Author: Bruce Patty Bauman

You know…your feet have never really been dirty until you’ve walked in India in sandals! Today our feet carried us up a tiny narrow staircase to the Comforter office right in the heart of the red light district of Pune. Here thousands of prostitutes live a life of pain and hopelessness, often raising children in the middle of this life

It’s almost 10 pm here in Pune. As I type my eyes are having a hard time staying open. The traffic is still quite busy outside the window. I met 2 friends in Bombay at the airport and we got in to Pune early afternoon today (Thursday). We did some set up this afternoon for the team arriving early Saturday.

I’m sitting here at the DFW airport, 40 minutes from boarding my plane to Mumbai. Getting out the door was interesting this morning. Nothing like an eventful exit. Got ready to zip up my suitcase and discovered the zipper was busting at the seam. Yikes. Thanks to Bruce, we got it all worked out and loaded in the van and

Today for the last day with our team in Chennai we went to Rescue & Restore home, which is home to 38 kids who have been rescued from a hopeless life on the streets of India. This family style home is such a warm environment for the kids to grow up in. We heard some really precious stories tonight. I

Our team had the privilege of joining the PACT AIDS home staff for the dedication of the new AIDS orphan home on Saturday. The new home is almost complete, and they move in to the new building in just 10 days. As we walked around the building, we couldn’t help but celebrate, since this new home will house quite a

Today we made our way to the children of lepers home on the outskirts of Chennai. This amazing place is home to 34 children whose parents live in various leper colonies in the region. We were shocked to hear that in the state of Tamil Nadu alone there are 54 leper colonies. If these kids stay in the leper colony

The weekly medical clinic in the slum is the only health care many of the people there will receive. Men & women line up to see the nurse each Thursday evening. The R&R; staff provide the weekly clinic in addition to the other ways they help in this place. As Streams of Mercy staff we feel so privileged to work

One of our team members, Donna, met a lovely lady who lives right next to the preschool. She has 2 small daughters who attend the preschool, and a little baby who is 15 months old. Her little baby sleeps in a fabric cocoon hanging from her hut ceiling. It’s good she has this net type bed for her baby, since

We were quite a spectacle as we walked down the dusty road through the automobile parts market on our way to the Hut slum, home to over 6,000 people who live in utter poverty. The people were rounded up from the streets of Chennai by the authorities and relocated to a run down zoo area. They live in tiny rented