His Lambs,
Our Lambs:
Jan’s Story
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“Yes, Lord,” he (Simon) said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
John 21:15.
”Set your minds on things above, not on earthly
things,” she read, clearly enunciating her words
in her native speech for the first time since
2006 when her “voice started vibrating” and she
“could hardly talk.” Jan Garrett, the Director of
His Lambs, Our Lambs, a tuition-free preschool
in Blairsville, usually speaks with an accent that
sounds foreign to Southern Appalachians even
though she spent her childhood in Cherokee
County, North Carolina. When this problem
began, she visited several neurologists and other doctors
who have not been able to diagnose the cause.
Jan writes, “The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart in February of 2007, telling me that I could read the Word of God
aloud. I could hardly talk at that time, but I opened the
Bible randomly to Colossians 3. I read the entire chapter
aloud. It was my voice with no accent and no stuttering!”
When Jan speaks to church groups and others, they are
still amazed by the dramatic change in her voice as she
reads from the Bible.
This miracle is not the only amazing story that Jan has.
Another involves the creation and sustenance of His
Lambs, Our Lambs..
Just looking for Easter eggs
Jan shares her story:
Though my desire to help preschoolers began when I was
a teenager, it was the joy I found working for the Head
Start Program in Union County that inspired me to go to
school and earn a college degree. When I finished, however, I taught sixth grade rather than preschool for sixteen
years. During that time, my experiences with children
who were behind socially,