Have you heard of / watched the Mother India documentary that came out a couple of months ago?
We met the "stars" of the show today and were excited to be able to serve them some food and then to hang out with them and to hear some of their stories.
In (VERY) brief -- this is a community of kids who live on the streets of Tenali (near the train station). The documentary was put together by a couple of guys who wanted to see what it was like for kids on the streets in India. The people putting together the video did so originally with no intention to DO anything to change the way that the kids live, but when they saw that there were two very young children who had recently been taken in by this group, they contacted Suresh at Harvest India. As a community, these kids wanted to stay together, but with their blessing, Harvest India is in the process of adopting the two youngest children who the group felt would benefit more from being in Harvest India's care than from remaining with them.
Sarah and I were chatting while walking back from this encounter and we both agreed that one of the highlights of this adventure was how low-key the whole thing was. We were able to just sit and hang out with these kids for quite some time after we'd all eaten.
One of the women (you can see in the picture below) is pregnant now (she's standing beside her husband in the photo). Cathy (who works at a pregnancy centre at home) and Mel (who used to), took this woman aside and were able to speak with her (through a translator) about her pregnancy and about Jesus. We are so excited because this girl has not only agreed to come in for regular health check-ups with the Harvest India doctor/nurses, but will also begin to attend church on Sundays because... drum roll... she made the decision to ask Jesus into her heart and life. Whoo!
We met the "stars" of the show today and were excited to be able to serve them some food and then to hang out with them and to hear some of their stories.
In (VERY) brief -- this is a community of kids who live on the streets of Tenali (near the train station). The documentary was put together by a couple of guys who wanted to see what it was like for kids on the streets in India. The people putting together the video did so originally with no intention to DO anything to change the way that the kids live, but when they saw that there were two very young children who had recently been taken in by this group, they contacted Suresh at Harvest India. As a community, these kids wanted to stay together, but with their blessing, Harvest India is in the process of adopting the two youngest children who the group felt would benefit more from being in Harvest India's care than from remaining with them.
Sarah and I were chatting while walking back from this encounter and we both agreed that one of the highlights of this adventure was how low-key the whole thing was. We were able to just sit and hang out with these kids for quite some time after we'd all eaten.
One of the women (you can see in the picture below) is pregnant now (she's standing beside her husband in the photo). Cathy (who works at a pregnancy centre at home) and Mel (who used to), took this woman aside and were able to speak with her (through a translator) about her pregnancy and about Jesus. We are so excited because this girl has not only agreed to come in for regular health check-ups with the Harvest India doctor/nurses, but will also begin to attend church on Sundays because... drum roll... she made the decision to ask Jesus into her heart and life. Whoo!
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