Month: April 2010

Children are sold on the streets Our journey into India has been another life-changing experience.  We have traveled to 7 orphanages in two different cities and traveled countless miles.  One of the most heart-wrenching experiences was to meet children who had been trafficked (SOLD) into sexual and work slavery.  We met several children who have been rescued by these wonderful ministries.  Trafficking has

A Year Ago: Living on the Sidewalk She was dying and she knew it.  The woman had lived on the streets of Pune, India for a very long time.  About a year before, she was diagnosed with AIDS, and her husband had left her for another street dweller, taking his two sons with him .  He made another decision that day.  He would leave

With the Street Kids Orphanage We arrived at the Chennai Street Kids Orphanage, and immediately were greeted by 34 of the most wonderful kids you could ever imagine.  These kids come from a WIDE assortment of backgrounds.  Some are true orphans, one little 11 year old girl was dropped off on the streets of Chennai (a city of 8,000,000 people!) because her mother

Lawrence His Name is Lawrence, and he’s 9.  As I walked into the Aids Kids Orphanage in Chennai, I was drawn to Lawrence right away.  He has a gentle smile and kind eyes.  Lawrence is not the most outgoing child in the home.  As a matter of fact, he’s a pretty quiet child in the midst of many young extroverts.

Our India Team in front of the Leper’s Medical Clinic Today we visited the Bharathapuram Leper colony outside of Chennai.  We heard of the plight of Lepers in India, and the stories were heartbreaking.  A person contracting leprosy is immediately an outcast to all of their family and friends.  Leprosy levels the ground. It affects the very poor, and the

The Hut Slum Today, we headed off to go to the Chennai Hut Slum preschool.  It’s hard to believe that a slum could be in the middle of a major Indian city, but it is.  You drive a short distance from the center of the city to an open-air parts market, and wind your way around the market to the

We arrived in Chennai, and finally made it to our hotel at 2:00am. Wow! It’s a long way to India from Dallas.  The next day, we met with several of the orphanage directors to hear updates on what has been happening in their homes.   We were amazed at the scope of their ministries and their hearts for the needy,

I’m up VERY early this morning.  I can’t sleep because of all the details I’ve been doing, getting ready for my trip to India again today.  India is the most needy nation on the face of the earth, with an estimated 19 million orphans, and countless who are desperately poor.  God has called us to India in Streams of Mercy,