Surprise Encounter with Lillian Bach
by Doris Wong
October 17, 2010
I
play the piano every Friday in the Alzheimers's Ward at Christa in
Shoreline. One Friday while walking down the hall, I noticed the name
Lillian Bach (missionary to Nigeria) It was shocking to see her name,
as you can imagine. I found her but she does not speak, hardly eats,
and just looks straight ahead or down. I have talked to her every week
about NWU but no response. However she responds when I play the piano,
but only by waving at me when I look her way.
This past
Friday was exciting because not only did she wave at me, she spoke,
"please say thank you to everyone who prayed for me when I was a
missionary", she said. Those were the only words she had spoken in a very long
time according to the staff.
