burma Ranger (FBR) and helps train and lead the 100 part-time and 43 full-time teams that, with the help of Partners Relief & Development, bring hope to people in Burma. They hike into areas of conflict to provide material, spiritual and general aid to the victims of abuse and exploitation of the Burma Army.
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