As I mentioned in my previous blog, many years ago a Christian minister in India contacted me in regards to helping with children’s ministry. This was in the early days of email. Now I receive many such requests and most of them I don’t pursue, but this one seemed special. I asked him if he would write and tell my why he started the home for Aids Affected Children. Below is his response.
“We have a small hut church in this village. Whenever we conduct the service few children and women used to stay back with us after the service is over and this increased rapidly. When we inquired about them, they would say that they have been chased out by their own family members and their village people because they have AIDS. They would say can you please ask Jesus to heal us or please allow us to stay in the church.
Some mothers wanted to silently kill their daughter by feeding them with paddy husks, (when this goes into the food pipes, it will tear them and they will silently die, without anyone knowing that this a cold blooded murder) because they already have 4 daughters. This moved our hearts, it was then when we went on our knees to Pray for them. Holy Spirit gave us a burden to build a Orphanage for children and shelter for the AIDS affected women.”
If you would like to contact the director of this Home for Aids Affected Children, Mr. Simon David, you may do so through his email address blessingchild2002@yahoo.com
Below is the story of one of the children they are caring for.
Pavani lost her father when she was 3 months old. Her grand parents chased the mother and the girl out of the house, because they said we have nothing to do with the child as our own son is no more. Hence Padma and her daughter Pavani had to live alone, and that is when they knocked our door and we kept her with us. Pavani was suffering with terrible fits and God healed her.
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