Brother Hanock (a pastor who is assisting us in ministry) is giving medications to Sister Ratna Kumari, another Sister Vasantha waiting. Both women were abandoned by their husbands years ago. Ratna Kumari has 2 older children, one son who recently finished his engineering studies, and a daughter who is now in the 12th grade. Vasantha has 3 grown children, all married, and stays with her son. He has his own family, and is limited in how much he can help his mother. The 2 daughters, as is common in India, do not have control over the finances, and their husbands are not interested in helping their mother-in-law. We have several women whom we help who have been abandoned by their husbands, or were kicked out of their homes for different reasons, some for becoming Christians.
"Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take care of me." Psalms 27:10
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