Part of the ministry of JESUS is to bring "beauty for ashes" (Isaiah 61:3). We can clearly see that in the lives of these 2 girls, Mary (left, 19) and Prasanna (16), here eating ice cream after attending a prayer meeting of some kind. Mary, her twin sister Martha, and their mother had almost nothing when we first met them in June 2021. The father of the home had died several years before, and they were simply surviving. To this day the mother still works at a small restaurant washing dishes, pots & pans, making a small amount of money. They stayed in their relatives or neighbors' homes more than their own, because there was no water, electric...only cement pillars, an asbestos roof, one wall on their house, and a partial bathroom outside. The Lord saw their pain, directed us into their lives, and now their house and bathroom are complete (along with electric, etc), but more importantly, they have come to know the Lord in truth. Previously they knew ABOUT Him, but did not know Him. Prasanna and her older sister Sirisha, along with their mother were abandoned by their father many years ago. They also were in much poverty, but the Lord has used us (your donations and people on the ground there in India) to bring help and hope into their lives. Praise the Lord! Many, perhaps most of the children, families and elderly we are involved with have these kind of backgrounds and testimonies. We are so happy and blessed to be a part of the beauty He has brought, and is bringing into their lives!
