Before I came on this trip i prayed lord break my heart for what breaks yours. Watch what you pray for ; he has been doing this the whole trip for me but especially in India. I cried out to him from the sewing room we are often at; i said don’t let me be complacent and let me see what you want me to see to do what you would have me do.
Yesterday more than ever he broke me ! I am so certain these are the things that break his heart:
The fact that girl children are not wanted here, every fourth girl born in one family is given as a temple prostitute, the fact that they often try to kill newborn girls by wrapping them in a wet towel to give them pneumonia.
The fact that a 7 year old girl with a scorching fever would be left at home alone to care for her 4 year old brother in an area that anyone could come and go to. An area where there is signs on busses that say Stop Pedophillia; Sex with a child is a crime adults who take unrelated children to their hotel rooms or are found traveling with them should be reported to the police.
Where the most precious of women are abandoned by their husbands because they do not produce a son. We have had occasion to meet many amazing single moms; one in particular captured my heart because of her love for her family. We will call her Soltina. Soltina has two girls one 7 and one 3; her husband has all but abandoned her and only travels to see her as he wishes. Rarely does he provide any support for the family.
One of the students we work with had an uncle commit suicide yesterday by burning himself alive; his wife and other family tried to stop him and they are all hospitalized.
That was just a glimpse of what the precious people of india face each day. It is easy to turn a blind eye but harder to feel Gods heartbeat in all of these situations. Please pray for all of the families mentioned here, please pray for India, and please pray for the group we work with that focusses on working in the slums of india to put a hedge of protection around these families.
i leave india in 3 days for now but i will never forget it or the precious ones i have held here in my heart.
Love you all, Carla
