Angels of India

Our first month in India, we have lived in an orphanage with twenty-two beautiful children. Every day around 3:30pm, we sit on the roof of our house and watch as the kids walk home from across the fields. Every one of them smiles and starts to walk faster as they yell, “Hello Brother! Hello Sister!” We greet them with high fives and they greet us with smiles and such joy. 

 

The kids live off twenty dollars a month for food. Every Christmas they get one new outfit, and are in charge of washing it and taking care of it throughout the year. Andy recently had a conversation with the director of the orphanage and he said that the funding has slowed down to the point where he recently had to turn a few kids away because he couldn’t support them. He also informed us that he wants the kids to have a balanced diet, so they can perform well in school, because rice can only go so far. His long term plan is to one day buy the plot of land across from the orphanage and have a sustainable garden to teach valuable skills while cutting down on costs. If anyone is interested in supporting one of these kids or supporting the ministry itself, please send an email to [email protected], and you will be connected further. Below is a photo and short write up of each of the children living there and many thanks to Andy for preparing this. 

 

Jagadish (15) He is in 10^th grade, he is fatherless and his mother went to another man. He came to the orphanage as a Hindu and is now a Christian.

 

Demunaidu (15) He is in 8^th grade, His mother and father are very poor and very sick and were unable to take care of him and his sister Anjali. She is 11 and is in 5^th grade.

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Shyam (14) He is fatherless and his mother lives in a village and is very poor. He came to the orphanage as a Hindu and came to know the Lord.

 

Chandu (14) His father was a pastor who died in a motorcycle accident, his mother was hopeless to raise him.

 

 

Eswar rao (14) He is studying in 7^th grade, and he does not have any parents. He also was a Hindu and became a Christian at the orphanage.

 

Visweswar Rao (15) He is studying in 8^th grade, he is fatherless and his mother left him when she married another man.

 

 

Balaji (12) He is studying in 6^th grade. His parents were very poor, and were unable to raise him and his three siblings. He was a Hindu and became a Christian.

 

Daniel (12) He is in 6^th grade. He has no parents, and had no one who would take care of him.

 

Rakesh (12) He is in 6^th grade. He is motherless and his father is very sick and unable to take care of him.

 

Tharun (14) He is in 7^th grade. He grew up in a fishing village, his Father was mentally retarded and his mother left him.

 

  

Devi (16) She is in 11^th grade and has 2 sisters, Yasodha and Bhavani. Yasodha (11) is in 6^th grade and Bhavani (10) is in 5^th grade. They have no parents and the orphanage has provided food and shelter for them.

 

                           

 

Jyothi (15) She is in 10^th grade. She grew up in the fishing village, and her father was a Christian pastor and became very sick. Her mother was unable to raise her.

 

Pavani (14) She is in 9^th grade and her sister Premakumari (12) is in 6^th grade. Their father and mother were laborers and were unable to take care of them.

 

 

Lavanya (14) She is in 8^th grade. She grew up in a tribal village, her father is a Christian pastor. Her mother was very sick with cancer, and could not take care of her.

 

Sruthi (14) She is in 8^th grade. She is from the fishing villages. Her father married another woman and had two wives. The two wives were fighting over her and created an unsafe environment. She didn’t want to live in that house and the orphanage took her in.

  

Saraswathi (14) She is in 8^th grade and from the tribal villages. Her mother didn’t treat her well, and there is no support from her father.

 

Ramalaxmi (14) She is in 8^th grade. Her parents were very sick, and they wanted her to get married so they could have money. She did not want this and left. She is from the same village as Lavanya and Saraswati. Actually, Lavanya was the one who told the director of the orphanage about Ramalaxmi and Saraswathi. The director was thable to find and bring them to the orphanage.

 

 

Haritha (13) She is in 7^th grade. She is from the fishing villages. Her mother and father are very poor and work as slaves for a rich family. They were unable to take care of her.