Vijay Babu is being given cake by his grandparents when he turned 10 earlier this month. He's a nice boy, living in a poor village called Chilakala Colony ("colony of parrots", although the parrots migrate and are usually not in this village nowadays). When Vijay Babu was a small baby his father left the family after he and the mother were quarreling. The mother then committed suicide with rat poisoning, leaving Vijay Babu and his 2 year old sister, Prem Kumari, with their grandparents to care for them. The father never returned. We are very thankful for these grandparents, as they have worked hard to care for these children all their young lives. They have mostly worked in the agricultural fields, or overseeing shrimp or fish ponds (like security). Only these grandparents work, but there are also the great grandparents and another aunt in the home, the aunt having mental problems. So there's 7 in the home altogether. Please pray for Vijay Babu.
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