He searched for his nanny, crossed half the world and found her after 45 years
John Johnson He came from Spain to Bolivia with the same goal: to find Ana, his nanny. 45 years later, the church’s current pastor conducted a search “Looking for Anna” and finally found it. That moment caused intense emotion in a video he shared on TikTok.
The main characters of this touching story are “Juanito”, who is now a shepherd, and his nanny Ana Jiménez, who is 78 years old. Johnson was born in Sweden, but lived most of his life in Spain.
When Juan was 6 months old, his parents traveled to Cochabamba, Bolivia, to work. They lived there for almost six years and had to find a nanny to take care of the boy and his two brothers. It was in these situations that Ana came into the life of this foreign family when she was 31 years old.
Juan Jonsson is reunited with Ana Jiménez after 45 years. The man traveled from Spain to Yacuiba, Bolivia.
Jonsson has not forgotten Ana and a few months ago he had the idea to open a page, titled “A Help for Ana”, where he intended to collect donations from users.
In this way, Juan traveled from Fuengirola, Spain, to Yacuiba, where the woman lives with her son. Exactly, the young Bolivian was determined to reunite to stir up users of social networks, because he spoke Spanish.
“He knew someone would visit him, but he didn’t know who,” the pastor said in an interview. In the video it can be seen that Juan appears at the door of Ana’s house, bent over, as if in gesture. of respect and affection, which he reciprocates.
The touching hug of Juan and Ana.
John showed pictures of his baby, then they ate together and ate typical foods.
“When I saw him again I did not know him, but in my heart he was with me. When he was young, I was sad that he lost his children, so God gave him and his family a gift, “said Ana.
She explained that her son was seriously ill due to heart problems, but her husband also died in an accident at work in Alto Beni.
The man was born in Sweden, but the family moved to Bolivia. There he met Ana.
“All of that was a burden for me and I got sick”he narrated.
The Jonssons, a family whose parents were missionaries, traveled to various communities in southern Bolivia. The two older children remained at a boarding school, while Juanito is cared for by his nanny.
“I stayed with Juanito, he was six months old, he was affectionate. Later, when he grows up, he will run wherever I am, “the Bolivian woman recalled.
Juan Jonsson and his nanny Ana Jiménez.
Jiménez recalled some of John’s anecdotes and nonsense. “I called him‘ my Swedish cholo ’and he called me‘ my nana, ’” she said. Finally, the pastor indicated that he wanted to “honor” Ana and sought to continue helping her reward what it had done to her.
“Love and affection, which is not lost and that is why I am so privileged to meet Ana; it is very special, ”said Jonsson, more than four decades later.
Source: Clarin