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Be Not Afraid The Childlike spiritseveral days: his little head turned towards his Mommywith his precious eyes that couldn’t see any longer…Often during the last days we talked with Mark Johnand told him that he was a brave boy, that we were very,very happy that he had come to us, and that he alwayswas a good boy. On two occasions he answered us veryemphatically, shaking his little head and saying, “No,no.” It distressed us. We didn’t know what he meant,but in retrospect we feel that maybe he just wanted toremind us that he was also sometimes naughty, and thathe was sorry for it.On the last day he vomited blood; our doctor turnedto us and said, “Soon.” Then we sang a song that we hadsung many times during the last days: “We shall walkthrough the valley of the shadow of death.” When wecame to the refrain, “Jesus himself shall be our leader,”Mark John said distinctly, “Yes, yes, yes.”Mark John was given incredible strength in his lasthours. Several times he said, “Up, up!” We asked him ifhe wanted to go up to heaven, and he said, “Yes.” At onepoint we said, “Good-bye, Mark John,” and he said, “Notyet.” That was about an hour before he was taken.A little later, as we were bending over him, hesuddenly said, “Laugh!”“What, Mark John?”“Laugh!”“But why should we laugh, darling?”8