Pray for Our Boy With TB

Below is Brother Marthababu sharing the Word with Jone (17) and his brother Jaison (12). Marthababu and his wife, Pavani, try to visit their home, and many other homes, at least 3 or 4 times a month. Both boys could be considered miracles, gifts from the Lord. Their mother, one of our widows, Nagendramma, was forced into marriage at 11 years old. She suffered for over 30 years with an abusive husband, and for the first 22 years of marriage was barren. The Lord saw her affliction, heard her cry, and Jone was born. Then, another 5 years later (the mother at this time close to 40), she had Jaison. Jone has had many ailments over the years, and in recent months has had stomach pain. Finally, they went to the doctor, and tests confirmed that he has tuberculosis (TB). He's on medication, which the govt provides freely because TB is somewhat common in India. In 2023, 26% of the new cases of TB in the world were in India, which had the highest number of TB deaths as well (but not the highest rate of TB). RHM is providing Jone with more food for his strength. Please pray for Jone.

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Girls Home Children

As you know, we have 5 girls in a home with Sister Mary. They are doing well. In the 1st photo they were taken to a "bakery" to get some sweets or egg puffs, whatever they like. The girl to the far left, Soniya, is required to stay at her school hostel (where we have 21 children studying) until 10th grade final exams are finished in April. We're sad about this, but trusting the Lord to watch over her. Another one of our girls, Nanditha, is with her. As far as importance, the 10th grade in India is similar to completing high school in the USA. The lower photo is the girls having a Bible study time in their church, which is next door to their rental home. Either Brother Raju or Marthababu is sharing with them. Please pray for these precious girls. We hope some day the home will expand, taking in more needy girls, but for now 5 is the max.

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Education Need Met; Praise the Lord!

We asked you to pray about 3 of our college students needing either a laptop or phone for their studies. One of our donors responded for that, fully supplying the need. Thank You Father for touching the hearts of your people! The girls below are Suma (left) and her older sister Sowmya, Suma needing a phone, and Sowmya a laptop (in the photo they are in a boat during an excursion we took in 2023). These girls are 2 of 5 children with their widowed mother. No doubt the mother was perplexed, not knowing what to do about this unexpected demand from their colleges. The mother works as a teacher to small children, and receives a small widows' pension from the govt, but her income isn't enough to manage her big family. Another boy, Jone, is also needing a phone for his studies. All 3 young people can now receive what they need. So thankful for faithful donors who respond to the call of Titus 3:14, "Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful." Please pray that these youth will use these tools faithfully, and will do well in their studies.

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Helping a Severe Paralytic

So thankful for His great love for the poor, and our chance to be a part of it!!! This is Samadhanamma, a long name, but it means "peace". We hope she is at peace in the Lord. She had at least one major stroke, which has left her partly paralyzed. She spends most of the time on the ground, as many of the tribal people don't even have chairs in their homes. They don't have the habit to sit in chairs. Her husband is alive, and works when he can, but he also has health problems. They have children in huts very near them, but it seems most of them avoid any responsibility for their mother, partly because they also are poor, the men mostly wasting their money on liquor. For many of the tribal people we know, poverty will likely be perpetual, because they have little or no desire for anything different, which carries onto their children. Here she has received monthly medicine for her paralysis. Please pray for her.

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Honest Abe's 20th Birthday!

Well, not actually sure how honest he is, but hopefully our Abraham is an honest young man. I can remember when he was only 17 years old or so, and I found him sitting in his home reading his Bible. At that time, there was only tarps, sheets and whatever they could find that were the "walls" on their home. Very poor family, but by the grace of our Father (through your donations and possibly some help from other relatives), they now have walls on their home. Praise the Lord! In the photo below, his sisters look happier than he is, but Divya (left) and Sandhya are giving cake to Abraham on his 20th birthday. Please pray for Abraham, who is near completion of his poly-technical studies.

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Request for Prayer and Participation

RHM is currently assisting 58 children this year with education. Sixteen are in colleges (degree, poly-technical or diploma), 13 are in "intermediate" (same as 11th and 12th grades), and 29 are from 10th grade on down. A few of the college students are being required to have a laptop or phone (access to the internet) for their studies. At the beginning of the year, the administrators and teachers don't tell us or the students these things, but perhaps because the internet enhances the student's ability to find answers, write essays, etc., some classes and colleges are now requiring these things. We have already told the mothers involved (photos below) that we are limited in how much we can assist with their education; if the requirements exceed our limit, then they must pay the remainder. They understand that, but these are unexpected demands, and the mothers would most likely need to borrow the money. Pray about this need, and about helping if the Lord leads you. With our modern age of technology, surely this will come up again in the future with other students. Below is Sowmya (top photo, girl on the far left), who is in her 2nd year degree, in need of a laptop. Suma (2nd girl from the right) is in her 1st year degree, in need of a phone, as well as Jone (tall boy in the lower photo), also in his 1st year degree. The price is approximately $200 per phone, and $300 for the laptop, a total of $700. 

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