The Weaver

Aungsan

Aungsan is a weaver who serves the Master Weaver.  He believes that HIV/AIDS was weaved into his life by God for a purpose.  He believes God wants to teach him something in his life is the reason he has been given this sickness.  Before he became sick, he did not understand people with HIV/AIDS.  Now he understands them.  Aungsan simply trusts the Master’s Hand as He weaves and intertwines the threads of his life. 

Aungsan, age 48, says it is hard to come to India from Burma.  But by God’s grace he, along with his wife and two children, were able to come here.  When they arrived, he was so sick he thought he was going to pass away.  Now he is healthy with medication.

The family arrived at Happiness Home with no money.  People would give him money, but he thought if they continue to do that he will not want to get a job.  He worked as missionary in Burma before he tested positive.  At Happiness Home, he was trained to operate the weaving machine.  He credits God with giving him this new talent.  He says that money comes and goes but this talent will stay with him.  Even if they return to Burma, he can weave there.  By God’s grace, they are able to work and eat.  They are not dependent upon anyone.

Aungsan feels like Happiness Home is heaven on earth for him.  His children are in school.  He is able to work with weaving.  He feels blessed of God.  He wants to praise God more and more.  He says God’s will is not always understood, but always has a purpose.  Sometimes he wants to preach instead of weave.  Doesn’t he realize the weaving of his life by God is a sermon?

"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from teh beginning to the end."  Ecclesiastes 3:11



Aungsan, the weaver.



Aungsan hard at work.

Aungsan and his family.