Well, we're just waiting for a truck to arrive to take the children from Liberty Children's Home for a picnic on the hills nearby, so I thought I'd use the time to give a quick update. Yesterday we went into the city of Eluru to a clothes store, which was again an intrigiung experience. Followed by a visit to a Hindu family who are friends of Hezekiah's, and who Doug & Jeannette have visited before. They were very hospitable, plying us with food and drink, and were delighted with the photos Doug gave them that he'd taken on his last visit to them. And they wanted us to pray for them...
One sad piece of news is that the father of two of the girls at the home died this week. He was an alcoholic who drank away all the money the family ever had. Their mother is unwell (with TB I think) too, and before the girls came to the home last September they were living in effect under a lean-to, eating whatever their neighbours could spare to share with them. Sadly, their Dad went out one evening in the week, and basically drank himself to death it seems. I guess it poignantly illustrates the value of what Hezekiah is doing here. Please pray for these girls, and their mother too.
No comments:
Post a Comment