Elya - Silverwind

This song is dedicated to Astrid Thompson whose birthday falls on April 29th. "Happy Birthday" & "Many Blessed Returns!" May God bless the work He has placed upon your hands! May your life be filled with His love, joy, peace and fulfillment as you carry out the tasks He has for you and go places He leads you to! Elya was a school teacher in Russia, and as such, she had the children of Christians in her class, some who were in prison for their faith. As a teacher, she was supposed to discriminate against those children by withholding certain aspects of their education from them. Elya went on teaching them anyway, and was arrested and imprisoned for some years herself. What an inspiration she has been to so many because of her courage and willingness to suffer for what is right in the eyes of God. She eventually was deported to Germany along with her whole family, some of whom had also been imprisoned at different times.