Hi all. I haven't written in awhile. Mostly because my heart is so heavy for my friends in India but I'm not sure what else to say or how else to share their story. Nothing has changed, except that persecution in India is intensifying. I found out last night that the children's home that we visited on our last day in Delhi was raided and shut down. The government came in and took all the children. What will they do with them? I'm not sure even they know. They didn't want to worry about a bunch of orphans, but they are following through on their threats to shut down children's homes in Delhi and Pune where children are coming to know Christ. They are calling it forced conversion and showing that they will not allow it. Please join me in praying for these children. There are four in particular that I am worried about. They are Nepali refugee orphans, so the government will care even less about them. I had been trying to find a family for them, but now they're very unlikely to be able to leave the country except to get sent back to Nepal. Please pray for these four. They've been through so much and yet managed to maintain sweet dispositions. Only the oldest had some issues, but the parents of this children's home had dedicated much time and love to work with her and she had started to grow and became a sweet child again. Please pray for the protection of the spirits, faith, and hearts of all these children as well as physical protection. They need our prayer.
The government is finding any excuse to crack down on any children's homes where they find Christian faith. My friends who are trying to build a new building could really use help. Fortunately they are not in Pune or Delhi, but eventually the danger will reach them. If this building gets built, they will officially have a school. They will also have more suitable living quarters for their children. These are two things that will help them, I believe. Not that anything but God can ultimately protect them, but anything that may help them is worth doing. They also are continuing to take in orphans or children whose families can't care for them and raising them up and educating them. They need the space to be able to do this. So they need money. It's that simple. They need about $2000 more to be able to start building and they'd like to begin in August. Please consider helping them.
Finally, these kids need sponsors. If they are going to eat, have clothes, be educated, and eventually be sent to school, they need support. I have four children in mind that I would like to find sponsors for. Two are the sweet little girls for whom I was a jungle gym or a chair depending on their energy level. One is an orphan and the other's family asked the home to take her because they can't provide for her. These girls are so bright and joyful! They are dreamers who love life. I have so much hope for their futures. But they will need help. Please consider helping them. The other two children that I'm asking you to help are two older boys. While I was in India I got the chance to play soccer with some of the boys. It didn't matter at all that I was horrible and so out of shape. They were shocked and over the moon about the fact that I was playing with them. It took several minutes for them to understand that I was trying to play with them, but once they did they were so excited. They were so kind and tried to communicate with me as well as they could. Any time I would get the ball away from them (a very rare occurrence, typically due to a mistake on their part and unrelated to my abilities) they'd blush and get so bashful. But they would never be mean or angry, instead they'd laugh at themselves and give me a high five. These boys are smart, athletic, kind, and excited about the future. They have huge dreams. When I asked through a translator about what they wanted to be, they answered with things like doctors, engineers, missionaries, and teachers. These boys and my two sweet little girls need help so that they can reach these dreams. Please please please consider sponsoring one of them.
As much as I wish I could it all myself, as a grad student I've found that to be rather impossible. But we are the Church. These brothers and sisters need us to be the church. These are the orphans that God calls us to care for. And they're not going to waste your support. They're going to do amazing things. Just wait and see. Please help make this possible. Please join me in taking up the cause of the fatherless and fighting for them and their futures.
The government is finding any excuse to crack down on any children's homes where they find Christian faith. My friends who are trying to build a new building could really use help. Fortunately they are not in Pune or Delhi, but eventually the danger will reach them. If this building gets built, they will officially have a school. They will also have more suitable living quarters for their children. These are two things that will help them, I believe. Not that anything but God can ultimately protect them, but anything that may help them is worth doing. They also are continuing to take in orphans or children whose families can't care for them and raising them up and educating them. They need the space to be able to do this. So they need money. It's that simple. They need about $2000 more to be able to start building and they'd like to begin in August. Please consider helping them.
Finally, these kids need sponsors. If they are going to eat, have clothes, be educated, and eventually be sent to school, they need support. I have four children in mind that I would like to find sponsors for. Two are the sweet little girls for whom I was a jungle gym or a chair depending on their energy level. One is an orphan and the other's family asked the home to take her because they can't provide for her. These girls are so bright and joyful! They are dreamers who love life. I have so much hope for their futures. But they will need help. Please consider helping them. The other two children that I'm asking you to help are two older boys. While I was in India I got the chance to play soccer with some of the boys. It didn't matter at all that I was horrible and so out of shape. They were shocked and over the moon about the fact that I was playing with them. It took several minutes for them to understand that I was trying to play with them, but once they did they were so excited. They were so kind and tried to communicate with me as well as they could. Any time I would get the ball away from them (a very rare occurrence, typically due to a mistake on their part and unrelated to my abilities) they'd blush and get so bashful. But they would never be mean or angry, instead they'd laugh at themselves and give me a high five. These boys are smart, athletic, kind, and excited about the future. They have huge dreams. When I asked through a translator about what they wanted to be, they answered with things like doctors, engineers, missionaries, and teachers. These boys and my two sweet little girls need help so that they can reach these dreams. Please please please consider sponsoring one of them.
As much as I wish I could it all myself, as a grad student I've found that to be rather impossible. But we are the Church. These brothers and sisters need us to be the church. These are the orphans that God calls us to care for. And they're not going to waste your support. They're going to do amazing things. Just wait and see. Please help make this possible. Please join me in taking up the cause of the fatherless and fighting for them and their futures.
