Poojitha turned 14 recently, she being the teenage girl in the photo. She's one of 11 or 12 children, her mother to the left one of 2 wives to her father. Poojitha's family is from a more primitive tribe, and having 2 wives isn't that strange. We don't know the actual birthday of Poojitha or any of her brothers, 3 of her 4 brothers in the photo, so we have chosen November 10th as Poojitha's birthday, only guessing that she might be 14. She has been very interested in the Sunday School and church meetings (the church only about 100 feet from their hut) for several years now. Please pray for Poojitha, as she already is old enough for marriage in their culture. If she's suddenly taken away from our ministry influence, we hope and pray that she will be truly born again and a follower of JESUS when that happens. Most of these tribal people are indifferent to any type of religion. They mostly claim to be Hindus, but they aren't devoted to that either. A few of their tribe near the church have come to the Lord, for which we are very thankful. The 2 mothers haven't come to the Lord yet, either spiritually blind or fearful of their husband's beatings if they come to the church. Yes, a sad situation.
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