Parents Meeting

A very fruitful meeting that we conducted recently was for parents and grandparents of the children that we minister to on a regular basis. Since most of the daily children's ministry involves visiting the children's homes, it is essentially a family ministry as well. This meeting was giving counsel to the parents/grandparents about how to guide their children, as well as maintain Christian character as they are dealing with the children. The women singing in the photo below are all mothers of teenagers we work with. From left: Sandhya (mother of 2 girls, Akshaya and Abhinaya), Chanti (mother of Paul), Bharathi (mother of a boy, Arun), Karimun (mother of Johnbasha), and Achamma (mother of Veni, a girl). Two of the women are widows, one abandoned and the other 2 married. Please pray for them.

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Christmas Project Update

Happy to announce that within only a few days after we shared with you about this year's Christmas Project, already that need has been fully met. Praise the Lord! We gave an estimate of $3,500 to $4,000 to fulfill our goals for this year, and as of today have received $4,700! We are very thankful to those of you who have responded. If you still have it on your heart to give something to RHM for Christmas, feel free to do so, and we will surely make good use of those funds. Please pray for us as plans are made for this year's Christmas meetings in the villages and towns, especially that our loving Father will reveal to many hearts Who the true Reason is for this Season. Below is Brother Parishudha Rao (means "Holy King") giving a gift to Samuel during a recent Sunday School class in Samuel's village of Nandayapalem. We are also helping Samuel with some education expenses. One of the things we hope to do in December is have some meetings and give small gifts in the 5 villages where we're helping to develop local Sunday School classes.

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Children's Day Winner!

Shainy (13) participated in her school's Children's Day functions (November 14th) and won 6 prizes! Not sure what she did, but she must be talented. Her Daddy passed with Covid in 2021, now living with her mother and older brother. Shainy studies in the 9th grade, and is a good student, making 99% on her latest exams. Your donations are helping her with her education, and providing a small amount of support for her mother, who is part of our widows ministry. Pray for Shainy and her family, for healing in their hearts, and that JESUS will always be first in their lives.

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Pray for This Needy Family

These 2 children with their grandmother are Prem Kumari (11, the girl) and Vijay Babu (9). Their names have nice meanings, Prem Kumari meaning "daughter of love" and Vijay Babu meaning "son of victory". Sadly, when the boy was just a baby, the father left the home after much quarreling. As a result, their mother committed suicide with rat poison. Many people have this poison in their home because big rats are very common. Their grandmother (the mother's mother) has taken care of them since that time. They have a big family, the great grandparents both still alive, and an aunt, who is mentally impaired but able to help care for the great grandparents. So there are 7 in their family, the grandfather the only one who is working. He works menial jobs, but they have been able to survive. There are also other relatives nearby, all of them relatively poor, but helping one another when needed. Prem Kumari is not able to hear. We had her tested, and the doctors did not give any encouragement or suggestions for treating her. We are continuing to pray for a miracle in her life. RHM is giving monthly food for this family, and will help the children with whatever extra needs they might have. Please pray for this precious family.

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RHM November Newsletter

RHM November Newsletter 

Attached is this month's newsletter, starting our appeals for this year's Christmas Project. Please pray about joining us in that. There are also some photos and captions of some of the mothers and families we are involved with.  Bless you!

Below is a group of children we work with who received some new clothes as part of last year's Christmas Project. 

 

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Happy Birthday Deepa!

Deepa (far right) turned 20 on October 20th. RHM is helping with the annual fees of these 3 girls in their nursing college, all from the state of Orissa in India. Sibani (left, 22) has a father, but the mother died when she was a baby. The father has 2 wives and other children, so has had less concern about this girl up to now. Leya (middle, 23) is Deepa's sister. Leya and Deepa's parents are both living, but the mother is in bad health. Their father was one of 7 men falsely accused with killing a Hindu monk in 2008, and they all spent 11 years in jail before being released in 2019. India's Supreme Court ruled that there really wasn't sufficient evidence against them, but it took 11 years to get that ruling! Their father is trying to run a business, but struggles with also trying to help his 5 children and extended family. Please pray for these girls, especially for Deepa.

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